2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS<br />
257<br />
UES - Urban Environmental Studies<br />
UES 110 GP Resilience: The American South and the World (1)<br />
An introduction to sustainability issues from a global perspective. This course offers a<br />
social science approach to resilience drawing from comparisons among urban areas in the<br />
American South with those in the Global North and South. Concepts within urban<br />
sustainability to be explored include land use and urban design, transportation, urban<br />
ecology, energy, environmental justice, economic development, and green building. A<br />
Global Perspectives designated course. Spring.<br />
UES 150 SM Introduction to Environmental Studies (1)<br />
An interdisciplinary introduction to the complexities of environmental problems. The<br />
course provides an overview of scientific knowledge on ecology and environmental<br />
management and examines political, economic, and ethical issues involved in the<br />
attainment of a sustainable future. The course explores how an understanding of the<br />
natural and social sciences is necessary to address and solve environmental problems.<br />
Selected topics, including population growth, food shortages, pollution containment, and<br />
energy resources, are addressed. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. A<br />
Scientific Methodologies designated course. Fall, Spring, and Summer.<br />
UES 160 SM Environmental Earth Science (1)<br />
An introduction to the earth sciences, including climatology, oceanography, physical<br />
geography, geology, hydrology, and others. Topics include how the Earth’s internal,<br />
surface, and atmospheric forces shape the physical environment, and selected examples<br />
of how humans interact with the physical environment. Special emphasis is placed on<br />
urban areas. Two lectures and one laboratory period per week. A Scientific<br />
Methodologies designated course. Spring.<br />
UES 177, 277, 377, 477 Special Topics in Urban Environmental Studies (1)<br />
An exploration of a selected topic or problem in urban environmental studies.<br />
UES 230 IA Climate Change and Water Management (1)<br />
A study of climate change, geographic information systems, and environmental<br />
management methods for water resources. The course is intended to give students a<br />
general understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on water resource<br />
management, with special emphasis on international freshwater and marine systems. An<br />
Interpretation or Analysis designated course. Prerequisite: UES 150 or UES 160, or<br />
instructor consent.<br />
UES 250 Environmental Field Methods (1)<br />
A study of the methodology behind current environmental issues. Includes freshwater<br />
resources, wildlife management, fisheries, and geology with a focus on water quality<br />
sampling, forestry, technological advances including GIS, and basic statistical<br />
measurements used in various environmental fields. Prerequisite: UES 150 or UES 160.<br />
Fall.<br />
Birmingham-Southern College <strong>Catalog</strong> <strong>2023</strong>-<strong>2024</strong>