Teaching
Fall 2011
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ENVSTY 101—The Nature of Environmental Problems
T/R 12:30 - 1:45 PM Snowden Auditorium
An introduction to environmental issues and analysis emphasizing comparisons between the sustainable characteristics of ecosystems, both natural and human, and the human impacts on the Earth's life support systems. Topics include human population growth, food production, use of natural resources, pollution, loss of bio-diversity, and conservation strategies.
EEOS 256—Health and Medical Geography
T/R (Time/Location TBD; most probably late afternoon)
This course will introduce students to health and medical geography as an applied social science, emphasizing the role that place plays in human health and well-being, and updating the notion that geography is merely an inventory of places. Through basic geographic concepts and tools, this course will examine different aspects of health and medicine that underscore the interactions of humans with each other and with their physical and social environments. Topics include: the role that the physical and human environments play in health and medicine; an introduction to basic spatial analysis methods; map interpretation; models of diffusion; spatial aspects of health care delivery, health care policies, as well as environmental settings and resource issues.
Previous semesters:
Spring 2011
ENVSTY 101—The Nature of Environmental Problems
EEOS 225 —Weather and Climate
Note: There is a 95% probability that EEOS 225 Weather & Climate will be offered in Spring 2012.