The goal of this course is to teach emergency medical care that enables the student to (1) recognize symptoms of illness and injuries; (2) implement proper procedures; (3) administer appropriate care; (4) achieve and maintain proficiency in all caregiving skills; (5) be responsible and behave in a professional manner; and (6) become certified in Community First Aid/AED and CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Enrollment limited to 10.

This integrative course explores the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems. Topics include past land use history and its effect on current forest composition, evaluating forest ecological properties including keystone resources and species, theory and practical application of ecosystem restoration, and the design and management of protected areas. The legal and regulatory framework of resource conservation, conservation incentives and enforcement, and working with local constituencies is also considered.

This integrative course explores the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems. Topics include past land use history and its effect on current forest composition, evaluating forest ecological properties including keystone resources and species, theory and practical application of ecosystem restoration, and the design and management of protected areas. The legal and regulatory framework of resource conservation, conservation incentives and enforcement, and working with local constituencies is also considered.

This 1-credit lecture series introduces students to theory and practice in fields related to the environment, sustainability and climate change. Students gain insight into how their liberal arts education and skills in critical thinking and analysis apply to a variety of environmental issues and sustainability contexts. Speakers, including distinguished alumnae, are drawn from the five colleges, the Pioneer Valley and beyond. S/U only. This course can be repeated for credit.

This course is designed to develop a student’s abilities as an environmental problem-solver through practice. The problems come in two forms: a campus or local problem related to environmental sustainability or resilience and the problem of what to do with one’s life. To address each, students engage in a semester-long group project that addresses a real-world environmental issue or question (projects vary from year to year) and a more individualized examination of the student’s own values, career aspirations and skills.

This course focuses on the interpretation and communication of environmental issues and solutions from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. Using contemporary environmental issues as a foundation, this course emphasizes careful assessment of both message and audience to design effective communication strategies for complex issues.

This course introduces students to research and application in the field of agroecology, with a focus on community-based approaches. The course covers both conceptual and practical content, including the evolution of the field of agroecology as it gained prominence in scientific, policy, planning, social movement, and farming practices. A special emphasis is placed in discussing the different expression of agroecology as a science, a social movement, and a practice across urban and rural regions.

Why has the U.S. Congress failed to address so many environmental issues since the heyday of the 1970s? What can the current administration do on climate and environmental justice without Congress? Where is environmental policy being made if not in Congress? This course explores the political, economic, legal, ethical and institutional dimensions of the environmental policy making process. The focus is on understanding policy-making systems at a range of scales and how to influence and improve them. Prerequisite: ENV 101 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 25.

This course offers an introduction to the methods and key debates in environmental history, the history of the relationship between humanity and the “rest of nature.” Since the 1970s, environmental historians have used an environmental lens to examine politics, economy, religion, gender, race, migration, art, music, literature and culture. In addition to typical archives of texts and other historical remnants created by people, environmental historians also avail themselves to “natural” archives, including the ice core, tree-ring and lake sediment samples collected by climate scientists.

In this laboratory complement to ENV 201, students use a variety of methods to gather and analyze different types of environmental data (quantitative, qualitative, spatial). Corequisite: ENV 201. Prerequisite: ENV 101. Enrollment limited to 18.