Perceptual processes mediating behaviour in humans, with special attention given to the emotional processing of visual stimuli. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Hydraulic head measurements, water-quality sampling, pump and slug testing, infiltration measurements, profiling techniques. Held over five days after spring term at the Richmond groundwater hydrology field-school site. Enrolment limitations.
Impact of climate change on ecological systems. Builds framework for understanding past and future changes following fundamental organizing units of ecology - individuals, populations, species, communities, and ecosystems.
An applied course that examines the innovative, growing, and rapidly evolving field of social entrepreneurship, which tackles social and environmental challenges through business perspectives and methods. Credit will be granted for only one of COMR 485 or COMM 485. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Equivalency: COMM 485
Economic analysis of environmental problems, energy systems, and natural resources. Policy options to help resolve these issues. Credit will be granted for only one of COEC 475 or COMM 487.
Sampling; investigations; fate and transport of chemicals in soil, water, sediment, biota and air; exposure pathways assessment and toxicological principles for receptors; risk-based approach to site remediation, treatment and control technologies.
The social and biophysical context of infrastructure and the impact of civil engineering on people, the economy, and the environment. Specific topics vary from year to year.