2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Browse
by subject...
    Schedule
view...
 

1 - 10 of 29 results for: ENVRES

ENVRES 200: Sustaining Action: Research, Analysis and Writing for the Public

Preference to graduate students and senior undergraduates in environmental, natural and social sciences, engineering, journalism. Students help produce and publish SAGE, an eco advice column, by choosing, researching, and answering questions about sustainable living submitted by Stanford alumni. Prerequisite: admission by application, available from instructor, thayden@stanford.edu, and due 9/15/10.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Hayden, T. (PI)

ENVRES 220: Our Coastal Society: An interdisciplinary seminar on ocean/coastal themes

Utilizing guest speaker presentations from various academic and non-academic organizations, this seminar will explore marine science and policy for the Pacific Coast that informs natural resource as well as conservation decision-making and future challenges. Topics to be covered may include tuna and shark research along the California coast, kelp forest ecosystems, fisheries management, marine spatial planning, legislative advances such as the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), climate change threats to our coast, the importance of the US west coast in the context of Pacific Ocean ecosystem health, and others. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to attend all classes, actively participate in discussion following the guest lecture, and submit a short summary of each presentation.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 5 units total)

ENVRES 220A: Special Topics Seminar

For E-IPER Ph.D. and Joint M.S. students; other graduate students with consent of instructor. Challenges of interdisciplinary research; collaborations across disciplines. Topical or methodological focus depending on faculty and student interests. May not be offered every quarter. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 5 units total)

ENVRES 220B: Special Topics Seminar

For E-IPER Ph.D. and Joint M.S. students; other graduate students with consent of instructor. Challenges of interdisciplinary research; collaborations across disciplines. Topical or methodological focus depending on faculty and student interests. May not be offered every quarter. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 5 units total)
Instructors: Doyle, H. (PI)

ENVRES 220D: Agricultural Systems in Emerging Economies (EESS 320)

Agricultural Systems in Emerging Economies. This interdisciplinary seminar examines the social, economic, institutional, and ecological aspects of agricultural systems in emerging economies. Begins with an overview of global agricultural systems and then focuses on the agricultural systems in Brazil, India, Indonesia and China. Short lectures by guest Stanford faculty and discussion topics based on the questions posed by lecturers, as well as readings. Students are expected to attend regularly, to summarize the content and relevance of one assigned reading, and to assist in leading discussion for the week that reading is discussed. The goal of the course is to provide an overview of human-environment feedbacks in various agricultural regimes throughout the world, and to explore opportunities for positive interventions.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2

ENVRES 225: E-IPER Current Topics Seminar

For E-IPER Ph.D and Joint M.S. students only. Weekly presentations of E-IPER students' research and other program-related projects. Occasional guest speakers. Active participation including individual or team presentation and attendance required for credit. May be repeated once for credit. Grading C/NC only.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 2 units total)
Instructors: Doyle, H. (PI)

ENVRES 242: Negotiating Sustainable Development (CEE 142A, CEE 242A)

How to be effective at achieving sustainability by learning the skills required to negotiate differences between stakeholders who advocate for their own interests. How ecological, social, and economic interests can be effectively balanced and managed. How to be effective actors in the sustainability movement, and use frameworks to solve complex, multiparty processes. Case study analysis of domestic and international issues. Students negotiate on behalf of different interest groups in a variety of arenas including energy, climate, land use, and the built environment. One Saturday all day field trip. No prerequisites.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

ENVRES 243: Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis (MS&E 243)

Concepts, methods, and applications. Energy/environmental policy issues such as automobile fuel economy regulation, global climate change, research and development policy, and environmental benefit assessment. Group project. Prerequisite: MS&E 241 or ECON 50, 51.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Sweeney, J. (PI)

ENVRES 260: Global Water: Challenges and Opportunities

Explores challenges in the global supply, quality, and accessibility of freshwater. Speakers from Stanford and outside organizations on key topics such as threats due to climate change, agriculture demands, challenges of urbanization, water and sanitation, as well as discussion of policy, market, technology, and other potential solutions. Weekly readings in advance of speaker. Active participation expected of all enrolled students; those enrolled for 2-3 units will have one or more additional written assignments and will facilitate one or more discussions.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-3 | Repeatable 1 times (up to 4 units total)
Instructors: Doyle, H. (PI)

ENVRES 270: Graduate Practicum in Environment and Resources

Opportunity for E-IPER students to pursue areas of specialization in an institutional setting such as a laboratory, clinic, research institute, governmental agency, non-governmental organization, or multilateral organization. Meets US CIS requirements for off-campus employment with endorsement from designated school official.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-9 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Vitousek, P. (PI)
Filter Results:
term offered
updating results...
teaching presence
updating results...
number of units
updating results...
time offered
updating results...
days
updating results...
UG Requirements (GERs)
updating results...
component
updating results...
career
updating results...
© Stanford University | Terms of Use | Copyright Complaints