Examines the human dimensions of sustainability and environmental justice. Students examine a core set of human factors linked to the environment, including the production and use of knowledge, behavior, values, social movements, policy, market forces, and systems of power, exploitation, oppression, and inequality. Through hands-on activities, students learn how these factors impact and result from the human-environment interface. Students will build quantitative and writing skills to empirically study human dimensions of the environment.

Lead Professors:

Dr. Eve-lyn Hinckley and Dr. Jason Neff Fall 2018- Spring 2019

Dr. Eve-lyn Hinckley and Dr. Matt Burgess Spring 2020

Dr. Steve Miller Fall 2020

Surveys environmental studies, examining ecological, socioeconomic, political, aesthetic, and technological factors that influence the quality of life on Earth.

Lead Professor: Dr. Max Boykoff (Fall 2019)

A required ENVS course. Explores introductory facets of ecology and how they relate to management and modern problem solving. Provides a broad overview of global ecology for students interested in a wide range of future careers.

Lead Professor: Dr. Dan Doak (Spring 2022)

Applies principles of population ecology, population genetics, biogeography, animal behavior, and paleobiology to the maintenance of biodiversity and natural systems. The resulting theory is then applied to conservation policy and management techniques.

Lead Professor: Dr. Joanna Lambert (Spring 2021)

Integrates information from physics (energetics), chemistry (element properties) and biology (evolutionary traits, photosynthetic pathways) to understand the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Provides an analysis of biotic community responses and feedbacks to environmental change drivers. Strong focus on water, nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics of diverse terrestrial and aquatic landscapes.

Lead Professor: Dr. Eve-lyn Hinckley (Fall 2021)

Course focuses on the large-bodied mammals that are readily observed during winter, especially carnivores and ungulates (wolves, coyotes, red fox, pronghorn antelope, bison, and elk) as well as the realities of animal-human coexistence in the 21st century. Taught in collaboration with Yellowstone Forever—the educational institute of Yellowstone National Park—this intensive learning experience includes several weeks of online interaction and two weeks in the field, living in the famous Lamar Buffalo Ranch.

Lead Professor: Dr. Joanna Lambert