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Course Schedule
Full Schedule
Summer Semester 2023
We will begin to accept registration forms March 29, 2023.
For information on how to register, please see the Summer Semester homepage.
Maymester
May 15 - May 26, 2023
Course Number | Section | Course | Credits | Prerequisites | Location/Schedule | Instructor |
EFB 439 | 1 | Forest Health Monitoring | 3.00 | Courses in forest resources management, ecology, pathology and entomology. | Illick 8 and Heiberg North Classroom 1 MTuWThF, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Lynch, Shannon |
EFB 496 | 9 | Field Ornithology | 3.00 | None | Campus/Field MTuWThF, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, individual days may vary, often with earlier starts and ending later some days as well Campus Room: TBD |
Belford, Alan |
EFB 496 | 1 | Flora of Central NY | 3.00 | Prior completion of a course that included plant identification is strongly recommended | Campus/Field MTuWThF, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Campus Room: Illick 238 |
Hough, Michael |
EFB 696 | 2 | Flora of Central NY | 3.00 | Prior completion of a course that included plant identification is strongly recommended | Campus/Field MTuWThF, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Campus Room: Illick 238 |
Hough, Michael |
EST 201 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
3 |
US History Reconstruction to Present
|
3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Bushnell, Patty |
EST 245 | 1 | Foundations of Environmental Communication | 3.00 | None | Online/Synchronous MTuWThF, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Bhatti, Shumaila |
LSA 333 | 1 | Plant Materials | 2.00 | None | Campus/Field MTuWThF, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Campus Room: TBD |
Bogart, Elizabeth |
Summer Session I
May 22 - June 30, 2023
Course Number |
Section |
Course |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Location/Schedule |
Instructor |
EFB 307 | Principles of Genetics | 3.00 | One year of introductory biology | Online/Asynchronous* Course is largely asynchronous though recommended recitations held bi-weekly Tuesdays (6-7 PM) and Thursdays (8-9 AM); additional slots depending on student availability |
Helenbrook, Will | |
EFB 480 | 1 | Principles of Animal Behavior | 3.00 | One year of introductory biology | Online/Asynchronous* Course is largely asynchronous though recommended recitations held bi-weekly Tuesdays (8-9 AM) and Thursdays (6-7PM); additional slots depending on student availability |
Helenbrook, Will |
EST 202 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
2 | American History: From Discovery to Civil War | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Bushnell, Patty |
EST 496 | 2 | Earth Law and Ecocentric Governance | 3.00 | None | Online/Synchronous MWF, 9:00 AM – 11:05 AM |
Tarr, Lauren |
EWP 220 | 1 | Public Presentation Skills | 3.00 | None. | Online/Asynchronous | Ciereck, Christina |
EWP 290 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
1 | Research, Writing and Humanities | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Dorholt, Tyler |
SUS 365 | 1 | Sustainability and Behavior Change | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Weiss, Jill |
SUS 296 | TBD | Introduction to Sustainability | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Searing, Katherina |
Summer Session 2
July 3 - August 11, 2023
Course Number | Section | Course | Credits | Prerequisites | Location/Schedule | Instructor |
APM 103 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
1 | Applied College Algebra and Trigonometry | 3.00 | Math placement or consent of | Online/Asynchronous | Conahan, Karen |
APM 104 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
1 | College Algebra and Precalculus | 3.00 | Three years of high school mathematics | Online/Asynchronous | Conahan, Karen |
APM 391 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
1 |
Introduction to Probability
|
3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Kiernan, Diane |
EFB 120 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
TBD | The Global Environment and the Evolution of Human Society | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | TBD |
EFB 496 | 28 | Evolution | 3.00 | EFB 307 and EFB 320 or equivalents. | Online/Asynchronous Course is largely asynchronous though recommended recitations Tuesdays (6-7 PM) and Thursdays (8-9 AM); additional slots depending on student availability. |
Helenbrook, Will |
EFB 496 | 10 | Field Ornithology | 3.00 | None | Campus/Field MTuWThF, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, individual days may vary, often with earlier starts and ending later some days as well Campus Room: TBD *The field and lecture portion of this course will take place from July 3 – July 14 with various check-in points virtually the remainder of the session. This course will include a 2 night/3 day stay at Newcomb campus. |
Belford, Alan |
EFB 496 | 11 | Tropical Conservation Biology | 3.00 | One year of introductory biology suggested | Online/Asynchronous* Asynchronous with recommended biweekly recitations Tuesdays (8-9 AM) and Thursdays (6-7PM); additional slots depending on student availability |
Helenbrook, Will |
EST 296 | 1 | Comics and the Drawn Environment | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Cairns, Jon |
EST 296 | 1 | Introduction to Climate Justice | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Mikulewicz, Michael |
FOR 110 | 1 | Environmental Physics | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Kloster, Danielle |
FOR 205 | 1 | Principles of Accounting | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Market, John |
FOR 421 | 1 | Practical Ethics for Resource Managers | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous MWF, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Patinelli-Dubay, Marianne |
LSA 496 | 1 | Qualitative Methods for Sustainability Professionals | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Nagle, Danielle |
SUS 296 | 1 | Ecology | 3.00 | Sustainability Management student or permission from the program advisor | Online/Asynchronous* Course is largely asynchronous though recitation and office hours available based on student availability |
Helenbrook, Will |
Combined Summer Session
May 22 - August 11, 2023
Course Number | Section | Course | Credits | Prerequisites | Location/Schedule | Instructor |
APM 105 Satisfies SUNY GenEd requirement |
1 | Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I | 4.00 | Precalculus or 3 ½ years of high school mathematics | Online/Asynchronous | Abdel-Aziz, Nasri |
EFB 496 | 6 | Grow What You Eat | 3.00 | None | Online/synchronous Tu/Th 10am-12pm |
Ettinger, Terry |
EST 204 | 1 | Diversity and Knowledge of the Environment | 3.00 | None | Online/Asynchronous | Nahar, Sarah |
EST 204 | 2 | Diversity and Knowledge of the Environment | 3.00 | None | Online/Synchronous Mondays and Thursdays, 7:00 PM – 8:35 PM |
Nahar, Sarah |
EWP 407 | 1 | Writing for Environmental and Science Professionals | 3.00 | EWP 290 and junior or senior status | Online/Asynchronous |
Woltman, Susan |