• EVSC 3600

    Physical Hydrology
     Rating

    3.97

     Difficulty

    2.65

     GPA

    3.00

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the physical principles governing the flow of water on and beneath the earth's surface, including fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics applied to the description of open channel hydraulics, ground water hydraulics, and dynamics of soil moisture. Introduces elements of surface water and ground water hydrology and explores humanity's influence on its hydrological environment. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus.

  • EVSC 3601

    Physical Hydrology Laboratory
     Rating

    4.17

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of the hydrological cycle, including energy and mass transfer in surface and ground water. Corequisite: EVSC 3600.

  • EVSC 3860

    Introduction to Geochemistry
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the Earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 encouraged but not required.

  • EVSC 4002

    Undergraduate Seminar
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    A weekly, one-hour seminar series for majors, other interested undergraduates, and the University community dealing with environmental processes, research, issues, careers, and graduate study.

  • EVSC 4035

    Drones in Scientific Research
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    In this course, students explore how unmanned aerial systems or 'drones' are being used in various research areas with a focus on environmental research. In addition, students investigate ethical, legal, privacy, and policy issues raised by drone technology. Students will get an opportunity to work in teams to discuss the various uses of drone technology.

  • EVSC 4122

    Coastal Ecology Seminar
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology.

  • EVSC 4270

    Soil Science
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduces the study of soils as a natural system. Topics include the fundamentals of soil chemistry, hydrology, and biology with respect to genesis, classification and utilization. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 and 3200; one year college chemistry or instructor permission.

  • EVSC 4380

    Air Pollution Environmental Justice
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.82

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This is course will introduce undergraduate students to issues in air pollution environmental justice and climate equity from an environmental sciences perspective. Students will consider atmospheric processes and chemical transformations on human scales to identify, describe, and discuss how racism and injustice manifest in the atmosphere.

  • EVSC 4452

    Global Climate Variability Seminar
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This seminar course will review the atmospheric and oceanic processes responsible for large-scale variability and change in Earth's climate system through readings and discussions of recent peer-reviewed scientific publications.

  • EVSC 4559

    New Course in Environmental Science
     Rating

    3.80

     Difficulty

    1.80

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.