Fall 2012 Course Listing

Please click on course title for syllabi and course information. All syllabi are subject to changes and updates. These courses will open to all other students on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 9am. Email askalbert at nyu dot edu for Albert-related issues.

* Courses open only to Environmental Studies majors during the first week of registration. Open to all others beginning Monday, April, 23, 2011.
† Tentative courses, subject to cancellation.


Subject Area

 Course#/Class#

 Course Title

 Day/Time

 Instructor

 Core Courses

 ENVST-UA
 100.001
Environmental Systems Science*
Students must register for a recitation.

MW
11:00-12:15PM
Killilea
 
       .002Environmental Systems Science (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
T
12:30-1:45PM 
Tesser
 
       .003Environmental Systems Science (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
W
12:30-1:45PM
Luebke
 
       .004Environmental Systems Science (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
W
3:30-4:45PM
Tesser
 
       .005Environmental Systems Science (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
R
2:00-3:15PM
Luebke
 ENVST-UA
 800.001
Environmental Studies Internship Seminar
ES Internship will meet three times: 9/6, 10/11 or 10/18, and 12/6 (final presentations). For ES majors only. NOTE: Must be taken during student's Junior year. This course cannot be taken Senior year. This is a prerequisite to the senior capstone seminar.

R
3:30-6:00PM
Schlottmann
 ENVST-UA
 900.001
Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar: Welikia: The Historical and Contemporary Ecology of Greater New York
Prerequisite: Open only to Senior ES majors who have completed ENVST-UA 800 or Senior Gallatin-ES Partnership students with the permission of the Partnership adviser.  All students must attend joint session on Thursday, December 13th from 5:00-8:00pm on  for final presentations.

M
5:00-7:30PM
Sanderson
 ENVST-UA
 900.002
Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar: Appraising Green Infrastructure Opportunities on MTA Land in NYC
Prerequisite: Open only to Senior ES majors who have completed ENVST-UA 800 or Senior Gallatin-ES Partnership students with the permission of the Partnership adviser. All students must attend joint session on Thursday, December 13th from 5:00-8:00pm on  for final presentations.

T
6:15-8:45PM 
Schantz & Flanner
 ENVST-UA
 900.003
Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar: Environmental Policy and Sustainability in NYC
Prerequisite: Open only to Senior ES majors who have completed ENVST-UA 800 or Senior Gallatin-ES Partnership students with the permission of the Partnership adviser.  All students must attend joint session on Thursday, December 13th from 5:00-8:00pm on  for final presentations.

W
6:15-8:45PM
Charles-Guzman
 ENVST-UA
 9101.001
Environment & Society (Berlin)
Students must register for a recitation.

W
4:45-7:15PM
TBA

Environmental Science Electives

Undergraduate Courses
 ENVST-UA
 300.002
Advanced Topics in Environmental Science:
Intro to Marine Ecology
*

Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100.

MW
2:00-3:15PM
Jacquet
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 BIOL-UA
 325.001
 Crosslist:
 63.001

Introduction to Ecology
Prerequisites: ENVST-UA 100 OR [BIOL-UA 11/13/9011 AND BIOL-UA 12/14/9012]. Recommended as concurrent or followup courses: BIOL-UA 16 & 17.

W
5:00-7:30PM 
Schneider
 ENVST-UA
 333.001
Limits to the Earth: Issues in Human Ecology*
Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100.

T
5:00-7:30PM 
Volk
 ENVST-UA
 340.001

Earth Systems Science*
Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100. Not open to students who have taken ENVST-UA 200.

TR
3:30-4:45PM
Rampino
 MAP-UA
 203.001

Natural Science I: Energy and the Environment (Lecture)
Students must register for a Lab section 002-007.
Note: This course counts as a 200-level science elective. Students can take only one 200-level science elective towards their major/minor.

MW
9:30-10:45AM
Jerschow
 MAP-UA
 203.002-007

Natural Science I: Energy and the Environment (Lab)
Students must register for Lecture section 001

Varies
Varies
 MAP-UA
 203.010

Natural Science I: Energy and the Environment (Lecture)
Students must register for a Lab section 011-016.
Note: This course counts as a 200-level science elective. Students can take only one 200-level science elective towards their major/minor.

MW
3:30-4:45PM
Jordan
 MAP-UA
 203.011-016

Natural Science I: Energy and the Environment (Lab)
Students must register for Lecture section 010

VariesVaries
Graduate Courses -- Junior and Senior ES students are encouraged to consider these Graduate courses.
 EHSC-GA
 1005.001

Ecotoxicology: Hudson River Case Study

PREREQUISITE: UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY, OR PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR. SAME AS G23.1005.

R
9:30-12:15PM
Wirgin
 EHSC-GA
 1006.001

Toxicology

Prerequisite: An introductory course in either biology, physiology, or biochemistry.
SAME AS G23.1006. NOT OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN G48/23.2310.

W
9:30-12:15PM
Zelikoff
 EHSC-GA
 1011.001

Global Issues in Environmental Health

SAME AS G84.1011.

T
2:00-4:45PM
Cromar
 EHSC-GA
 2033.001

Aerosol Science
SAME AS G23.2033

T
9:30-12:15PM
Thurston
 ENYC-GE
 2070.001

Urban Ecology
Permission of instructor required. Forward permission of instructor, along with N# and a message stating your interest and qualifications to the ES adviser.

TBA
Maenza-Gmelch

Environmental Values & Society Electives

Undergraduate Courses
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 PHIL-UA
 400.001
 Crosslist:
 0053.001

Ethics and the Environment
Students must register for a recitation.

TR
2:00-3:15PM
Frank

       .002
Ethics and the Environment (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
M
12:30-1:45PM 
Rosenthal

       .003Ethics and the Environment (Recitation)
Students must register for lecture.
M
3:30-4:45PM
Rosenthal
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 HIST-UA
 415.001
 Crosslist:
 115.001

Environmental History of the Early Modern World

TR
11:00-12:15PM
Appuhn
 ENVST-UA
 450.001
Topics in EVS: Cooperation & Commons*
Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101.
Cancelled. This course will be offered in Spring 2013.

MW
12:30-1:45PM
Jacquet
 ENVST-UA
 460.001
European Environmental Policy*
Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101.

W
3:30-6:00PM
Wazeck
 ENVST-UA
 490.001
  Introduction to Urban Political Ecology*
Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101.
Not open to students who took ENVST-UA 450.001 Topics in EVS: Urban Political Ecology in Fall 2011.

MW
2:00-3:15PM
Rademacher
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 JOUR-UA
 503.001
 Crosslist:
 503.003

Journalism & Society: Covering the Earth
Permission of department required. Please send brief writing sample to ES adviser for access to this course

W
10:00-12:50PM
Fagin
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 ANST-UA
 630.001
 Crosslist:
 500.001

Animals & Public Policy*

R
5:00-7:30PM
Wolfson
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 HIST-UA
 450.005
 Crosslist:
 830.001

Topics: History of Water

T
9:30-12:15PM
Montoya
 ENVST-UA
 Crosslist:
 MCC-UE
 450.003
 Crosslist:
 1027.001

Environmental Communication (Topics in EVS)*

TR
 9:30-10:45AM  
Liboiron
 ENVST-UA
 9450.001
Topics in EVS: Chinese Environmental Governance (Shanghai)

R
1:00-4:00PM
Guttman
 ENVST-UA
 9460.001
European Environmental Policy (Berlin)

M
4:45-7:15PM
Schroeder
 ENVST-UA
 9510.001

Reading in Contemporary Literature Theory: Ecocriticism (Sydney)

TBA
TBA
 THEA-UT
 801.001

Theatre of Species: Ecology, Animality, and Performance (Honors Seminar)
Students must submit a copy of a substantial essay written for another course that exemplifies his/her critical writing and analytical thinking. Please include a coversheet with the following information: Name, Student ID, # of points completed by May 2012, telephone# and e-mail. Submit your cover sheet and essay by Friday, April 13 to Professor Chaudhuri’s mailbox on the 3rd floor of the Department of Drama, or c/o the English Department, 19 University Place, 5th floor. If you have questions or need an extension, please inquire. una.chaudhuri@nyu.edu

R
9:30-12:15PM
Chaudhuri
 IDSEM-UG
 1156.003

The Darwinian Revolution
Section 003 is for ENST Majors only. Space is limited.

MW
2:00-3:15PM
Cittandino
 IDSEM-UG
 1566.003

History of Environmental Sciences Before Darwin
Section 003 is for ENST Majors only. Space is limited.

TR
9:30-10:45AM
Anker
 IDSEM-UG
 1648.003

Environment & Development in Africa
Section 003 is for ENST Majors only. Space is limited.

W
3:30-6:10PM
Fredricks
 IDSEM-UG
 1701.003

The End of the World
Section 003 is for ENST Majors only. Space is limited.

MW
11:00-12:15PM
Stanley
 ARTS-UG
 1603.002

Mapping as a Spacial, Political and Environmental Practice
Course is repeatable for credit. Section 002 is for ENST Majors only. Space is limited.

TR
2:00-3:15PM
F
12:30-1:45PM
Harpman
 UPADM-GP  410.001

Sustaining Social Change in the New Economy

M
4:55-7:25PM
Hollender
 ECON-UA
 326.001

Economics of Energy
Prerequisites: ECON-UA 10 or ECON-UA 9010 or ECON-UA 11 or ECON-UB 1. All with a minimum grade C.

MW
9:30-10:45AM
Gately
 ART-UE
 1983.001

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Projects in Studio Art: Environmental Art Activism

Permission of ES Adviser required. Course not repeatable.

W
8:55AM-12:15PM
Jeremijenko
Graduate Courses -- Junior and Senior ES students are encouraged to consider these Graduate courses.
 ENYC-GE
 2019.001

Foundations of Environmental Thought

Permission of instructor required.

W
4:55-6:35PM
Chapman
 ENYC-GE
 2020.001

Contemporary Environmental Debates

Permission of instructor required.

T
6:45-8:25PM
Schiffman
 ENYC-GE
 2021.001

Environmental Politics
Permission of instructor required.

R
4:55-6:35PM
Land
 EURO-GA
 3907.001

 Nature, Culture, Power and Environmental Politics in Europe
Permission of instructor required. Forward permission of instructor, along with N# and a message stating your interest and qualifications to the ES adviser.

R
1:15 - 3:15PM
Mincyte
 URPL-GP
 2612.001

Adapting the Physical City

Permission of instructor required. Forward permission of instructor, along with N# and a message stating your interest and qualifications to the ES adviser.

T
4:55-6:35PM
Zimmerman
 URPL-GP
 2613.001

Sustainable Cities

Prerequisite: CORE-GP 1018 (P11.1018). Permission of instructor required. Forward permission of instructor, along with N# and a message stating your interest and qualifications to the ES adviser.grad

W
8:35-10:15PM
Restrepo
 URPL-GP
 2615.001

Environment and Urban Dynamics
Permission of instructor required. Forward permission of instructor, along with N# and a message stating your interest and qualifications to the ES adviser.

W
4:55-6:35PM
Restrepo