Environmental Studies

Phil Condon, Director

The Environmental Studies Program (EVST) seeks to provide students with the literacy, skills and commitment needed to foster a healthy natural environment and to create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world. To these ends, the EVST program educates and challenges students to become knowledgeable, motivated, and engaged in environmental affairs. Our students acquire the skills and awareness to promote positive social change and improve the environment and communities of Montana and the world, for current and future generations. Our program is organized upon the following principles:

  • Environmental studies require an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
  • Creating solutions to environmental problems requires enterprise and performance as well as reflection; therefore, an effective environmental education generates thinkers who can do as well as doers who can think.
  • It is important to provide both classroom and experiential learning opportunities in the arts and responsibilities of democratic citizenship, including communication, collaboration, and committed civic participation.
  • Students should be co-creators of their educational experience.

High School Preparation: Students in high school who are planning to major in environmental studies should take their school's college preparatory curriculum. Courses in biology, chemistry, math through pre-calculus, and writing are recommended.

Undergraduate Degrees Available

Subject Type Option Track
Environmental Studies Bachelor of Arts
Environmental Studies Minor

Faculty

Professor

  • Len Broberg, Professor
  • Phil Condon, Professor/Director, Environmental Studies Program
  • Neva Hassanein, Professor
  • Vicki Watson, Professor

Associate Professor

  • Fletcher Brown, Associate Professor
  • Robin Saha, Associate Professor
  • Dan Spencer, Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

  • Rosalyn La Pier, Faculty

Lecturer

  • Josh Slotnick, PEAS Farm Director, Lecturer

Research Faculty

  • Beth Covitt, Research Assistant Professor

Emeritus

  • Tom Roy, Professor Emeritus

Course Descriptions

Environmental Sciences

  • ENSC 105N - Environmental Science

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Provides students with opportunities to use class knowledge to make a difference; helps students build all of the following: scientific literacy; skills in critical thinking, research and self-instruction; provides an understanding of the scientific basis of environmental issues, policies and laws; encourages habits of sustainable living, scientifically-informed, active participation in social decisions, and service to their community and to the earth.
    Course Attributes:
    • Natural Science Course

  • ENSC 191 - Special Topics / Exper Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. (R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of isntr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENSC 360 - Applied Ecology

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Prereq or coreq ENST 201. To succeed in this course, students also need college level courses in general biology, chemistry & statistics. Principles and concepts of ecology and how they can be applied to inform real life decisions about human interactions with the environment. Emphasizes the science of sustainability and the conservation of watersheds and biodiversity.

  • ENSC 391 - Special Topics/Exp. Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate. (R 12) Offerered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.

  • ENSC 398 - Cooperative Education/Intern

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., six credits in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning through internship with governments, organizations or industry. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.

  • ENSC 491 - Special Topics/Exper Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.

  • ENSC 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq. consent of instructor. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.

  • ENSC 494 - Seminar/Workshop

    Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. A seminar on a current environmental topic.

  • ENSC 495 - Field Study

    Credits: 1 TO 10. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq or coreq ENSC 360. Designing, executing, interpreting and documenting field studies. Project oriented.

  • ENSC 501 - Sci Apprchs Environ Prob

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST or consent of instr. The strength and limitations of the scientific approach to investigating and solving selected environmental problems with an emphasis on the natural sciences.

  • ENSC 540 - Watershed Conservation

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instr. Course assumes students have level of knowledge presented in a college level ecology course. Integrates watershed science, policy, planning, action and organizing. The science component explores watershed connections, evaluating change and assessing watershed condition. The policy component explains the scientific basis of national, state and local laws, programs and agencies that affect watersheds. The planning and action component discusses developing watershed conservation plans and selecting actions likely to address problems without creating other problems. The organizing component covers how to help watershed communities make choices, resolve conflicts, build commitment and find funding. Students work individually or in teams to assist Montana groups in developing watershed CPR plans, initiating monitoring projects, and/or conducting education projects.

  • ENSC 550 - Pollution Ecology

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instr. Course assumes students have level of knowledge presented in a college level ecology course. Examines sources, fate, and effects of pollutants on organisms and ecosystems; methods of measuring and predicting pollutant fate and effects, assessing and reducing risks, estimating ecosystem assimilation capacity; setting standards and restoring ecosystems damaged by pollution. Briefly examines some relevant laws and policies at the federal, state and local level.

  • ENSC 551 - Environmental Field Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-3) Offered intermittently. Prereq. or coreq., ENSC 540 or 550 or ENST 560.  Same as BIOB 551.  Designing, executing and interpreting environmental field studies.  Oriented to studies of aquatic systems and watersheds.  Students will assist with a class project and may also pursue their own projects.  Projects focus on the Clark Fork, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River basins.

  • ENSC 594 - Graduate Seminar

    Credits: 1 TO 15. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-15) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST or consent of instr. Prereq graduate standing. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. In depth analysis of a current environmental topic. Different topics offered each semester.

  • ENSC 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq graduate standing. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENSC 596 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Work on selected problems by individual students under direct faculty supervision.

  • ENSC 598 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 8. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus.

Environmental Studies

  • ENST 201 - Environmental Info Resources

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring.  Students learn how to find, evaluate and use existing information to increase understanding of environmental issues and resolve controversies.  Students will: research a subject, using a variety of sources (refereed literature, government sources, internet sources, interviews); evaluate sources critically; write a literature review and give an oral presentation on their topic.  Focus is on critical thinking and dealing with the information explosion.

  • ENST 204 - Sustainable Tech Applications

    Credits: 2. Level: Undergraduate. (R-4) Offered intermittently autumn or spring.  Prereq., ENST 230H.  Review of the concept of sustainability in the context of the current American economic system and the extant applications of sustainability principles to private enterprise.

  • ENST 225 - Community & Environment

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn.  Same as SOCI 225.  Exploration of the ways that communities address their environmental concerns.  Introduction of relevant social science concepts.

  • ENST 230H - Nature and Society

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. UM campus course offered spring. Explores the relationship between ideas about nature and the development of political and social ideas, institutions, and practices, primarily in western (Euro-American) society. Complements ethics offerings in philosophy aimed at environmental studies majors.
    Course Attributes:
    • Historical & Cultural Course
    • Writing Course-Approved

  • ENST 291 - Spec Topics/Exp Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate. (R-9) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENST 294 - Seminar

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. (R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. A review and discussion of current research. Topics vary.

  • ENST 295 - Field Skills

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn by Northwest Connections. Via backcountry travel and hands-on field application, proficiency gained in wilderness first aid; natural history field journal techniques; navigation using map, compass, and GPS; collecting and recording scientific field data in remote settings; minimum impact camping and travel; backcountry preparedness; and basic woodsman skills.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • ENST 335L - The Environmental Vision

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn.  Provides background, overview, interpretations, and understanding of key concepts, themes, approaches, and forms in American nature and environmental nonfiction as well as that literature’s response to and influence on environmental events, figures, and movements.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • ENST 367 - Envr Politics & Policies

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn. Foundation in public lands history, bedrock environmental laws, policy processes and institutions.  Research and analysis of current environmental and natural resource policy issues.  Focus is domestic illustrated by case studies.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • ENST 373A - Nature Works

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered spring. Writing workshop for the creation, critique, and revision of essays about the environment to include natural history, personal narrative, science interpretation, advocacy/editorial, place-based essay, and others.  Examination of concepts, forms, and approaches to writing about environmental concerns, awareness and sensitivity.  Reading and responding to published work, primarily from the perspective of technique and approach.
    Course Attributes:
    • Expressive Arts Course
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • ENST 377 - Rhetoric, Nature, Environ

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered every other year. Same as COMX 347.  Not open to PCOM. Survey of rhetorical texts that shape public understanding of nature and environmental issues. Analysis of a range of historical and contemporary environmental texts using theoretical concepts from the rhetorical tradition.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • ENST 382 - Environmental Law

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered spring.  Introduction to the history, law and theory of environmental regulation in the United States using public and private land regulation mechanisms as case studies.  Basic principles of constitutional and administrative law relevant to environmental regulation, substantive public and private land use law and the history of environmental problems and their regulation.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • ENST 391 - Special Topics/Exp Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENST 395 - Field Studies: Env. Studies

    Credits: 2 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate. (R-12) Offered every term. Via extended backcountry travel, experiential examination of cultural history and public lands management, and how those affect ecosystem integrity. Investigation of personal roles in and relationships with human and ecological communities. Offered by the Wild Rockies Field Institute and Northwest Connections.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • ENST 396 - Supervised Internship (PEAS)

    Credits: 0 TO 10. Level: Undergraduate. (R-10) Offered every term; Summer intensive, 6 cr. Students learn small scale sustainable vegetable farming in a hands-on work environment at the PEAS farm (15 minute bike ride from campus). Lectures, readings and reflection inform the work. Summer students also visit local farms on once-a-week field trips. PEAS is repeatable, as the curriculum changes across the season, and students can attend any semester, though the 6 credit summer intensive course is the heart of the program.
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer

  • ENST 398 - Cooperative Education/Intern

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., six credits in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning through internship with governments, organizations or industry.  A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • ENST 420 - US Environmental Movement

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered Intermittently.  Study of the environmental movement as a social movement.  Examination of different approaches to environmental protection and restoration in view of the movement’s historical roots and contemporary debates. 

  • ENST 430 - Culture & Agriculture

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring, from start of semester to mid-April.  Surveys treatment of farmers and farming in the humanities.  Course covers specific agricultural crops and their effect on social and environmental history, artistic commentary on agricultural life and farmer philosophy.  Themes range from agriculturally influenced historical events to Wendell Berry's poetry to Albert Borgmann's philosophy.

  • ENST 472 - Gen Sci: Conserv Ed

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered autumn and spring. A study of the foundations of environmental science and conservation education with applications to community service and teaching.

  • ENST 476 - Environmental Citizenship

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered spring. Prereq., open to juniors and seniors only or by consent of instructor. Same as CCS 485. Develops leadership and environmental citizenship skills, values and virtues through student-initiated projects informed by principles of organizing and sustainable behavior change theories of social marketing.

  • ENST 480 - Food, Agriculture, Environment

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring.  Exploration of the premise that agricultural sustainability requires practices, policies, and social arrangements that balance concerns of environmental soundness, economic viability, and social justice among all sectors of society.

  • ENST 487 - Globalization, Justice & Envir

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Study of current trends in economic globalization and its effects on efforts to work for social justice and environmental sustainability, particularly in the Global South.  Examination of different models and theories of globalization, analysis of ethical issues raised, and assessment of alternatives proposed.

  • ENST 489S - Env. Justice Iss & Solut

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Examination of evidence, causes and consequences of social inequality in the distribution of environmental risks and in access to natural resources and environmental amenities. Community, government and industry responses and service approaches for addressing environmental inequities.

  • ENST 491 - Special Topics/Exper Courses

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENST 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.

  • ENST 493 - Study Abroad: Envir Justice LA

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered summer.  Two week travel seminar to one or more Latin American countries to examine Latin American perspectives on environmental justice and efforts toward sustainable development within the context of the global economy and U. S. foreign policy.  Required one-credit seminar offered spring semester to provide background readings. 
    Course Attributes:
    • Faculty-Led Study Abroad

  • ENST 494 - Seminar/Workshop

    Credits: 1 TO 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. A seminar on a current environmental topic.

  • ENST 499 - Senior Thesis/Capstone

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., senior standing in EVST. For seniors who want to design and perform a significant capstone project involving research and/or service. Students have responsibility for designing their projects which are subject to faculty approval. A final report and public presentation are required. Honors credit available.

  • ENST 502 - Envir Law for Non-Lawyers

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., graduate standing. Review of major substantive environmental laws with an emphasis on areas of citizen involvement in the legal process.

  • ENST 504 - Topics in Environ Philosophy

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring.  Same as PHL 504.  Prereq., graduate standing. Critical study/discussion of current (as well as benchmark) texts and issues in environmental ethics, environmental politics, and the philosophy of ecology, Interdisciplinary; open to concerned students from all disciplines.

  • ENST 505 - Literature of Nature Writing

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Study of nature, environmental, and place-based writing, from classical times to the present, with emphasis on the American tradition and its relationship to twenty-first century environmental concerns, challenges, and opportunities, and to the current practice of nature writing and natural history.

  • ENST 513 - Nat Res Conflict Resolution

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Same as NRSM 513 and LAW 613. Prereq., graduate standing. Examines the basic framework for preventing and resolving natural resource and environmental conflicts in America. Reviews the history of alternative approaches, emphasizes the theory and practice of collaboration, and considers future trends. This highly interactive course uses lectures, guest speakers, case studies, and simulations.

  • ENST 515 - Enivro Negotiation Mediation

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Same as NRSM 515 and COMX 515. Prereq., graduate standing. This course prepares students to effectively engage in multiparty negotiation on natural resource and environmental issues. It is grounded in theory and provides an opportunity to develop practical skills in both negotiation and facilitation/mediation. Guest speakers, case studies, and simulations allow students to develop, test, and refine best practices. The course is fast-paced, highly interactive, and serves as the second of three required courses in the Natural Resources Conflict Resolution Program.

  • ENST 520 - Environmental Organizing

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Developing understanding of and skills in community and environmental organizing. Emphasis on theory and practice of civic engagement and social change with a focus on developing and running campaigns and working in a group. Team projects.

  • ENST 521 - Found Environmental Educ

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing in environmental studies. Same as C&I 521. Problem-solving approaches to environmental education; problem identification, research and design and implementation of an educational approach to selected environmental issues.

  • ENST 530 - The Greening of Religion

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered yearly. A critical examination of different religious traditions' views on nature and society, and contemporary religious traditions' responses to environmental issues.

  • ENST 531 - Citizen Particip Env Decis

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Review of the modes and methods of citizen participation in governmental and corporate decision making. Review of the National and Montana Environmental Policy Act; administrative rule making and appeals, strategic planning, lobbying and corporate governance. Students complete a project with an outside group.

  • ENST 535 - Local Climate Solutions

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. This course seeks to develop students’ understanding and skills for participating in local solutions to climate change that can also support broader conservation, efficiency and sustainability efforts. This will be accomplished by engaging in planning and carrying out group projects that further advance existing climate change mitigation or adaptation efforts.

  • ENST 537 - Bld Effective Environment Org

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently.  Prereq., graduate standing. Focus on the tasks and skills necessary to building and managing effective environmental organizations, particularly non-profit. Budgeting, fund-raising, grant-writing, attracting and utilizing volunteers, working with the media. Strategic approaches and how they are shaped by issue, context, and structure.

  • ENST 542 - Transboundary Env Issues

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently in autumn.  Prereq., graduate standing in environmental studies program.  Review of the political systems and administrative systems of each country relevant to natural resource policy decision-making and ecological systems. Review pertinent literature, interact with stakeholders, and produce group reports.

  • ENST 548 - Super Tchg Envir Ed

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ENST 521 or EDU 521. Design, selection and evaluation of materials for the teaching of environmental education.

  • ENST 555 - Rsch Methods for Soc Change

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Introduction to qualitative methods of research design, data collection, and analysis. Emphasis on research that facilitates and documents social change processes. Hands-on research experience through fieldwork projects. Includes instruction on writing social science and on research ethics.

  • ENST 560 - Environmental Impact Analysis

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instr. Covers legal and scientific aspects of the Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) including: What is required by international, national and state law and regulations? How does one organize an effective interdisciplinary team research effort and public participation program? What scientific tools are used in EIA? How could EIA process be improved?

  • ENST 561 - Land Use Planning Law

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Same as GPHY 561 and LAW 687. Prereq., graduate standing. Basic overview of the law of land use planning including background in the traditional governmental regulatory, proprietary, and fiscal land use tools. Examination of modern techniques for land use planning; consideration of constitutional limits of authority of state and local governments. Focus on skills in interpreting, drafting and applying state legislation and local ordinances.

  • ENST 562 - Land Use Planning Clinic

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered every term. Prereq. or coreq., ENST 561. Same as GPHY 562. Prereq., graduate standing. Students assist local communities in long-range planning efforts and development of growth management plans as required by Montana law; ordinance drafting, development proposals, and land use issues.

  • ENST 563 - Environmental Law I

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST. Same as LAW 650. Philosophy and values underlying environmental regulation, basic introduction to administrative law, in-depth study of air and water pollution and the environmental policy acts.  

  • ENST 564 - Environmental Law II

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST. Same as LAW 649. In-depth study of the laws addressing toxic substances and solid and hazardous waste, and the Endangered Species Act.  Exploration of interaction between land use regulation and environmental law.

  • ENST 565 - Public Land & Resources Law

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Same as LAW 654. Historical development of United States public land law, state-federal relations, and the roles of Congress, the executive and the courts; the law applying to specific public land resources:  water, minerals, timber, range, and preservation.

  • ENST 566 - Adv Prob Pub Lnd Res Law

    Credits: 2. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Same as LAW 619. Collaborative work on practical problems arising in public land and resources law and individual research and writing projects.

  • ENST 567 - Water Law

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered spring. Same as LAW 663. Prereq., graduate standing. Interstate water problems; federal/state powers; federal/Indian water rights/Montana water law.

  • ENST 573 - Environmental Writing

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered autumn. Prereq., graduate standing. Writing workshop designed to improve skills in writing on environmental topics for general audiences. Approaches include personal narrative, natural history, science interpretation, advocacy/argument, place-based essays. Includes analysis of published work from the perspective of technique and craft.

  • ENST 575 - Sem:Rhet&Env'l Controversy

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. Same as COMX 575. Prereq., graduate standing. The study of how advocates use symbols to influence meaning and action in environmental controversies. Rhetorical concepts used to examine recurring strategies and tactics in specific controversies.

  • ENST 579 - Collaborative Conservation

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-4) Offered every semester. Same as NRSM 579. Prereq., ENST 513 or consent of instructor. Designed as the capstone experience of the Natural Resources Conflict Resolution Program. Provides practical experience in multi-party collaboration and conflict resolution. Students may design their own project in consultation with the director of the NRCR Program, or participate in a project organized and convened by faculty. Projects may be conducted year-round.

  • ENST 580 - The Politics of Food

    Credits: 3. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. Offered intermittently. This seminar explores social, economic, and ecological issues related to the contemporary food and agricultural system and alternatives to that system.

  • ENST 590 - Supervised Internship PEAS

    Credits: 0 TO 8. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-8) Spring and autumn, 2 cr.; summer intensive, 3 cr. Prereq., graduate standing. Students learn small scale sustainable vegetable farming in a hands-on work environment at the PEAS farm (15 minute bike ride from campus). Lectures, readings and reflection inform the work. Summer students also visit local farms on a once-a week filed trips. PEAS is repeatable, as the curriculum changes across the season, and students can attend any semester, though the 3 credit (grad level) summer intensive course is the heart of the program.
    Course Attributes:
    • Research & Creative Schlrshp

  • ENST 593 - Professional Paper

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST. Preparation of a professional paper appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
    Course Attributes:
    • Faculty-Led Study Abroad

  • ENST 594 - Graduate Seminar

    Credits: 1 TO 15. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-15) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. In-depth analysis of a current environmental topic. Different topics offered each semester.

  • ENST 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • ENST 596 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Work on selected problems by individual students under direct faculty supervision.
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer

  • ENST 597 - Research

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Directed individual graduate research and study appropriate to background and objectives of the student.

  • ENST 598 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 8. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • ENST 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Level: Undergraduate, Graduate. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing in EVST. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication.