Courses
EFB 102 - General Biology I Laboratory (1 credit)
Major concepts of organismal biology and ecology will be reinforced with hands-on laboratory exercises and required field trips exploring the form, function, diversity, ecology, and evolution of living organisms.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Anthony Contento
Schedule: MTuWThF, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Lab
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $45.00 – Laboratory
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning.
EFB 433 – Flora of Central New York (3 credits)
A field-based introduction to field study, identification, and ecology of flowering and non-flowering vascular plants. Daily field trips to several high-quality natural areas in Onondaga County and nearby counties.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alex Petzke
Schedule: MTuWThF, 8:30am – 4:30pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EFB 496 – Field Methods in Invasive Species Monitoring (3 credits)
Field Methods in Invasive Species Monitoring is a two-week, field-intensive course focused on the detection, identification, and assessment of invasive species across taxa. Students will gain hands-on experience using standard monitoring protocols employed by conservation agencies. Students will collect and analyze field data to evaluate abundance and ecological impact of invasive species, and learn to communicate monitoring results through written reports, data visualizations, and oral presentations tailored to land managers.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Michaela Fitzgerald
Schedule: MTuWThF, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: Introductory ecology
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EFB 496 - Field Ornithology (3 credits)
This course focuses on ornithological field techniques and taxonomy, diversity, identification (by both sight and sound), natural history, ecology, and conservation of birds in central New York, New York State, and Eastern North America. Note: this course will serve as an upper-division field elective for all EFB majors, and it will serve as a vertebrate diversity elective for all EFB majors except Wildlife Science. This course does NOT meet the requirements for EFB 482 (Ornithology).
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alan Belford
Schedule: MTuWThF, 8:00am – 4:00pm (individual days may vary often with earlier starts and later ends)
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: Introductory ecology
Textbook: None (students will purchase their own field guide and sound recordings will be provided)
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EFB 696 – Flora of Central New York (3 credits)
A field-based introduction to field study, identification, and ecology of flowering and non-flowering vascular plants. Daily field trips to several high-quality natural areas in Onondaga County and nearby counties.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alex Petzke
Schedule: MTuWThF, 8:30am – 4:30pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
ESF 496 – Fire, Ice, and the Future: Exploring Iceland’s Sustainable Energy Revolution (3 credits)
A deep dive into Iceland's unique model of utilizing geothermal and hydropower, exploring how a modern society achieves near 100% renewable energy. The course would study climate change impacts on fragile ecosystems and successful adaptation strategies, including visits to power plants and geological sites.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Jenny Frank
Schedule: International, connect with instructor
Course Type/Format: In-person International
Location: International
Prerequisites: Instructor permission is required
Textbook: None
Course Fees: approximately $4,172.00 for international travel and lodging expenses
This is an international field course experience for a specific, already approved cohort of students.
EST 201 – American History: Reconstruction to Present (3 credits)
History of changes occurring in America post 1865 including land use, government, economic and international relations.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Patty Bushnell
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Eric Foner, “Give Me Liberty” Brief – Volume 2 – With Access (ISBN: 97813240419000 Edition: 7TH 23), and Stephen B. Oates, Potrait of America, Volume Two: From 1865 (ISBN: 978-495914990 Edition: 10th)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for US History and Civic Engagement.
EST 296 – Introduction to Wilderness Awareness and Fieldcraft (3 credits)
This field-based course held at Heiberg Forest introduces observation and engagement with local woodland environment for survival. We will explore fundamental skills for sustaining yourself outdoors including building fires from scratch, finding food and water in nature, crafting essential tools, sheltering and coping with weather, and using natural navigation. Acknowledgement of ancestral practices and Haudenosaunee land and culture will be included. The course explores the safe and skillful use of selected bushcraft tools (e.g. knives) as well as ways to find materials and craft essentials.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Sharon Moran, and Jeffrey Devine
Schedule: MTuWThF, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture
Location: Heiberg Forest Classroom
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
EST 496 – Food Justice and Community-based Participatory Approaches (3 credits)
Major concepts of the course center on food justice and community-based participatory approaches, and it aims to provide students with practical experience through field trips. Students will visit community gardens and interact with grassroots organizations to build a foundation in public engagement that supports their future community-based work. Students will participate in four field trips and on-site discussions during. On the remaining days, students will view documentaries such as Fertile Ground and Food Justice: Economics, Ethics, Access, accompanied by in-class reflection and critical-thinking sessions.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Ning Zou
Schedule: MTuWThF, 12:00pm – 4:30pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture/Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
EWP 293 – The Art of Poetry (3 credits)
In this course, we will study the building blocks of poetry in an attempt to create our own poetic responses to the world around us. Each week we will try to understand how poets do this—one, by reading established poets and two, by writing our own beautiful, meaningful, and pleasure-giving poems. You will compose, revise, and reimagine your own poems while providing thoughtful feedback to your peers. Through reading and writing we will explore and practice the technical aspects of form, process, and subject while also trying to get to the mysterious creation of art. Contemporary poetry will be emphasized with a particular focus on ecopoetics. Applies to Environmental Writing & Rhetoric Minor.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Jacob Gedetsis
Schedule: MTuWThF, Time TBA (3 hours per day)
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA
Prerequisites: EWP 190 and EWP 290 or equivalent (can be taken as co-requisites)
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
LSA 233 – Plants in the Landscape (3 credits)
Course provides an introduction to the identification, site requirements, natural and cultural history, community ecology, and landscape value of native and exotic woody and herbaceous plant materials typical of landscape architectural practice. Field identification labs include on-campus site walks and trips to local gardens, arboreta and natural areas to demonstrate the use of plants in designed and ecological settings.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Elizabeth Bogart
Schedule: MTuWThF, 12:00pm -1:00 PM (lecture), 1:00pm – 6:00pm (lab)
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture/Lab
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
EFB 103 – Gen Bio II: Cell Bio & Genetics (3 credits)
Organization and function of living cells. Key topics include biological molecules, organelle structure and function, gene expression, cell division, metabolism, photosynthesis, cell signaling, genomics, and population genetics.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Anthony Contento
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Campbell Biology in Focus 4th Edition; Author(s)Lisa A. Urry; Michael L. Cain; Peter V. Minorsky; Rebecca B. Orr; Kerry L. Hull; Pearson Copyright© 2025; Print ISBN: 9780138225216
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning.
EFB 307 - Principles of Genetics (3 credits)
A general course covering concepts of genetics and evolution basic to upper-division biology and biochemistry courses. Includes the inheritance and analysis of Mendelian and quantitative traits, the chemical nature of the gene and its action, genetic engineering, the genetic structure of populations and their evolution. Numerical methods for characterizing and analyzing genetic data are introduced.
Section: TBA
Instructor: William Helenbrook
Schedule: Recitations held twice weekly (Tuesday 6:00pm – 7:00pm, and Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 am); additional slots depending on student availability.
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: Two semesters of general biology.
Textbook: Essentials of Genetics by Klug (10th edition) (Pearson Textbook ISBN-13: 9780135173602) - physical or electronic copy. Used copies available online.
Access: Mastering Genetics online (https://mlm.pearson.com/)
Course Fees: None
EFB 433 – Flora of Central New York (3 credits)
A field-based introduction to field study, identification, and ecology of flowering and non-flowering vascular plants. Daily field trips to several high-quality natural areas in Onondaga County and nearby counties.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alex Petzke
Schedule: MWF, 8:30 am - 1:50 pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EFB 480 - Principles of Animal Behavior (3 credits)
Basic principles of animal behavior and the scientific process, including genetic, neural and physiological basis of behavior, behavioral ecology and behavioral responses to a changing environment. Proximate and ultimate mechanisms controlling the behavior of animals including humans.
Section: TBA
Instructor: William Helenbrook
Schedule: Recitations held twice weekly (Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 am, and Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm); additional slots depending on student availability.
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EFB 101 or equivalent.
Textbook: Animal Behavior by John Alcock (11th or newer edition); Used physical and electronic copies are available online. You might find older editions but be aware that structure and content are likely to vary with other editions. Also, the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond (available as PDF) or you can purchase used copies online.
Course Fees: None
EFB 696 – Flora of Central New York (3 credits)
A field-based introduction to field study, identification, and ecology of flowering and non-flowering vascular plants. Daily field trips to several high-quality natural areas in Onondaga County and nearby counties.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alex Petzke
Schedule: MWF, 8:30 am - 1:50 pm
Course Type/Format: In-person Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA, and various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: $40.00 – Transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EST 202 – American History: Discovery to Civil War (3 credits)
A survey of American history considering the origin and development of American institutions and ideals, from the discovery of the New World through the Civil War. Students are introduced to works of major historians and to various interpretations of American history.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Patty Bushnell
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Eric Foner, "Give Me Liberty" Brief - Volume 1 (ISBN: 9781324041757 Brief Edition: 7TH 23), and
Stephen B. Oates, Portrait of America, Volume 1: (ISBN: 9780495799856 Edition: 10TH)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for US History and Civic Engagement.
EWP 220 – Public Presentation Skills (3 credits)
Development of skills and fluency needed by environmental professionals in preparing, delivering and evaluating effectiveness of expository and persuasive oral presentations. Communication theory, rhetorical analysis, visualizations of complex and technical data, self and peer evaluation, listening skills.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Christina Ciereck
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Communication (written and oral).
EWP 290 – Research Writing and Humanities (3 credits)
Intended for students who have had an introductory writing course. Students will examine the views of nature and the environment as they are expressed by selected writers, poets, and essayists. Frequent informal and formal writing assignments, research and documentation, and an oral presentation are required. With an emphasis on critical writing, critical thinking, and critical reading, students will learn the literacy expectations of their disciplines.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Roxana Spano
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EWP 190 or equivalent.
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Humanities.
EWP 407 – Writing for Science Professionals (3 credits)
Focuses on principles and practice of writing skills required of environmental and science professionals. Emphasizes proficiency in determining purpose of a document; analyzing audience; selecting, developing and organizing information in an appropriate design; and writing clearly, precisely, and effectively.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Susan Woltman
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EWP 290 or junior/senior status
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
FCH 150 – General Chemistry I (3 credits)
This first semester general chemistry course is organized around the physical and chemical properties of matter. It introduces the atomic structure of elements, the kinds of bonds in chemical compounds, how atomic ratios in molecules form the basis for the stoichiometry of reactions, begins a treatment of thermodynamics and discusses the principles of chemical reactivity.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Neal Abrams
Schedule: MTuWTh, 9:00am – 11:00am
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA
Prerequisites: APM 104 (may be taken concurrently) or equivalent (ex. Precalculus)
Textbook: Online OpenStax General Chemistry text, Online homework system
Course Fees: $5.00 as accepted for FCH 150
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning.
LSA 496 – NYC Bicycle Freight Planning and Design Practicum (3 credits)
This course examines how the built environment of transportation infrastructure influences and is influenced by the way we travel. Through lectures, a site visit, consultation with our client (NYC Department of Transportation), readings, discussion, and project-based design work, students will learn about the guidelines and practices that govern how transportation infrastructure is built, maintained, and managed. Topics include street design (for all modes, with emphasis on pedestrians, cyclists, and people who use mobility devices), traffic violence and traffic safety, transportation equity, travel behavior, and other current issues in transportation. Coursework will focus on bicycle freight network analysis, street and intersection design for cargo bicycles, and cargo bicycle parking hub design.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Ellen White
Schedule: MTuWTh, 9:00am – 12:00pm (travel dates & details to NYC, TBD)
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture/Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA & travel to NYC
Prerequisites: EWP 290 or junior/senior status
Textbook: None
Course Fees: TBA (will include costs for lodging in NYC)
LSA 696 – NYC Bicycle Freight Planning and Design Practicum (3 credits)
This course examines how the built environment of transportation infrastructure influences and is influenced by the way we travel. Through lectures, a site visit, consultation with our client (NYC Department of Transportation), readings, discussion, and project-based design work, students will learn about the guidelines and practices that govern how transportation infrastructure is built, maintained, and managed. Topics include street design (for all modes, with emphasis on pedestrians, cyclists, and people who use mobility devices), traffic violence and traffic safety, transportation equity, travel behavior, and other current issues in transportation. Coursework will focus on bicycle freight network analysis, street and intersection design for cargo bicycles, and cargo bicycle parking hub design.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Ellen White
Schedule: MTuWTh, 9:00am – 12:00pm (travel dates & details to NYC, TBD)
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture/Field
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA & travel to NYC
Prerequisites: EWP 290 or junior/senior status
Textbook: None
Course Fees: TBA (will include costs for lodging in NYC)
SUS 296 – Introduction to Sustainability (3 credits)
This course is a blend of sustainability and environmental science. This course covers the history of planet earth and life on Earth, with a focus on human cultures. Topics include human resource use and management, including energy, water, mineral, land, soil, food, plants and animals. Additionally, the course will explore environmental degradation and solutions for dealing with pollution and waste. This course will also cover a history of sustainability movement and various measures of sustainability.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Katherina Searing
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Sherman, Daniel J., Montgomery, David R., 2023. Environmental Science and Sustainability, 2nd edition. W.W. Norton & Company. New York.
Course Fees: None
APM 104 – College Algebra & PreCalculus (3 credits)
Elements of analytic geometry. Emphasis on the concepts of polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometry and trigonometric functions and their application to design and life and management sciences.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Tommy Kinzeler
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: Three years of high school mathematics
Textbook: Lumen (free to students and provides e-book along with the online homework)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning.
APM 205 – Calculus I: Science & Engineering (4 credits)
Analytic geometry, limits, derivatives of functions and equations, optimization, rates, graphs, differentials, mean-value theorem, and applications of the derivative.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Mary Thompson
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: APM 104 or instructor permission
Textbook: Lumen (free to students and provides e-book along with the online homework)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning.
EFB 101 – Gen Bio I: Organismal Bio&Eco (3 credits)
Introductory exploration of biological principles at ecosystem, population, and organismal levels. Emphasis on form, function, diversity, ecology and evolution of living organisms.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Alex Petzke
Schedule: MWF, 9:00am – 11:30am
Course Type/Format: In-person Lecture
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences & Scientific Reasoning.
EFB 101 – Gen Bio I: Organismal Bio&Eco (3 credits)
Introductory exploration of biological principles at ecosystem, population, and organismal levels. Emphasis on form, function, diversity, ecology and evolution of living organisms.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Anthony Contento
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Campbell Biology in Focus 4th Edition; Author(s)Lisa A. Urry; Michael L. Cain; Peter V. Minorsky; Rebecca B. Orr; Kerry L. Hull; Pearson Copyright© 2025; Print ISBN: 9780138225216
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences & Scientific Reasoning.
EFB 311 – Principles of Evolution (3 credits)
An introduction to the fundamental processes driving evolution (genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, sexual selection, and natural selection), the evolution of life-histories, trade-offs, and phenotypic plasticity. Macroevolutionary concepts covered include speciation, extinction, co-evolution, and the reconstruction of phylogenies.
Section: TBA
Instructor: William Helenbrook
Schedule: Recitations held twice weekly (Tuesday 6:00pm – 7:00pm, and Thursday 8:00am – 9:00am); additional slots depending on student availability.
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EFB 307 and EFB 320, or equivalents
Textbook: Evolution (4th Edition, preferably) by Futuyma. Physical or electronic copy. Used copies available online. I will provide access to additional materials that may not be available in older editions. Also, Coyne, Jerry A. 2009. Why evolution is true. Penguin. Used copies available online.
Course Fees: None
EFB 325 – Cell Biology (3 credits)
Morphology and physiology of cells. Emphasis on macromolecule structure and function, cell division, gene expression, cell signaling, biochemical pathways, transport, metabolism, and motility.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Anthony Contento
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: One year of introductory biology, one semester of organic chemistry, Genetics
Textbook: Essential Cell Biology 6th edition (eBook), ISBN: 978-1-324-03348-6 (5th edition is acceptable)
Course Fees: None
EFB 496 – Tropical Conservation Biology (3 credits)
This course examines the principles of conservation biology in tropical ecosystems, which harbor the highest levels of biodiversity on Earth. Students will explore the ecological, genetic, and evolutionary processes that sustain tropical biodiversity and the threats posed by habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, and overexploitation. Key topics include species interactions, ecosystem services, population dynamics, and strategies for conservation. Emphasis is placed on integrating scientific research with practical solutions, such as protected area design, community-based conservation and restoration ecology.
Section: TBA
Instructor: William Helenbrook
Schedule: Recitations held twice weekly (Tuesday 8:00am – 9:00am, and Thursday 6:00pm – 7:00pm); additional slots depending on student availability.
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EFB 101
Textbook: All readings are provided as PDFs with the following exception: Wuerthner, G., Crist, E. and Butler T. (eds). (2014). Keeping the Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth. Available through ESF library as eBook or Used copies available online.
Course Fees: None
EFB 496 – Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (3 credits)
Classroom lecture (≤ 25%) paired with extensive field experiences (≥ 75%) in wetland monitoring & assessment. The aim of the course is to provide students w/ knowledge and techniques used by practitioners and researchers to monitor and assess wetland plant and animal communities. Includes a final project presentation, technical paper, and popular article.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Michael Schummer
Schedule: TBA
Course Type/Format: Hybrid (Online/Lecture & Field)
Location: Syracuse Campus Room TBA & various field site locations
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: TBA
Course Fees: $40.00 for transportation to and from field site locations
Seniors in the Environmental Biology Department will NOT be given preferential treatment if registration forms are received after March 18, 2026.
EST 135 – Introduction to Climate Justice (3 credits)
This course introduces students to climate justice (CJ) – the idea that climate change can be devastating not only for our planet’s atmosphere and ecosystems, but also for our society. We will explore how the impacts of climate change – such as droughts, hurricanes, and rising sea levels – affect certain groups and places more than others, from communities in Syracuse to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, we will learn about scholars, activists and local communities fighting – often successfully – to rectify these inequalities and to achieve climate justice for all the inhabitants of our warming planet. In discussing these issues, we will draw from many radical theories and concepts that will help us understand the course topic from diverse perspectives, such as feminism, energy democracy, ecological justice, Indigenous knowledge, and queer & trans liberation. The course does not require any prior knowledge in climate science.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Michael Mikulewicz
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: The Climate Book by Thunberg (Ed) and All We Can Save by Wilkinson and Johnson (Eds)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice.
EST 296 – Comics and the Drawn Environment (3 credits)
An introduction to the medium and tools of comics storytelling focusing on the environment and environmental issues. Students will read a wide range of comics and relevant academic scholarships to explore the creative possibilities of this storytelling medium. The course will cover topics such as the history of, and how to read comics, comics as an environmental communication device, and the unique ways in which environments are constructed within the medium. In addition, students will have an option to create narratives through their own short-form comics or focus on written assessment only. No artistic ability is required to succeed in this course.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Jon Cairns
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
EST 415 – Environmental Justice (3 credits)
This course introduces students to the unique environmental vulnerabilities that marginalized communities are at heightened exposure to, within a multitude of contexts, including: toxics siting, public health disparities and food access. It examines political and economic conditions that promote environmental inequality and explores the history of environmental exploitation of vulnerable populations. Additionally, it evaluates contemporary issues along with community and public responses to threats.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Andrea Cass
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
EWP 220 – Public Presentation Skills (3 credits)
Development of skills and fluency needed by environmental professionals in preparing, delivering and evaluating effectiveness of expository and persuasive oral presentations. Communication theory, rhetorical analysis, visualizations of complex and technical data, self and peer evaluation, listening skills.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Roxana Spano
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Communication (written and oral).
EWP 290 – Research Writing and Humanities (3 credits)
Intended for students who have had an introductory writing course. Students will examine the views of nature and the environment as they are expressed by selected writers, poets, and essayists. Frequent informal and formal writing assignments, research and documentation, and an oral presentation are required. With an emphasis on critical writing, critical thinking, and critical reading, students will learn the literacy expectations of their disciplines.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Addie Hopes Vincent
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EWP 190 or equivalent.
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Humanities.
EWP 296 – Nature-based Meditation Practices (1 credit)
This course explores contemplative exercises to help cultivate focus, presence, and self-regulation—skills that support academic success and ecological literacy. Various meditation practices will be taught that intertwine observations of art and nature with writing, drawing, photography, and videography. Meditative practices include variations of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). loving-kindness meditations, and Lectio Divina. Projects include weekly written reflections and a final project of an Adobe Express Gallery [webpage] montage.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Kurt Stavenhagen
Schedule: MTuWTh, 8:00am – 8:40am
Course Type/Format: Online, synchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
EWP 407 – Writing for Science Professionals (3 credits)
Focuses on principles and practice of writing skills required of environmental and science professionals. Emphasizes proficiency in determining purpose of a document; analyzing audience; selecting, developing and organizing information in an appropriate design; and writing clearly, precisely, and effectively.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Kurt Stavenhagen
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: EWP 290 or junior/senior status
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
FOR 110 – Environmental Physics (3 credits)
Introduction to principles of physics using examples from the natural environment and coupled human-natural systems.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Danielle Kloster
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Natural Sciences & Scientific Reasoning.
FOR 205 – Principles of Accounting (3 credits)
Principles and methods used in financial and managerial accounting. Includes interpretation and effective use of financial statements through study of the accounting model, the measurement processes, data classification and terminology.
Section: TBA
Instructor: John Markert
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
SUS 205 – Sustainable Ecology (3 credits)
Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. During this course we will gain an understanding of many kinds of interactions, both biotic and abiotic, that regulate ecological population size and community structure. The overarching goal of this course is to be able to identify and characterize the diversity of non-human life, and to understand the patterns and processes that support this diversity. Students will learn the fundamental principles of ecology through studying a diverse mosaic of ecosystems, habitats, and species along elevation gradients, succession gradients, and geomorphic features.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Will Helenbrook
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Smith and Smith. Elements of Ecology – Edition 8 or newer. Used copies are available through Amazon or AbesBooks. Other articles are provided as PDFs on Blackboard.
Course Fees: None
APM 105 – Survey of Calculus and Its Applications 1 (4 credits)
Introduction to calculus for students in the life and management sciences. Elements of analytic geometry, functions and their graphs, with an emphasis on the concepts of limits, and differentiation techniques for algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions and their application to economics, and the life and management sciences. Some multivariable calculus including constrained optimization.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Nasri Abdel-Aziz
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, mostly asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: Precalculus or 3 1/2 years of high school mathematics. Note: Credit will not be granted for APM 105 after successful completion of MAT 284, MAT 285, or MAT 295 at SU.
Textbook: Lumen (free to students and provides e-book along with the online homework)
Course Fees: None
This course meets the SUNY general education requirement for Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning.
ENS 496 – Grow What You Eat (3 credits)
Course description can be found at https://www.gwye.tlehcs.com/content.html.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Terry Ettinger
Schedule: TuTh, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Course Type/Format: Online, synchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook: None
Course Fees: None
SUS 496 – Sustainability and Writing (3 credits)
Sustainability and Writing is a 3-credit course and is fully online and asynchronous in its format. This course looks towards sustainability as a concept and as lived experience to inspire how class members can write throughout the summer weeks, focusing on our own writing practices as sustainable, and on discourses of sustainability in writings of others and in other sites of conversation. Ideas, feelings, experiences of sustainability are all around us, and this course offers the opportunity to explore engagements and restrictions around sustainability, how it is conceived, and who gets to choose sustainability and who does not, in human and other lives. The emphasis will be on developing a process and practice of writing as sustainable, and we'll look together at how sustainability can inspire us to work with our writing to encourage flexibility, responsiveness, and resilience. Explores ways of explaining the relationship between writing, writing practices, and sustainability. Engages foundations of writing, discourses around the writer and sustainability, and introduces qualitative social science methodologies and their application in sustainability.
Section: TBA
Instructor: Sophie Brown and Gigi Marks
Schedule: N/A
Course Type/Format: Online, asynchronous
Location: N/A
Prerequisites: None
Textbook:
Pluriverse
A Post-Development Dictionary
ISBN: 9788193732984
Edited by Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Federico Demaria, and Alberto Acosta
Degrowth
A Vocabulary for a New Era
Edited ByGiacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria, Giorgos Kallis
eBook ISBN 9780203796146
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN-10 : 0870714996
Course Fees: None
