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  • 4.00 Credits

    Introduces basic concepts of risk analysis, including risk perception, identification, assessment, communication, management, and policy. Provides quantitative treatment of risk assessment procedures, fundamental mathematical models, and the concepts of variability and uncertainty; and practical experience in risk analyses conducted by teams of students. Emphasizes environment and natural resource examples. Prerequisites: MATH 1000 or 1400, introductory statistics and familiarity with Excel spreadsheets.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Explores fundamentals of environmental data analysis including the displayand description of data, uncertainty propagation, statistical significance and power, t-tests, ANOVA, time series, serial correlation, multiple regression, and sample collection strategies. Students must enroll in a computer-based lab session and complete a term project involving real-world problems in data analysis. Dual listed with ENR 5525. Cross listed with GEOL 4525. Prerequisites: C or higher in STAT 2050, STAT 2070, or MATH 2200; junior standing; at least one upper-division course in the natural sciences or a related field.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on using an analytical perspective for maximizing joint gains between negotiators. The student will learn analytical techniques to prepare for negotiation, evaluate options and proposals during a negotiation, and evaluate negotiated outcomes with respect to maximization of joint gains and fairness criteria. Cross listed with AGEC 4550. Dual listed with ENR 5550. Prerequisites: Completion of QA.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to foundational concepts in social entrepreneurship applies them to environmental conservation issues. Students will learn the legal, financial, and ecological concepts underpinning entrepreneurial approaches to conservation. Students will apply concepts to real world examples to understand the strength and weaknesses of these approaches.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course investigates climate change response, including mitigation, adaptation, and transformation. Climate change will significantly shift careers in environment & natural resources. Students receive relevant and immediately applicable information, tools, and frameworks for understanding how to appropriately consider and integrate climate change into real-world applied contexts.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course involves the application of criminological and sociological theory to the study of harms and crimes committed against the environment. Topics covered in the course include environmental protection law and policy, corporate crimes against the environment, human-driven environmental disasters, and other issues of environmental justice. Prerequisite: Junior standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Uses campus as a setting to explore long-term environmental, economic, and social sustainability theory and practice. Students design and implement a semester-long project to improve sustainability of the UW campus. This is an interdisciplinary course and is appropriate for students of all disciplines. Dual listed with ENR 5600. Prerequisite: USP WB course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds a practical foundation for environmental and natural resource work embracing human diversity and inclusion. Examine and apply theories underlying conceptions of diversity and justice; principles for creating and sustaining socially and environmentally just practices and contexts; and the characteristics of resilient and inclusive communities and organizations. Prerequisites: COM 1
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course discusses why scientific, health, and environmental issues are covered in particular ways in media. We will also examine how these messages impact people's attitudes, opinion, knowledge, and emotions about science, health, and the environment. Dual listed with ENR 5700; cross listed with COJO 4700. Prerequisite: COJO 1000 or ENR 1200 or ENR 1500 or ENR 2000.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores the policy underpinnings of ENR issues and legal responses to these problems. Gain a basic understanding of (1) the causes of environmental problems, including energy, water, wildlife, and other western land use issues; (2) the range of policy and instrument choices; and (3) the approaches actually taken in current laws. Dual listed with ENR 5750. Prerequisites: ENR 2000 and upper division standing or permission from the instructor.