To reduce global warming emissions to zero, existing buildings must be retrofitted for efficiency and renewable energy. Municipalities own large, inefficient buildings that will not be replaced, and they want to get to zero carbon emissions, but they don?t know how. This purpose of this class is to provide them with actionable plans that show them how, and to develop a generation of professionals capable of providing pathways to zero carbon for clients in all sectors of society. Students work in teams to provide energy analysis and high-level energy planning to Massachusetts cities and towns.

This course will cover several programming methods and applications in GIS. Beginning in the (familiar) ArcGIS environment, this course will explore fundamentals of programming in Python while learning the Model Builder interface. By exploring basic automation methods of repetitive or complex tasks, this course will also introduce the foundations of computer science and computational thinking. While gaining proficiency in Model Builder, this course will expand to other python scripting applications, both within ArcGIS and on other platforms.

This graduate-level course will expose students to seminal books that have influenced the environmental paradigm in the United States including: Henry David Thoreau?s Walden, Aldo Leopold?s A Sand County Almanac, Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring, and Robin Kimmerer?s Braiding Sweetgrass. Discussion will focus on students? impressions of the readings, how the authors have influenced current thinking, the contexts in which the books were written, and comparisons across books.

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Species distribution and habitat models (SDHM) are widely used in resource management and conservation. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts and applications of these models. This synchronous (in-person/remote) discussion course will explore the theory and application of models by examining relevant literature. There may be opportunities for students to gain additional training implementing SDHM through online modules delivered through a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units, the National Conservation Training Center.

The course serves as a dynamic sampling of the multiple disciplines necessary to create or modify the Built Environment. Discussions based on lectures presented by various educators, researchers, and practitioners; experts in their fields will provide students with a broadened perspective, which will help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of the Built Environment.

Provides graduate students with a broad sampling of new and cutting-edge research related to environmental conservation to help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of natural resources research. Seminars will be given by departmental faculty and faculty from other departments, both on campus and from other institutions. The seminars will be designed for both students who plan a research career and those who plan a more applied path.

This Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) capstone course will provide the essential aeronautical, business, legal knowledge and skills to achieve a successful foundation in UAS industry. Students that complete this application course will be prepared for successful careers as Remote Pilots in Command (PICs), observers, payload operators, and/or operational managers of governmental and private sector UAS applications.

Intermediate statistics illustrated using examples from ecology. Topics include ANOVA, linear regression (simple and multiple), correlation, logistic regression, continency tables and noparametric methods. Techniques discussed in lectures and applied in laboratories.

Intermediate statistics illustrated using examples from ecology. Topics include ANOVA, linear regression (simple and multiple), correlation, logistic regression, continency tables and noparametric methods. Techniques discussed in lectures and applied in laboratories.