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ENVS 4444
Climate Smart Communities: State and Local Climate Change Science and Policy

New York State will be challenged to meet the goals of the "Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act" without large GHG reductions from businesses, farms and communities. Local municipalities have ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EAS 4444

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19353 ENVS 4444   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference is given to Environment and Sustainability juniors and seniors. For enrollment issues, please fill out the E&S Course Request form (https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest).
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EAS 4444

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19628 ENVS 4444   LEC 002

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    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Chatrchyan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Preference is given to Environment and Sustainability juniors and seniors. For enrollment issues, please fill out the E&S Course Request form (https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest).

ENVS 4940
Capstone Special Topics Course in Environment and Sustainability

The E&S curriculum launched in 2018 includes a capstone experience. Faculty will offer "trial" capstone courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised to the major before ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Lake Source Cooling Prjct: innov, impct, and opps

  • 17918 ENVS 4940   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Cornell's Lake Source Cooling project: innovation, impact, and outreach will center around parallel team-based assessments of four aspects of Cornell's 20-year experiment with Lake Source Cooling (LSC). LSC is a unique experiment in alternative methods of climate control for a large facility, taking advantage of proximity to the depths of Cayuga Lake. Teams of students will focus on energy/greenhouse-gas savings, economic return on investment, lake impacts, and outreach to the Ithaca community. Students will work primarily in one group, but regular interchange and class-wide meetings will ensure exchange across perspectives and groups. We will meet regularly with the engineers and facilities management team for the Lake Source Cooling project, and analyze their 20 years of data in order to complete our assessments. The final product of this course will be a report to Cornell Facilities Management, and potentially a manuscript describing the LSC project and its outcomes for submission to a scientific journal.
    Preference is given to Environment and Sustainability juniors and seniors. For enrollment issues, please fill out the E&S Course Request form (https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest).
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Lake Source Cooling Prjct: innov, impct, and opps

  • 19627 ENVS 4940   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • McIntyre, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Preference is given to Environment and Sustainability juniors and seniors. For enrollment issues, please fill out the E&S Course Request form (https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest).

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one field studies.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Field Research in the Ecological Arts

  • 21041 ENVS 4940   LEC 003

    • W Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Davidson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    This experiential, active, project-oriented field course emphasizes methodologies used by ecological artists and scientists who conduct expeditionary and place-based field work. Students will build upon on a conceptual framework in the ecological arts provided through lectures, readings, and artist talks, then each student will collect, catalog, and study an environment through the lens of eco-art. In addition to learning and employing traditional scientific tools and methods, an emphasis will be placed on using conventional and unconventional methodologies in the arts and humanities to collect, analyze and interpret data, objects, natural phenomena and sensorial experiences in the field. Students will design an ecological-based creative project focused on an environment of their choice. Based on and at this location, students will conduct background research, observe, collect, record, interpret, and produce both experimental and finished projects. As the range of eco-art practices are diverse, from performance to the production of physical objects, environmental intervention and social practice, the course provides hands-on experience in an array of creative strategies. For enrollment issues, please fill out the E&S Course Request form (https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest).

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  • Topic: Field Research in the Ecological Arts

  • 21042 ENVS 4940   FLD 803

    • F Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Davidson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

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ENVS 4960
Internship in Environment and Sustainability

In this course, students participate in an experiential learning opportunity relevant to the student's focus of study or career goals in environment and sustainability. An E&S faculty member must serve ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 15247 ENVS 4960   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Students from all colleges enroll in ENVS 4960 through the CALS Special Studies online form (https://dust.cals.cornell.edu/SpecStudiesAfterAdd.aspx) by the fifth week of the semester. Late applications will not be accepted. A Cornell supervisor is required for your internship.

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21036 ENVS 4960   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21399 ENVS 4960   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Lauber, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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ENVS 4970
Individual Study in Environment and Sustainability

Individual studies are arranged under the supervision of one or several ESS faculty members. They provide opportunity to design a course that fills the need of an individual student and addresses pertinent ... view course details

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15248 ENVS 4970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Students from all colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21445 ENVS 4970   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Tantillo, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21465 ENVS 4970   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Agrawal, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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ENVS 4990
Undergraduate Research in Environment and Sustainability

Undergraduate research projects in environment and sustainability; contingent on student working with a faculty member to supervise their research. Enroll in credits using the CALS Special Studies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-8 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15230 ENVS 4990   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Students from all colleges must submit a CALS Special Sudies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study).You will be put in appropriate section after submitting the form online.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-8 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21416 ENVS 4990   RSC 729

    • TBA

    • Tako, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-8 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21420 ENVS 4990   RSC 730

    • TBA

    • Kaiser, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

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