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470 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 | Nature of natural resources; economic efficiency as a basis for natural resource use; externalities in natural resource use; factors influencing environmental quality; alternative public policy tools for influencing natural resource use or improving environmental quality. Prereq: Economics 201 | Bill Park
Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator Teaching wpark@utk.edu |
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333 | Food, Forests and the Environment | 3 | An overview of agriculture and natural resources. Environmental tradeoffs that have been, are and will be required to produce the food, fiber and other products needed to feed, clothe, and house a growing world population will be addressed. Included will be a consideration of the other amenities of our environment that contribute to the quality of life (wilderness, scenic beauty, landscape design, etc.). At the end of the semester you should have an appreciation for the breadth of these areas. | Jamey Pavey
Graduate Assistant, FWF jpavey@utk.edu
Jonah Fogel
Graduate Assistant, FWF jfogel@utk.edu
David Ostermeier
Professor, FWF
daveo@utk.edu |
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495 | Ethics in Animal Agriculture | 3 | Discussion and presentations on issues related to ethics in animal research and industry. Prereq: Senior standing. | Kelly Robbins
krobbins@utk.edu |
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459 | Selected Topics in Anthropology: Environmental Anthropology | 3 | | Janice Harper
harper@utk.edu |
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342 | Environmental Control Systems II | 4 | | Richard Kelso
rkelso1@utk.edu |
346 | Principles of Environmental Control II | 3 | | Richard Kelso
rkelso1@utk.edu |
412 | Non-Western and Indigenous Architecture | 3 | Building responsive to climate, material availability, and economic level, as designed by anonymous builders. Examples from prehistoric times to the present including the Fertile Crescent; the Indus Valley; Hindu, Buddhist, and Mughal architecture of India, China, and Japan. | Scott Kinzy
skinzy@utk.edu |
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250 | General Ecology | 4 | Relations between organisms and their environment, including human environmental problems. Topics include populations, communities, and ecosystems. 3 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion, field problems or computer simulations. A working knowledge of college algebra is required. Prereq: 130-140 or Botany 110-120; Chemistry 120-130. | James Fordyce
jfordyce@utk.edu
James Drake
jdrake@utk.edu
Jake Weltzin
jweltzin@utk.edu
Nate Sanders
nsanders@utk.edu
Arthur Echternacht
echterna@utk.edu |
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480 | Selected Topics in Biosystems Engineering: Environmentally-Sensitive Spray Applications | | | Alvin Womac
awomac@utk.edu |
550 | Selected Topics: Environmentally-Sensitive Spray Applications | | | Alvin Womac
awomac@utk.edu |
636 | Geospatial Methods for Environmental Research 632 | 3 | Sampling and displaying the multidimensionality of environmental variables. Spatial and temporal sensing of the environment. Geostatistical mapping and interpretation; sampling theory; precision geomatic techniques for the environmental scientist and engineer. Prereq: 555 or equivalent. 2 hours and 1 lab. | Robert Freeland
rfreelan@utk.edu |
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326 | GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science | 3 | Introduction to the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in agriculture and in environmental science. Topics covered will include GIS software and concepts, GPS receivers, data acquisition, and spatial analysis of data to solve problems. Case studies in agricultural demographics, precision agriculture, pasture management, water quality, watershed management, and waste pollution will be used to provide hands-on experience with these emerging technologies. Prereq. Agriculture and Natural Resources 290 or equivalent. S | JoAnne Logan
loganj@utk.edu |
462 | Agricultural Chemical Application Technology | 3 | Equipment for application of liquid, solid, and gaseous agricultural chemicals; system components; operational characteristics; calibration; selection and management; safety considerations; materials handling and disposal methods. Prereq: Basic calculus or finite mathematics or equivalent or consent of instructor. 2 hours and 1 lab. | William Hart
whart@utk.edu |
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330 | Field Botany | 3 | Principles of taxonomy, basic ecological concepts and the identification, recognition, collection, and preservation of local, native, and naturalized plants. Prereq: 8 hours in biological sciences. | David Smith
dsmith22@utk.edu |
599 | Advanced Evolutionary Ecology | 3 | Advanced concept in evolutionary and ecological genetics. Biogeography, climate, population genetics, evolution and natural selection, population growth and regulation, competition, niche, experimental ecology, predation, phylogenetics in ecology, biodiversity, and conservation. Prereq: General Biology and General Ecology. Students may not receive credit for both 499 and 599. (Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 599.) | Joseph Williams
joewill@utk.edu |
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503 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar | 1 | | Nate Sanders
nsanders@utk.edu |
512 | Foundations: Readings in Conservation Biology | 1-2 | Readings and discussion of classic papers in field. | staff |
606 | Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology: Invasive Biology | 1-3 | | Dan Simberloff
tebo@utk.edu |
612 | Advanced Topics in Environmental Toxicology: Implications of Terrorism in Toxicology | | | Terry Schultz
tschultz@utk.edu
Animal Science Dept. |
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462 | Economics of Resources and Environmental Policy | 3 | Economic analysis of environmental policy and allocation of resources. Benefits and costs of development of natural resources and impacts of growth on environment. Prereq: 201. Writing-emphasis course. | Christian Vossler
cvossler@utk.edu |
678 | Economics of Environmental Policy | 3 | Topics in environmental policy analysis. Consideration of alternative policy instruments, defining policy objectives and role of risk in decision-making process. | Mary Evans
mevans12@utk.edu |
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488 | Honors: Design Internship in Industrial Pollution Prevention | 3 | Selected students work in small groups to address the prevention of industrial pollution through improved process design. Directed by faculty and engineers from host company. May be substituted for 490 with departmental approval. Prereq: 480 and consent of instructor. | Robert Counce
counce@utk.edu |
581 | Industrial Pollution Prevention | 3 | Principles and practical aspects of industrial waste minimization. Regulatory environment, waste minimization strategies, economic analysis, process safety, case study: analysis of alternative waste minimization/management technologies. Prereq: Graduate standing in engineering or consent of instructor. (Same as Environmental Engineering 581 and Engineering Science 585.) | Robert Counce
counce@utk.edu |
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380 | Water and Waste Treatment | 3 | Principles of unit operations employed in physical, chemical, and biological treatment of water, wastewater, and solid wastes. Prereq: Junior standing and 390. | Bruce Robinson
rbr@utk.edu |
486 | Air and Waste Management | 3 | Principles of air quality management, solid waste management and hazardous waste management. Review of regulations, environmental quality, transport of pollutants, and control of technologies including treatment and disposal. Prereq: 390 or Chemical Engineering 200 or Agricultural Engineering 243. | Prakash Doraiswamy
pdorai@utk.edu |
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525 | Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield | 3 | Theory of soil erosion and sediment yield processes from disturbed land; methods and computer models for estimating sediment yield. Erosion and sediment control theory and management practices. Local and state regulations. Prereq: Civil Engineering 395. (Same as Biosystems Engineering 525.) | Daniel Yoder
dyoder@utk.edu |
535 | Ground Water Hydrology | 3 | Dynamics of flow and contaminant transport in porous media: hydrodynamics, dispersion, anisotropy, layered soils, unsaturated flow and groundwater contaminant transport phenomena. Analytical and numerical solution of flow and transport equations. Prereq: Hydraulics and Hydrology or Civil Engineering 485 for geology majors. (Same as Geology 535.) | Randall Gentry
rgentry@utk.edu |
552 | Biological Treatment Theory | 3 | Theory and design applications of biological processes to treatment of wastewater and solid wastes. Prereq: Water and Waste Treatment. 2 hours and 1 lab. (Same as Biosystems Engineering 552.) | Kung-Hui Chu
khchu@utk.edu |
554 | Environmental Engineering Chemistry | 3 | Application of chemical principles in analyzing physical, chemical, or biological interactions of chemical contaminants in various environmental compartments: atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. Prereq: One year chemistry and consent of instructor. | Chris Cox
ccox9@utk.edu |
555 | Solid Waste Management | 3 | Magnitude and characteristics of solid waste problems; collection systems; design of disposal systems: landfill, incineration, and composting; design of resource recovery systems; current and future regulations. Prereq: Senior standing. | George Hyfantis |
571 | Design of Air Pollution Control Systems | 3 | Design and evaluation of systems used to control emission of gaseous and particle air pollutants. Comprehensive design of specific devices and systems. Prereq: 570. | Terry Miller
tmiller3@utk.edu |
581 | Green Engineering | 3 | | Robert Counce
counce@utk.edu |
651 | Industrial Waste Unit Operations and Processes | 3 | Theoretical design and laboratory modeling of industrial waste treatment processes and operations. Prereq: 551, 553. Prereq or coreq: 552. 2 hours and 1 lab. | Kevin Robinson
kgr@utk.edu
Sharon Hale |
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432 | American Romanticism and Transcendentalism | 3 | Prose and poetry of American Renaissance, from c. 1830 to end of Civil War: Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Stowe, Douglass, Whitman, and Dickinson | Allison Ensor
aensor@utk.edu |
Environmental and Soil Sciences | |
210 | Introduction to Soil Science | 4 | Differences in soils; soil genesis; physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil; relation of soil to land use and pollution; soil management relative to tillage, erosion, moisture supply, temperature, aeration, fertility, and plant nutrition. Prereq: One semester of chemistry. 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab. | Neal Eash
eash@utk.edu |
324 | Soil and Water Conservation | 3 | Investigation of hydrologic principles regarding soil and water conservation. Topics include: hydrologic cycle, water quality, soil properties, erosion prediction and control, and techniques to protect natural resources. Prereq: 210. 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab. | Daniel Yoder
dyoder@utk.edu |
355 | Environmental Soil Biology | 3 | | Mark Radosevich
mrad@utk.edu |
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315 | Forest Ecology | 3 | Ecological interactions in forests among tree species, other plant and animal species, and their environment. Forest ecosystem classification; energy, nutrient, and hydrologic cycles; site quality. Perturbations and growth, survival and forest composition, forest succession. Fire ecology. Regeneration ecology through establishment and stand dynamics. Physiological ecology, ecological strategies, and adaptations of trees. Prereq: FWF 311. 2 hours and 1 lab. | David Buckley
dbuckley@utk.edu |
423 | Wildland Recreation Planning and Management | 3 | Planning processes, master and site planning, site design projects; management strategies, methods of visitor and recreation site management; case studies. Weekend field trips may be required. Prereq: 321 and Junior standing in Wildland Recreation concentration, or consent of instructor. 2 hours and 1 lab. | Mark Fly
markfly@utk.edu |
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211 | Introduction to FWF | 3 | History of natural resources policies and practices; social perspectives and attitudes concerning natural resources and their use; techniques of integrated natural resources management, ecological principles, current policies, social trends, and forest and wildland resource use. | |
250 | Conservation | 3 | Use and abuse of wildland resources. Historical perspectives and current management of forests, wildlife, and fish of North America including aspects of outdoor recreation and pollution problems. | Richard Strange
rstrange@utk.edu |
412 | Managing Natural Resource Organizations | 3 | Human, bureaucratic and managerial factors influencing the effectiveness of natural resource organizations. Alternative stakeholder and public involvement objectives, strategies, and mechanisms including client-customer, partnership and adversarial. Conflict resolution, proactive collaborative problem solving and alliance building. Prereq: 317 or consent of instructor. 2 hours and 1 lab. | David Ostermeier
daveo@utk.edu |
416 | Planning and Management of FWF Resources | 3 | Integrated forest and wildland resource management through developing land management plans and analyzing case studies including conflict resolution. Prereq: Senior standing. 1 hour and 2 labs. | Donald Hodges
dhodges2@utk.edu
William Minser
wminser@utk.edu |
610 | Seminar in Natural Resources | 2 | Selected issues in natural resources and natural resource management at regional, national, or international level. Development of interdisciplinary approach to addressing problem: evaluating current state of knowledge, developing alternative actions to address problems, and identifying criteria for evaluation of alternatives. | Donald Hodges
dhodges2@utk.edu |
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132 | Geography of the Natural Environment | 4, 4 | Characteristics and processes of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere; their interaction to produce a world pattern of distinctive environments significant to humanity. Must be taken in sequence. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | Carol Harden
charden@utk.edu |
345 | Population and Environment | 3 | Global and local patterns of population distribution and change as they relate to culture, economic development, technology, and the environment and the future. Prereq: 101-102 or consent of instructor. Writing-emphasis course. | Anita Drever
adrever@utk.edu |
366 | Geography of Tennessee | 3 | Survey of the geography of the State of Tennessee including its cultural, economic, and physical resources, as well as an examination of the state’s diversity, development, and its geographic connections within the Southeast region and beyond. Writing-emphasis course. | Margaret Gripshover
mgripsho@utk.edu |
434 | Climatology | 3 | General circulation system leading to world pattern of climates. Climatic change and modification, and interrelationships of climate and human activity. Prereq: 131 or consent of instructor. | Ken Orvis
orvis@utk.edu |
436 | Water Resources | 3 | Global water resources and hydrologic processes, including water availability, flooding, and water quality issues examined from physical and economic geographic perspectives. Prereq: 131-132 or consent of instructor. | Carol Harden
charden@utk.edu |
532 | Topics in Global Change | 3 | Emerging trends, anticipated problems, and methods in global change research and response. Prereq: 434 or consent of instructor. May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours. | |
635 | Seminar in Biogeography | 3 | Prereq: 535 or consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. | |
Geology | |
202 | Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions | 3 | Study of the earth as an integrated system between physical and biological processes. Focus is on human disturbances such as habitat destruction and pollution. May not be applied toward the Geology major. | Mike McKinney
mmckinne@utk.edu |
203 | Geology of National Parks | 3 | Geologic principles, processes, and earth materials responsible for the spectacular landscapes of national parks. Focus on interactions among internal earth processes, surficial earth processes, and human interactions. 3 lecture hours, plus an optional field trip. May not be applied toward the Geology major. Writing-emphasis course. | Mike Clark
gm136179@utk.edu |
455 | Basic Environmental Geology | 3 | Applications of the geological sciences toward a comprehension of the effects of geological processes on humans and the effects of human activities on the earth’s environments. Prereq: 101. | Kula Misra
kmisra@utk.edu
Mike McKinney
mmckinne@utk.edu
Maria Uhle
muhle@utk.edu |
460 | Principles of Geochemistry | 3 | Applications of chemical principles to geologic systems with emphasis on problem-solving techniques. Topics include phase diagrams, partitioning of trace elements, thermodynamic principles for evaluating stabilities of mineral assemblages, aqueous solutions, and applications of radiogenic and stable isotopes to geologic systems. Prereq: Chemistry 120-130, Mathematics 141-142; recommended Geology 330 or consent of instructor. 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour tutorial. | Kula Misra
kmisra@utk.edu |
470 | Applied Geophysics | 3 | Basic principles of geophysical exploration, with emphasis on applications to environmental problems. Includes seismic and electromagnetic methods. Prereq: 6 hours of Geology courses numbered above 300, Physics 221-222. 3 lecture hours. | Williams |
490 | Special Problems in Geology: Research in Environmental Studies | 3 | | Mike McKinney
mmckinne@utk.edu |
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866 | Environmental Law and Policy | 3 | Study, through methods of public policy analysis, of responses of legal system to environmental problems: environmental litigation; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; National Environmental Policy Act; and selected regulatory issues. | |
943 | Land Use Law | 3 | Private land use controls: nuisance, easements, real covenants, equitable servitude and home owner associations; public land use controls: zoning, subdivision controls, eminent domain, and regulatory takings. | |
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581-582 | Mathematical Ecology | 3,3 | Deterministic and stochastic models of populations, communities, and ecosystems. Prereq:431, 453 or consent of instructor. (Same as EEB 581-582.) | Aaron King
aking3@utk.edu |
589 | Seminar in Mathematical Ecology | 1-3 | May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours | Sergey Gavrilets
gavrila@utk.edu
Lou Gross
gross@tiem.utk.edu
Mike Berry
mberry@utk.edu
Tom Hallam
thallam@utk.edu
Aaron King
aking3@utk.edu
Suzanne Lenhart slenhart@utk.edu Shih-Lung Shaw
sshaw@utk.edu |
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670 | Advanced Topics in Environmental Microbiology | 1-3 | Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. | Gary Sayler
sayler@utk.edu |
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346 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | Issues concerning the nature of the environment and the place of humanity within it. Writing-emphasis course. | Heather Douglas
hdouglas@utk.edu
John Nolt
nolt@utk.edu |
400 | Special Topics: Consumerism and Sustainability | 3 | | John Nolt (nolt@utk.edu)
John Hardwig (jhardwig@utk.edu) |
544 | Topics Applied Ethics | 3 | | John Nolt (nolt@utk.edu)
John Hardwig (jhardwig@utk.edu) |
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421 | Native Plants in the Landscape | 3 | Native plants and plant communities as a basis for landscaping and environmental restoration. Weekly lecture coupled with either an outing or service practicum of invasive exotic plant removals or planting of natives. Study and work sites will primarily be demonstration projects of the UT Environmental Landscape Design Lab. They include local schoolyard habitats, greenways, wetlands, stream banks, and shorelines. Prereq: 220, Botany 330, or consent of instructor. | Samuel Rogers
srogers1@utk.edu |
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549 | Environmental Policy | 3 | Overview of contemporary environmental policy and its evolution. Examines the roles of values in the environmental arena. Provides a framework for policy analysis and analytical tools for selection and choosing among policy options. | David Feldman
feldman@utk.edu |
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360 | Environment and Resources | 3 | Relationship between scarcity and natural resources and changes in societal beliefs and social structure. Topics include social and physical limits to growth and collective action problems. Writing-emphasis course. | Scott Frey
rfrey2@utk.edu |
465 | Social Values and the Environment | 3 | Human dimensions of ecosystem management and public policy. An applied focus on how social values are activated within specific biophysical and social settings. Prereq: 110 or 120 or consent of instructor. Writing-emphasis course. | Robert Jones
mountain@utk.edu |
562 | Sociology of Environmental Policy | 3 | | Sherry Cable
scable@utk.edu |
University Honors |
348 | Honors Seminars on Environmental Concerns | 1 | Twelve sections each emphasizing a specific point of view on environemntal or conservation issues -- designed to build on and complement the special activities of the ENVIRONMENTAL SEMSTER | complete list of sections | Staff |
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443 | Fisheries Science | 3 | Quantification and management of freshwater fisheries: population estimation, age and growth, biological assessment, and stocking. Prereq: Principles of W & FS Management or consent of instructor. 2 hours and 1 lab. | Richard Strange
rstrange@utk.edu |
445 | Ecology and Management of Wild Birds | 3 | Biological and ecological characteristics of game birds, endangered birds, and bird pests. Current principles and practices of wild bird management. Prereq: Principles of W & FS Management or consent of instructor. 2 hours and 1 lab. | David Buehler
dbuehler@utk.edu |
525 | Endangered Species Management and Conservation of Biodiversity | 2 | Status, ecology, and management of endangered wildlife and plant species. Historic aspects, policy implications and philosophical issues surrounding recovery efforts. Approaches to monitor and manage for biodiversity. Prereq: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. | David Buehler
dbuehler@utk.edu |