Courses - Spring 2025
ENST200
Fundamentals of Soil Science
Corequisite: CHEM131 and CHEM132; or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Credit only granted for: ENST200 or NRSC200.
Formerly: NRSC200.
Study and management of soils as natural bodies, media for plant growth, and ecosystem components. Morphology, composition, formation, and conservation of soils. Chemical, biological, and physical properties are discussed in relation to the production of plants, the functioning of hydrologic and nutrient cycles, the protection of environmental quality, and engineering uses of soils.
ENST214
Introduction to Natural Resources Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: BSCI160 and BSCI161; or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Must be in the ENST Natural Resources Management or ENSP Wildlife Ecology & Management programs; and must have completed less than 90 credits; or permission of instructor.
Lectures, discussion, and readings in social, biological, and human dimension issues facing natural resource managers in the United States. Coverage will include history and philosophical discussions of fishery, wildlife, and forestry sciences; conservation and management; principles of community, habitat, and animal ecology and management; and interrelations of wildlife, fish, and forestry.
ENST233
Introduction to Environmental Health
Examines how humans are affected by the quality of our air, water, soil and food supply as well as how human activities alter these survival necessities. Students will learn how the evolution and prosperity of human populations have resulted in degradation of our environment and the impact of environmental degradation on the health of people. The implications of individual and collective choices for sustainable food production, population management, and resource utilization will be explored.
ENST309
Advanced Field Soil Morphology
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of AGNR-Environmental Science and Technology department.
Prerequisite: ENST301
Prerequisite: ENST301
ENST334
Environmental Toxicology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHEM131, CHEM132, and BSCI207; or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Concepts and case histories in ecotoxicology. Emphasis on origin and variety of environmental pollutants, routes of biological exposure, modes of toxicological action and effects on individual organisms, populations and ecosystems. Ecotoxicological issues in the Chesapeake Bay will be used as examples.
ENST388
Honors Thesis Research
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Undergraduate honors thesis research conducted under the direction of an AGNR faculty member in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the College of AGNR Honors Program. The thesis will be defended to a faculty committee.
Undergraduate honors thesis research conducted under the direction of an AGNR faculty member in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the College of AGNR Honors Program. The thesis will be defended to a faculty committee.
ENST389
Internship
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENST405
Energy and Environment
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: MATH140 or MATH120; or must have completed MATH220.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher. And must be in Environmental Sci & Tech program; or must be in Environmental Sci & Tech: Ecological Tech Design program; or must be in Environmental Sci & Tech: Environmental Health program; or must be in Environmental Sci & Tech: Soil & Watershed Science program; or must be in Environmental Sci & Tech: Natural Resources Mgmt program.
Jointly offered with ENST605.
Credit only granted for: ENST405, ENSP350, ENST605, or MEES698Z.
Introduction to the role of energy in environmental and human-dominated systems. Discussion of the historical and modern production and consumption of energy. Introduction to energy systems computer simulation and energy auditing.
Jointly offered with MEES698Z. Credit granted for ENST405 or MEES698Z.
ENST421
Soil Chemistry
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200.
The chemistry and composition of mineral and organic colloids in soils, including ion exchange, oxidation-reduction, acidity, surface charge, and solution chemistry. Lectures and readings pertain to plant nutrition, waste disposal, and groundwater quality.
ENST422
Soil Microbial Ecology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200; or 1 course in BCHM; or must have completed a course in microbiology; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Jointly offered with: ENST622.
The interdisciplinary study of soil microorganisms and their interactions with the mineral matrix; resulting in processes such as nutrient cycling, decontamination, and natural product production. We will focus on the diversity of soil communities, their survival strategies, and the new strategies used to study these communities.
ENST423
Soil-Water Pollution
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200.
Reaction and fate of pesticides, agricultural fertilizers, industrial and animal wastes in soil and water with emphasis on their relation to the environment.
ENST430
Wetland Soils
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200.
Credit only granted for: ENST430 or ENST630.
The soils of wetlands including hydrology, chemistry, and genesis are discussed. Federal and regional guidelines for wetland soils are covered with an emphasis on validating interpretations through field observations.
ENST436
Emerging Environmental Threats
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST233; or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Examine new and potential environmental concerns in the air, water, soil, space, and the built environment. Emphasis on studying the intrinsic links between ecosystem and human health. Topics will include climate change, resource consumption, biodiversity change, infectious disease, non-traditional pollutants, and other complex and significant environmental concerns.
ENST452
Wetland Restoration
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: (BSCI160 and BSCI161; or BSCI106); and (BSCI362, ENST450, ENST360, or BSCI361).
Design, construction, and evaluation of wetlands restored or created to provide ecosystem services or to mitigate losses due to development. Topics include fundamental properties of wetlands, ecological restoration theory, site selection and goal-setting, design plans, practices for establishing wetland hydrology, substrate, and vegetation, and restored ecosystem monitoring.
ENST453
Watershed Science: Water Balance, Open Channel Flow, and Near Surface Hydrology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: MATH120, ENST200, GEOG306 or BIOM301.
Recommended: PHYS121.
Credit only granted for: ENST453 or ENST653.
Definition and delineation of watersheds based on the stream orders. Discussion of the principle of conservation of mass in the context of life cycles (water cycle, carbon cycle, photosynthesis, aerobic cycle, anaerobic cycle, and nitrogen cycle) as it relates to our Biosystem. Conceptual study of hydrologic cycle components and their prediction using empirical and physical-based models is covered. Role of water as the dynamic force within the context of its interaction with landscapes of diverse geology and land cover will be discussed. Elements of watershed management is discussed.
ENST462
Field Techniques in Wildlife Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST460. And BSCI160 and BSCI161; or BSCI106. And BSCI170 and BSCI171; or BSCI105.
Recommended: ENST461.
Restriction: Permission of AGNR-College of Agriculture & Natural Resources.
Hands-on experience with field techniques in wildlife management focusing on various methods of conducting indices, estimates, and censuses of wildlife populations. Includes capture and handling of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals by use of drift fences, cover boards, mist nets, box traps, and dart guns.
ENST470
Ideas into Impact
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Junior or Senior standing only; Permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
This will be a capstone-type course based around developing proposals for projects emphasizing research, monitoring, design, restoration, managament, entrepreneurship, or other approaches to ecological or environmental questions, issues, or problems.
ENST472
Capstone
Restriction: Must be in a major within AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department; and permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Additional information: This is the pinnacle course for students majoring in ENST and is therefore recommended in one of the students' final semesters.
This capstone course focuses on professional project preparation, presentation, and critical evaluation on environmental science research. Students will develop and present original projects and critique projects presented by others.
ENST481
Ecological Design
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: (MATH120 or MATH140; or must have completed MATH220); and (PHYS121 and CHEM131); and (BSCI361; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department). Or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Jointly offered with: MEES681.
Credit only granted for: ENST481, ENST681, or MEES681.
An advanced survey course on the field of ecological design. Principles of design are illustrated with case studies from biologically-based waste treatment systems, ecosystem management and sustainable development. Concepts covered include ecology, ecological engineering, nutrient cycling, emergy, lifecycle analysis, and design process. Technologies include treatment wetlands, living machines, anaerobic digestion, rain gardens, bioswales, bioremediation, algal turf scrubbers, and green building design.
ENST486
Senior Professional Experience
Prerequisite: ENST389.
Restriction: Must be in the Environmental Science and Technology program; and permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Additional information: The course has two types of activities: lecture and experiential learning. Students are expected to work on their professional-level experience for 90 hours and participate in a 2-hour lecture every other week, during the semester to develop their Senior Integrative Experience (SIE) project. Each student's research question, proposal methodology, analysis, paper, and presentation will follow learning outcomes of all ENST SIE course options.
Students will arrange an off-campus professional-level work experience related to Environmental Science and Technology (ENST) to develop expertise in a specific area of their ENST concentration curriculum. Classroom sessions will frame student experiences within the broader discipline of Environmental Science and Technology. This course will tie together current practices in the ENST career industry, proposal writing, critical analysis, and culminate in a final paper and presentation.
ENST487
Environmental Conflicts and Decision Making
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Senior standing. And must be in one of the following programs (Environmental Sci & Tech: Natural Resources Mgmt; Environmental Sci&Pol-Wildlife Ecology & Mgmt) ; or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
Study major cases which focus on environmental science with concentration on the role and techniques of negotiation, collaborative decision making, and adaptive resource management as an environmental conflict resolution process.
ENST489
Research Experience
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENST499
Special Topics in Environmental Science and Technology
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENST499T
Special Topics in Environmental Science and Technology; Data Management and Analyses for Environmental Sciences
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This course is an introduction to data management, analysis, and visualization using the R programming language. Class topics and examples will have an emphasis on problems in environmental science (both natural and social science examples). The course is broken down into three sections: 1. Working with Data, 2. Statistics and Modeling, and 3. Advanced Topics Classes will consist of short introductions to new concepts followed by hands-on computing exercises using R. No backgroundin programming is required. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop, either Mac or PC, to this course.
ENST499V
Special Topics in Environmental Science and Technology; Seminar in Invasive Species
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Invasive plants and animals reduce property values and agricultural productivity. They harm native animal and plant populations and affect the overall health of ecosystems. They also impact public utility operations and affect tourism and outdoor recreation. All told, invasive species can cost the United States as much as $120 billion EACH YEAR. This special topics seminar covers the wide variety of programs USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service uses to address harmful invasive species. Issues may include: nutria, mute swans, feral swine, brown tree snakes, and insects that are tree and forest pests.
ENST499Y
Special Topics in Environmental Science and Technology; College Teaching
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENST622
Advanced Soil Microbial Ecology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200; or 1 course in BCHM; or must have completed one course in microbiology; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Jointly offered with ENS T422.
Credit only granted for: ENST422 or ENST622.
The interdisciplinary study of soil microorganisms and their interactions with the mineral matrix; resulting in processes such as nutrient cycling, decontamination, and natural product production. We will focus on the diversity of soil communities, their survival strategies, and the new strategies used to study these communities.The course will include an examination of current literature in this field.
ENST630
Advanced Wetland Soils
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST200.
Credit only granted for: ENST630, ENST430, or NRSC461.
The soils of wetlands including hydrology, biogeochemistry, and pedogenesis, including a focused discussion of current literature. Federal and regional guidelines for wetland soils are covered with an emphasis on validating interpretations through field observations.
ENST681
Advanced Ecological Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: Must have completed one semester of calculus; and (CHEM131 and PHYS121). Or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with M EES681.
Credit only granted for: ENST481, ENST681, or MEES681.
An advanced survey course on the field of ecological design. Principles of design are illustrated with case studies from biologically-based waste treatment systems, ecosystem management and sustainable development.
ENST689
Special Topics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENST689L
Special Topics; Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Environmental Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This course uses modern Bayesian statistical modeling approaches to analyze ecological and environmental data, with an emphasis on applied hierarchical models. This course will focus on models that are used to examine population and community dynamics, spatial patterns, species abundance and diversity, community organization, metapopulations, and landscape processes. To be successful in the course students should have taken a course in statistics and have working knowledge of the R programming language.
ENST689Q
Special Topics; Applied Spatial Data Analysis for Environmental Science and Technology
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
ENST689T
Special Topics; Data Management and Analyses for Environmental Sciences
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
This course is an introduction to data management, analysis, and visualization using the R programming language. Class topics and examples will have an emphasis on problems in environmental science (both natural and social science examples). The course is broken down into three sections: 1. Working with Data, 2. Statistics and Modeling, and 3. Advanced Topics Classes will consist of short introductions to new concepts followed by hands-on computing exercises using R. No backgroundin programming is required. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop, either Mac or PC, to this course.
ENST689Y
Special Topics; Advances in Research: Plant Membrane Biology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENST689Z
Special Topics; Introductory University Instruction
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENST702
Environmental Science and Technology: Communication and Professional Development
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ENST602.
Restriction: Must be in Environmental Science and Technology (Master's) program; or must be in Environmental Science and Technology (Doctoral) program; or permission of instructor.
Training in communication and professional development to prepare students to succeed in careers within the fields of environmental science and technology. Topics will include manuscript and technical writing, job search, communication with academic and non-academic audiences, multi-disciplinary collaboration, management (project, personnel, time), professionalism, leadership, ethics, and career opportunities. Course emphasizes practical training through facilitated discussions and critique practicums.
ENST798
Graduate Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Environmental Science and Technology (Doctoral); Environmental Science and Technology (Master's)); or permission of AGNR-Environmental Science & Technology department.
ENST799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENST898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENST899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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