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EES 5307-Ecological Engineering (1) Principles and practices in
design and management of environment with society; systems
concepts for organization of humanity, technology, and nature.
EES 5415-Environmental Health (3) Effects of environment
pollution upon health. Methods of evaluation, treatment, and
prevention of pollutants of health significance.
EES 6009-Ecological Economics (1) Consideration of new re-
search areas; models and mathematical theories common to
ecology and economics, interfaces between ecology and eco-
nomics, relationships of energy and money.
EES 6036-Environmental Instrumentation (2) Basic instrumen-
tation and instrumental techniques for the measurement of
environmental parameters and pollutants.
EES 6135-Aquatic Microbiology (3) Behavior of micro-organ-
isms in freshwater, marine and soil environments. Stress of
pollution on microbial communities. Adsorption of microorgan-
isms to surfaces.
EES 6136-Aquatic Autotrophs (3) The function of algae and
macrophytes in lake systems. Environmental problems associ-
ated with excessive growth of algae and macrophytes, and
methods for their control.
EES 6137-Aquatic Heterotrophs (3) The role of zooplankton,
benthic invertebrates and fish in freshwater systems. Emphasis is
placed on trophic-level interactions, nutrient cycling and the
potential of each group for predicting water quality.
EES 6206-Environmental Chemistry Principles I (3) Prereq:
CHM 2046. Emphasis on atmospheric chemical processes and
contaminants, gas laws, thermodynamics and kinetics of envi-
ronmental reactions, instrumental methods of analysis, chemical
contaminants in water and wastes.
EES 6207-Environmental Chemistry Principles II (3) Prereq:
CHM 2046. Emphasis on chemical contaminants and their fate
in the environment. The chemistry of treatment processes, or-
ganic chemistry, biogeochemistry, toxicology, and hazardous
wastes.
EES 6208-Principles of Water Chemistry 1 (3) Prereq: one year
of general chemistry or consent of instructor. Application of
chemical principles to reactions and composition of natural
waters; emphasis on thermodynamics, kinetics, and aqueous
equilibria including acid-base, solubility, and complexation.
EES 6209-Principles of Water Chemistry 11 (3) Prereq: EES 6208
or consent of instructor. Application of chemical principles to
reactions and composition of natural waters; emphasis on redox,
chemical models, and fate of organic contaminants.
EES 6225-Atmospheric Chemistry (3) Prereq: ENV 3002 or
consent of instructor. Nature, sources, and sinks of fixed and
variable constituents of the atmosphere. Chemical changes
occurring. Influences and properties of atmospheric components
of natural and anthropogenic origin.
EES 6246-Advanced Water Analysis (3) Prereq: EES 5245 or
consent of instructor. Advanced chemical procedures used in
water chemistry research. Application of instrumental methods
for determination of trace inorganic and organic natural water
constituents.
EES 6301-Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology (3)
Prereq: consent of instructor. Alternative approaches for under-
standing ecological interactions, prediction after ecosystem
perturbations, and optimal design with nature are evaluated
within the context of natural selection and thermodynamics.
Static, dynamic, deterministic, and stochastic study of energy
flow, element cycling, and information feedback.
EES 6308C-Wetland Ecology (3) Prereq: basic ecology or con-
sent of instructor. Defining and classifying major wetland ecosys-
tems, formation of wetlands, wetland functions and values;
utilizing wetlands for man's needs. Emphasis on several field trips
to natural and altered wetlands.
EES 6356-Estuarine Systems (3) Coastal systems, their compo-
nents, processes, systems, models and management including
tropical, arctic and man-affected types, field trip and literature
review.
EES 6405-Environmental Toxicology (3) Prereq:basic biology or
consent of instructor. Effects of environmental toxicants on
humans, animals, and the environment.
EES 6936-Water Science Seminar (1-4; max: 6) Chemical,
physical and biological aspects of natural waters presented by
area specialists and/or participating students.
ENV 5075-Environmental Policy (3) Policy analysis, policy
making, and policy implementation. Analytical methods for
evaluating alternative policies. Legal, social, political, and eco-
nomic patterns and processes which shape the climate within
which environmental policy is made.


ENV 5105-Introduction to Air Pollution (3) Principal types,
sources, dispersion, effects, and physical, economic and legal
aspects of control of atmospheric pollutants.
ENV 5206-Survey of Radiological Health (3) Oriented toward
ENV majors not specializing in radiological health. Quantitative
overview of radiation principles, sources, detection, measure-
ment, and protection.
ENV 5306-Municipal Refuse Disposal (3) Quantities and char-
acteristics of municipal refuse and hazardous materials. Collec-
tion methods, transfer stations, equipment and costs. Refuse
disposal practices, regional planning and equipment.
ENV 5408-Case Studies in Water Treatment (3) Prereq: knowl-
edge of water treatment processes. Review of water treatment
plant process and design problems and development of solutions
utilizing plant data.
ENV 5555-Wastewater Treatment (4) Prereq: ENV4514C or
consent of instructor. In depth study of the physical, chemical
and biological processes utilized in the treatment of wastewater,
with special emphasis on cause and effect of physical and
biological actions.
ENV 5558C-Industrial Wastewater Treatment (3) Prereq: ENV
4514 or453 1. Generation and characteristics of industrial wastes.
Treatment technology and process selection. An approach to
solve industrial waste disposal problems is presented. Applica-
tion of wastewater treatment processes to industrial wastes is
performed by laboratory collection of design data, data interpre-
tation, and report writing.
ENV 5930-Special Topics in Environmental Engineering I (1-4;
max: 8) Prereq: consent of instructor. Laboratory, lectures or
conferences covering specially selected topics.
ENV 6050-Pollutant Transport (3) Prereq: MAP 3302 or EGM
3311, CWR 5201 or EGN 3353. Distribution of pollutants in
natural waters and the atmosphere. Advective and diffusive
transport phenomena. Analytical and numerical prediction
methods. Air and water quality models. Ocean outfall diffuser
design.
ENV 6116-Air Pollution Sampling Analysis (3) Determination of
the concentration of normally encountered ambient pollutants.
Methodology of source sampling. Practical experience in ambi-
ent and source sampling.
ENV 6117-Industrial and Occupational Air Sampling and
Analysis (3) Selection, application, and operating principles of
gas (air) sampling, measurement, and chemical analysis tech-
niques used for determination/evaluation of industrial air pollut-
ants, air toxics, and hazardous materials.
ENV 6125-Air Pollution Ventilation Design (3) Design of indus-
trial ventilation systems to capture, transport and condition the
hot, pollutant-laden, corrosive gases from industrial processes.
ENV 6126-Air Pollution Control Design (3) Design, analysis,
operational limitations, cost and performance 'evaluation of
control processes and equipment. Field visits to and inspection
of industrial installations.
ENV 6130-Aerosol Mechanics (3) Generation, collection, and
measurement of aerosols. Theory of the fluid dynamic, optical,
electrical, inertial and thermal behavior of gas-borne particles.
ENV 6145-Environmental Meteorology (3) Prereq: MAP 3302
or EGM 3311 and PHY 3048, Dynamics and thermodynamics of
the atmosphere related to environmental problems. Analysis of
weather charts. Climatology. Ecological interactions. Diffusion,
air pollution applications.
ENV 6146-Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling (3) Prediction of
downwind pollutant concentrations from point, line, and area
sources.
ENV 6215-Health Physics (3) Prereq: consent of instructor.
Techniques of hazard evaluation and radiation control; monitor-
ing methods; survey techniques; biological sampling; instrument
calibration; exposure standards and radiation protection regula-
tion; on-site radiation safety surveys and evaluation.
ENV 6215L-Health Physics Measurements (2) Prereq: ENV
6236 or ENU 5615/5615L or consent of instructor. Coreq: ENV
6215 or consent of instructor. Lectures and laboratory exercises
on applied measurement techniques in radiation protection.
Includes such measurements as radiation and contamination
survey air sampling and monitoring, personnel monitoring, bio-
assay and in-vivo counting, ambient radiation monitoring, envi-
ronmental radiation surveillance techniques, radium, radon, and
radon daughter techniques, measurement of nonionizing radia-
tion.
ENV 6216-Radioactive Wastes (3) Prereq: ENV5206 orconsent
of instructor. Source, treatment and disposal. Emphasis on pre-
vention of environmental contamination.