Environmental Courses
at Shenandoah University
The following descriptions illustrate the wide range of courses
offered at Shenandoah University that are taken by students
in the Environmental Studies Program.
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Animal Behavior (BIO 325): A study of the principles and
mechanisms of animal behavior. Behavior will be viewed in genetic, ecological,
and evolutionary contexts.
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Ecology (BIO 321): Ecological concepts are considered from
various prospectives including theoretical predictions, laboratory experiments,
observations, field measurements and resource management applications.
The course utilizes lectures, discussions, laboratory studies and field
investigations.
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Economic Geography (GEO 201): A study of the locations of
economic activities, and the costs of raw materials, markets, labor supply,
and transportation. Also investigated are relationships among different
economic activities, and specific major commercial products from their
origins to their consumption.
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Environmental Education (ES 340): Discusses the history,
settings, methods and prospects for environmental education. Students examine
environmental education curriculum materials and try out various teaching
methods. Teaching sessions in various formal and nonformal educational
settings will be arranged.
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Environmental Policy andPrograms (ES 319): An examination
of environmental policies, policy formation and policy implementation at
the community, state, national, and international levels. Programs, both
public and private, to protect environmental quality and implement environmental
laws and policies are also addressed.
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Ethics and Society (PHIL 150): This course offers a general
philosophical introduction to ethics with readings from Aristotle, Kant
and Mill. These classical approaches are utilized in the analysis of issues
and cases of general relevance and those specifically related to the fields
of study represented at Shenandoah University.
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Geology (GEOL 201): An overview of earth materials and processes
including plate tectonics, the rock cycle, minerals, weathering, erosion
and physiography. Lab and field activities involve map studies, rock and
mineral classification, examination of local geologic features, and a van
traverse of the southern Appalachians.
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Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 311): Presents modern analytical
methods of chemical separation and characterization. The theory and technique
of spectrophotometric, radiochemical, electroanalytical and chromatographic
methods of analysis are examined.
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Nature Writing in America (ENGL 315): Nature writing in America
enjoys a long and rich tradition; it ranges from essays that are purely
descriptive to those that become autobiographical and even metaphysical.
Most of the readings in this course are contemporary, although classical
19th-century examples will be examined initially.
- Plant Morphology (BIO 344): A survey of the evolution of
plant forms, life cycles, and functions from algae to angiosperms. The relationships
between adaptive strategies, such as those for reproduction and dissemination,
and the structures that pertain to those strategies will also be examined.
In the laboratory and field, students examine plant features useful in identification
and classification.
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