Course Offerings

WHAT'S OFFERED FALL 2007
(UMD CORE, ENSP P&P basic requirements, ENSP P&P restricted electives)

Suggested CORE General Education Requirements Offered in Fall 2007

Professional Writing (Junior English)
ENGL390: Science Writing (3 credits)
TuTh 2:00pm- 3:15pm (Knorr)
TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (Buehl)

ENGL392: Legal Writing (3 credits)
(many offerings)

ENGL393: Technical Writing (3 credits)
(many offerings)

ENGL394: Business Writing (3 credits)
(many offerings)

ENGL395: Writing for Health Professions (3 credits)
(many offerings)

ENGL398N: Topics in Professional Writing: Writing for Non-Profit Organizations (3 cr)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm (Solomon)

ENGL398V: Topics in Professional Writing: Writing about the Environment (3 credits)
MWF 10:00am-10:50am (Shea)

Literature (HL)
HONR299L: Exploring the Mystery of Amazonia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Issues (3 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm (Igel)

Other Humanities (HO)
PHIL250: Philosophy of Science I (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Kallfelz)

Diversity (D)
ANTH220: Introduction to Biological Anthropology (4 credits)
(many offerings)

AREC365: World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies (3 credits)
MWF 12:00am-12:50am (Leonard)

HONR299L: Exploring the Mystery of Amazonia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Environmental Issues (3 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm (Igel)

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE)
PLSC172: Introduction to Urban Ecosystems (3 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm (McIntosh)

WRLD235: The Power of Water: Politics, Technology, and Development of the Mekong
River (3 credits)
TuTh 3:00pm- 3:50pm + lab (F 10-11:15am) (Benson)

Social of Political History (SH)
HIST175 Science and Technology in Western Civilization (3 credits)
MW 2:00pm- 2:50pm + discussion (Friedel)

JOUR240: Advertising in America (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am (Zanot)

 

ENSP Politics & Policy Basic Requirements Offered in Fall 2007

Biology
BSCI 106: Principles of Biology II (4 credits)
MWF 11:00pm- 11:50pm + lab (Via)
MWF 2:00pm - 2:50pm + lab (Via)

Chemistry
CHEM131: Chemistry I - Fundamentals of General Chemistry (3 credits)
MWF 8:00am- 8:50am + discussion (Vedernikov)
MWF 10:00am-10:50am + discussion (Dixon)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (Mignerey)
MWF 1:00pm- 1:50pm + discussion (Dixon)
*Must be taken w/ CHEM 132*

CHEM132: General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 credit)
3 hour lab (many offerings) (Steffek)
*Must be taken w/ CHEM 131*

Earth Science
AOSC200: Weather and Climate (3 credits) – replaces METO 200
TuTh 12:30pm – 1:45pm + discussion (Hudson)
**This class was previously numbered METO 200 and fulfills an ENSP requirement**

GEOG201: Geography of Environmental Systems (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am (Prince)
*Must be taken w/ GEOG 211*

GEOG211: Geography of Environmental Systems Laboratory (1 credit)
2 hour lab (many offerings) (Staff)
*Must be taken w/ GEOG 201*

GEOL100: Physical Geology (3 credits)
MWF 1:00pm- 1:50pm (Staff)
TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (Staff)
*Must be taken w/ GEOL 110*

GEOL110: Physical Geology Laboratory (1 credit)
3 hour lab (many offerings) (Staff)
*Must be taken w/ GEOL 100 or 120*

GEOL120: Environmental Geology (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30pm- 10:45pm + discussion (Staff)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm + discussion (Staff)
*Replaces GEOL100/110, must be taken w/ GEOL 110*

METO 200: see AOSC 200 (above)

Economics
ECON200: Principles of Micro-Economics (4 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm + discussion (Daniel)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am + discussion (Terrell)
TuTh 2:00pm- 3:15pm + discussion (Terrell)
MWF 9:00am-9:50am + discussion (Andrei)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (Jenish)

ECON201: Principles of Macro-Economics (4 credits)
MW 2:00pm- 3:15pm (Neri) + discussion (F 1:00pm- 1:50pm)
TuTh 2:00pm- 3:15pm (Clement) + discussion (F 10:00am-10:50am)

AREC240: Introduction to Economics and the Environment (4 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm + discussion (Hueth)
*P&P students may take either ECON 481 (formerly ECON 381) or AREC 240 to satisfy their ECON 381 concentration requirement —all are essentially the same course*

ECON451: Public Choice (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Coughlin)

Environmental Science and Policy
ENSP101: Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (James)

ENSP400: Capstone in Environmental Science and Policy (3 credits)
TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (James)
*E-mail either Ms. Brown ( jbrown@deans.umd.edu ) or Dr. Whittemore
( wwhitte@deans.umd.edu ) to request permission to register for this course*

Geography
GEOG100: Introduction to Geography (3 credits)
MW 10:00am-10:50am + discussion (Cirrincione)
MW 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (Cirrincione)

GEOG123 Causes and Implications of Global Change (3 credits)
MW 3:00pm- 4:15pm (Anderson)
*Section only open to students in Freshmen Connection

GEOG140 Coastal Environments (3 credits)
MW 12:00pm-12:50pm (Kearney)

Government and Politics
GVPT170: American Government (3 credits)
MW 1:00pm- 1:50pm + discussion (Vietri)
TuTh 2:00pm- 2:50pm + discussion (Herrnson)
MW 6:00pm- 7:15pm (Staff) * Freshmen connection section*

GVPT200: International Political Relations (3 credits)
MW 2:00pm- 2:50pm + discussion (Haufler)

GVPT221: Introduction to Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Swistak)
MW 2:00pm- 3:15pm (Lalman)

GVPT280: Comparative Politics and Governments (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Pearson)

GVPT306: Global Ecopolitics (3 credits)
MWF 2:00pm- 2:50pm (Beevers)

GVPT321: Intermediate Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics (3 credits)
MW 3:30pm- 4:45pm (Lalman)

Math
MATH140: Calculus I (4 credits)
MWF 8:00am- 8:50am + discussion (Gulick)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (Okoudjou)
MWF 1:00pm- 1:50pm + discussion (Gulick)
MTuWTh 3:00pm- 3:50pm (Staff) * Freshmen connection section*

MATH220: Elementary Calculus I (3 credits)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am + discussion (Staff)
MWF 1:00pm- 1:50pm + discussion (Staff)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm + discussion (Glaz)
TuTh 12:30am-1:45am + discussion (Staff)
TuTh 2:00pm-3:15pm + discussion (Cohen)

Statistics
BIOM301: Introduction to Biometrics (3 credits)
TuTh 2:00pm- 2:50pm + discussion (Hakenkamp)

ECON321: Economic Statistics (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am (Chao)

PSYC200: Statistical Methods in Psychology (3 credits)
TuTh 8:00am- 9:15am + discussion (Johnson)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am + discussion (Johnson)

SOCY201: Introductory Statistics for Sociology (4 credits)
TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm + lab (Neustadtl)

STAT400: Applied Probability and Statistics I (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm + discussion (Millson)
TuTh 2:00pm- 3:15pm + discussion (Kagan)

 

Restricted Electives Offered in Fall 2007
Your goal in choosing restricted electives should be to create a cohesive set of courses focused on one or a few areas of particular interest to you. The list of courses below includes those that are on the formal list of approved restricted electives for the Politics and Policy concentration, as well as those courses that we will automatically approve as substitute restricted electives. (Approved restricted electives and approved substitutes that are not being offered in spring are not listed below). Substitution policy for restricted electives: Other courses may be acceptable as substitute restricted electives, subject to approval and provided that you can make a strong case that the course serves your purposes and educational needs. We strongly encourage you to identify additional courses in departments such as GVPT, GEOG, ECON, AGNR, AREC, PUAF, BSCI, NRSC, and NRMT that will extend and deepen knowledge gained in previous courses that were of particular interest. To be approved as a restricted elective, such a course must have a substantial link to the politics and policy of the environment, the general study of environmental problems, or social/political/historical/economic processes directly relevant to your particular environmental interests. (For example, if your particular interests were in environment and development, you might be able to make a case that a course in Latin American or African politics made sense for your program; if you were interested primarily in water policy, a course on freshwater ecosystems might make sense).
To request that a course not on our approved list be accepted as a substitute, send Dr. Conca and Rodrigo a strong and specific 1-2 paragraph explanation of how the course is relevant to your career or educational interests. (This substitution policy applies only to restricted elective requirements, not to the basic GVPT and ECON requirements of the ENSP Politics and Policy concentration).

List of pre-approved restricted electives:

ANTH450: Theory and Practice of Environmental Anthropology (3 credits)
Th 6:00pm- 8:40pm (Chernela)

AREC365: World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies (3 credits)
MWF 12:00am-12:50am (Leonard)

COMM330: Argumentation and Public Policy (3 credits)
TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (Staff)
TuTh 5:00pm- 6:15pm (Staff)

ECON315 Economic Development of Underdeveloped Areas (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am (Kranker)
MWF 10:00am-10:50am (Abdychev)
TuTh 2:00pm-3:15pm (Betancourt)
MWF 11:00am-11:50am (Nguyen)
MW 3:30pm- 4:45pm (Werling)

ENSP386: Internship (3-6 credits)
*Visit http://www.ensp.umd.edu/AdvChecklists/386_InternAppl.doc to see procedures to obtain the necessary prior permission to register for this course*

ENSP399A: Introduction to Environmental Law (3 credits)
TuTh 5:00pm- 615pm (Clune Giblin)

ENST441: Sustainable Agriculture (3 credits)
TuTh 8:00am- 9:15am (Weil)

GEOG330: Cultural Geography (3 credits)
MWF 2:00pm- 2:50pm (Eney)

GEOG373: Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
Th 12:30pm- 2:30pm + lab (Zhou)

GEOG431: Culture and Natural Resource Management (3 credits)
Tu 2:00pm- 4:30pm + lab (Geores)

GEOG437: Political Geography (3 credits)
MW 3:00pm- 4:15pm (Zlatic)

GVPT 376: Applied Field Research in GVPT (Capitol Hill) (3-6 credits)
Time and room to be arranged (Staff)
*Instructor’s permission required to register; must be taken with GVPT 377; course to be
accepted as Restricted Elective upon pertinent student request*

GVPT 377: Seminar for Academic Interns (3 credits)
M 6:00pm-8:45pm (Staff)
*Instructor’s permission required to register; must be taken with GVPT 376; course to be
accepted as Restricted Elective upon pertinent student request*

GVPT 386: Experiential Learning [internships] (3-6 credits)
*Instructor’s permission required to register; course to be accepted as Restricted Elective upon pertinent student request*

GVPT 388: Topical Investigations [independent study] (3 credits)
*Instructor’s permission required to register; course to be accepted as Restricted Elective upon pertinent student request*

GVPT419B: Advanced Topics in Environmental Policy Analysis (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Conca)

GVPT473: Legislatures and Legislation (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:20pm + discussion (Uslaner)

HLTH437: Consumer Behavior (3 credits)
TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Voorhees)

HIST406: History of Technology (3 credits)
MW 11:00am-12:15pm (Friedel)

PHIL458B (PermReq): Topics in the Philosophy of Science: History of Biology (3 credits)
Tu 4:00pm- 6:30pm (Darden)

SOCY305: Scarcity and Modern Society (3 credits)
TuTh 11:00pm- 12:15pm (Finsterbusch)

SOCY410: Social Demography (3 credits)
MWF 10:00am-10:50am (Staff)

SOCY441: Social Stratification and Inequality (3 credits)
TuTh 9:30am-10:45am (Pease)

Environmental Science & Policy Program