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2015-2016 University Catalog

■ Environmental Science and Policy

Phone: 703-993-1043
Web: esp.gmu.edu

Faculty

Professors: Jones, Gillevet, Lovejoy

Associate professors: Aguirre, Ahn, Balint, Crate, Jonas (Chair), Parsons, Torzilli, Visseren-Hamakers

Assistant professors: de Mutsert, Hamdan, Kennedy

Term professor: Talbot

Term associate professors: Peters, Sklarew

Term assistant professors: Kim, Largen, Smith

Emeritus professors: Bradley, Ernst, Kelso, Shaffer, Skog

Other Environmental Program Faculty

Professors: Adelman, Black, Chandhoke, Conlan, Conant, Cook, Diecchio, Dukes, Foster, Gerber, Gifford, Gusterson, Haack, Hart, Haynes, Houck, Mahler, Maibach, Maxwell, Metcalf, Mose, Mushrush, Nadeau, Olds, Pawlowski, Perry, Posner, Regan, Rosenberger, Rowan, Sage, Schum, Seto, Sluzki, Sommers, Storr, Stough, Taylor, Wan, Waters, Willett, Wingfield, Wong

Associate professors: Addleson, Beghi, Baranova, Christensen, Curtin, Fryxell, Guagnano, Harbour, Honeychuck, Jacobsen, Kozlowski, LaPorte,  Mahler, McBride, Meyer, Muir, Paden, Palkovich, Rodgers, Seto, Stough, Venigalla, Weatherspoon, Wood

Assistant professors: Frankenfeld, Freeman, Gilmore, Harmon, Heineman-Piper, Rice, Robbins, Schoeny, Uhen, Zolnik

Term associate professors: Nord, Verardo

Term assistant professors: Fuertes, Kysar-Mattietti, Lessard-Pilon, Luther, McNeil

Affiliate faculty: Anderson, Bauer, B. Brown, J. Brown, Buchanan, Buchino, Comiskey, Cook, Creque, Fisher, Frances, Han, Helgen, Hogan, Lucking, Luksenburg, Maldonado, McShea, Megonigal, Monfort, Munigandondh, Noe, Ogburn, Orenstein, Perrier, Rybicki, Seidensticker, A. Smith, C. Smith, Songsasen, Thornhill, Vaughn, Wright

Courses

This department offers all courses designated EVPP and crosslists with numerous BIOL courses, listed in the Courses  section of this catalog.

Other Undergraduate Programs

In addition to its own undergraduate programs, the Department of Environmental Science and Policy  also works closely with and provides administrative input to other undergraduate programs.

The Department of Environmental Science and Policy  also offers (jointly with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ) the Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA , which focuses on the theoretical and practical knowledge of three aspects of environmental and sustainability studies: people, prosperity, and planet. In addition to required core courses, students obtain additional in-depth knowledge in their selected concentration area. This degree prepares students for employment and graduate study in fields including social justice, business and public policy, and environmental protection as they relate to the environment and sustainability. Students should consult the full set of program requirements by viewing the complete description for the Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA . The Department of Environmental Science and Policy  administers the following concentrations:

  • The concentration in Climate Change and Society focuses on the relationship between human action and climate evolution. Topics include global warming, pollution, and societal trends.
  • The concentration in Environmental Policy and Politics focuses on the role of policy formulation in the management of the global ecosystem. Topics include resource management and sustainability.
  • The concentration in Environmental Economics focuses on the role of economics in environmental regulation and policy formation. Topics include valuing the environment and human health, policies for pollution control, and resource management.
  • The concentration in Business and Sustainability concentrates on the interaction of business concerns and sustainability broadly defined. In addition to environmental science and policy courses, students take classes in business and operations management.

In concert with the Department of Biology , through which the Biology, BA  and Biology, BS  are offered, the Department of Environmental Science and Policy  administers the Environmental and Conservation Biology (ESCB) concentration .

The Environmental and Conservation Biology (ESCB) concentration  within the Biology, BS  is offered to students seeking a biology degree that focuses on ecology and organismal biology and prepares them for graduate work or employment in environmental and conservation fields, such as natural resources management, fisheries, forestry, water quality management, aquatic and wetland ecology, and conservation biology. Refer to the Department of Biology  section for more information on Biology, BS  program and this concentration.

The Department of Environmental Science and Policy  and the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science  cooperatively offer the Global and Environmental Change, BS . This interdisciplinary undergraduate program, one of the first of its kind in the nation, distinguishes itself from the other degrees in the natural sciences in that it examines from local, regional, and global scales the dynamics of Earth’s systems and their interactions:  the geosphere, the atmosphere, the ecosphere, and the sociosphere.  Refer to the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science  section for more information on the Global and Environmental Change, BS  program.

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