| ENVS 1000 | Introduction to Environmental Science | No | No | No | | An introduction to the study of the environment. Environmental principles, issues and problems will be described and placed in a historical and societal context. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | |
| ENVS 2261 | Survey of Environmental Chemistry | No | Yes | No | | Introduction to envi-ronmental problems, underlying chemistry and approaches to pollution prevention. Stratospheric chemistry and the ozone layer. Ground level air pollution. Global warming and the Greenhouse Effect. Toxic organic chemicals (TOCs), including herbicides, pesticides. Toxicology of PCBs, dioxins and furans. Chemistry of natural waters. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals. Energy production and its impact on the environment, including nuclear energy, fossil fuels, hydrogen. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | | Chemistry 1001 or 1031 or 1051 or 2440 or the permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 2360 | Geological Hazards and Natural Disasters | Yes | No | No | | This course will introduce students to the geological aspects of the natural environment and the impacts that natural geological processes and phenomena may have on humanity. The impact of geological hazards and natural disasters on human society and behaviour will be examined through case studies. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | This course is restricted to students with fifteen credit hours or more |
| ENVS 2369 | Introduction to Soils | No | No | No | | Provides a broad background knowledge about soils. Topics covered include: the origin soils; physical, biochemical, and engineering aspects of soils; influence on humans and their food production; soil pollution and degradation; and management and conservation of soils. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Earth Science 1000 or Geography 1000 |
| ENVS 2370 | Global Environmental Change | No | Yes | No | | A survey of the Earth as a dynamic system. Discussion of interacting cycles that define the Earth's environment. Material cycles and energy concepts. Evolution of the atmosphere in response to lithospheric, biospheric and hydrospheric changes. Major global environmental changes from Earth's formation to present. Emphasis on self-regulating ability of the Earth system. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | This course is restricted to students with thirty credit hours or more |
| ENVS 2371 | Oceanography | Yes | No | No | | Historical review of science of oceanography. Earth and Earth systems (including plate tectonics). Marine sediments and sedimentary environments. Chemical and physical properties of seawater. The atmosphere and the oceans, ocean circulation. Waves and tides, coastal environments, distribution of organisms. Applied oceanography. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | This course is restricted to students who have completed thirty credit hours or more |
| ENVS 2430 | Energy and the Environment | No | No | No | | Energy, energy conversion, heat transfer, the laws of thermodynamics, nuclear processes and radiation will be treated. Practical problems such as the energy shortage, human influences on climate, resource extraction, nuclear power etc. will be discussed. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Mathematics 1000; Physics 1021 or corequisite 1051 |
| ENVS 2450 | Meteorology | No | No | No | | Meteorology as an application of physics and mathematics to the study of the atmosphere. Atmospheric motion on the global, synoptic, meso- and micro-scales. An introduction to atmospheric radiation and thermodynamics, clouds and precipitation. Vertical soundings and the analysis and interpretation of surface and upper-air weather maps. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Physics 1021 or corequisite 1051 |
| ENVS 3072 | Comparative Marine Environments | No | Yes | No | | This course will investigate the physical, chemical, geological and biological characteristics of the major marine environments from the coastal zone to the abyss and from the equator to the poles. The objective of the course will be an integrated study of the parameters that define the various environments. Emphasis will be placed on the interaction of organism and environment. The influence of the environment on the form, function and behaviour or organisms and the influence of the organism in modification of the physical environment will be stressed. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Environmental Science 2371 |
| ENVS 3110 | Taxonomy of Flowering Plants | Yes | No | No | | A study of the biodiversity of flowering vascular plants (Magnoliophyta) through the practical identification of Newfoundland families, genera, and species. Related taxonomic and biogeographical principles will be stressed. | Environmental Biology Courses | Three two-hour laboratory periods per week of integrated practice and theory | 1) Credit can be obtained for only one of ENVS 3110 or Biology 3041. 2) Students must submit a collection of flowering plants identified to the species level. Detailed instructions should be obtained from the instructor in the spring/summer prior to the commencement of this course | Biology 2010 or equivalent |
| ENVS 3130 | Freshwater Ecology | No | Yes | No | | The study of freshwater ecosystems (lakes, rivers, streams, peatlands). Included are abiotic components, community structures, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and the evolution of natural and altered aquatic ecosystems. Emphasis will be placed on field and laboratory studies of the ecology of freshwater organisms and systems in western Newfoundland. | Environmental Biology Courses | Three hours per week | | Biology 2010, 2122, 2600; one of Chemistry 1001 or 1011 |
| ENVS 3131 | Impacted Terrestrial Ecosystems | Yes | No | No | | An examination of ecological and evolutionary responses by organisms in terrestrial ecosystems to human-derived and natural perturbations. Advanced conceptual, empirical and experimental approaches will be used, with an emphasis on sampling local habitats. | Environmental Biology Courses | 3 hours of laboratory per week | Credit can be obtained for only one of ENVS 3131 or Biology 3610 | Biology 2600; and two of Biology 2010, 2122, 2210 or the permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 3210 | Environmental Analytical Chemistry I | Yes | No | No | | Treatment of data, error analysis, wet methods of analysis of laboratory and field samples. Volumetric methods for acidity, alkalinity and hardness; chemical and biological oxygen demand (COD and BOD). Gravimetric methods for sulphate and phosphates. Theory and application of specific ion electrodes analysis of metal ions, dissolved gases and halide ions. Turbidimetric and nephelometric measures of water quality. Spectrophotometric analysis of trace metal ions. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | Lectures and Laboratory: Not more than seven hours per week
| Chemistry 2300 and 2210 |
| ENVS 3211 | Environmental Analytical Chemistry II | No | Yes | No | | Theory and application of spectroscopic methods of analysis (including error analysis) of environmentally important compounds. Spectrophotometric, FTIR, light scattering, chromatographic (GC, GC/MS, HPLC), fluorescence, phosphorescence, atomic absorption and electroanalytical methods will be studied. Synthetic laboratory samples and field samples will be examined by these techniques. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | Lectures and Laboratory: Not more than seven hours per week | Environmental Science 3210 (or equivalent) |
| ENVS 3260 | Industrial Chemistry | Yes | No | No | Envs 2261 | Chemical principles used in the manu-facture of inorganic and organic chemical products; electrochemical, petrochemical, polymer, pulp and paper, agricultural, cement, cosmetics, detergent and paint industries. Processes, specific pollutants of current interest: inorganic (e.g. mercury, NOX and SOX gases, lead etc.) and organic (e.g. PCBs, chlorinated hydrocarbons, freons, pesticides/herbicides). Industrial sources and analytical methods of detection will be studied. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | | Chemistry 2210, 2401, and Environmental Science 2261 or permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 3261 | Atmospheric Chemistry | No | Yes | No | | Electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy. Rates and mechanisms of gas phase reactions (particularly photochemical). Thermodynamics of the atmosphere. Formation, evolution and structure of the Earth's atmosphere. Chemical and physical properties of the atmospheric gases. Global element cycles. The stratosphere and ozone variability. The iono-sphere. Atmospheric pollutants. Problems of the "greenhouse" gases. Aerosol chemistry. Wet and dry deposition. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | | Chemistry 2300, 2210 or the permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 3470 | Transport Phenomena | No | No | No | | Fundamentals of fluid flow. Conservation laws for mass, momentum, and energy. Dimensional analysis. Turbulence. Confined fluid flows. Fundamentals of heat transfer. Conduction, convention, and radiation. Diffusion, dispersion, and osmosis. Applications to transport of pollutants at the microscopic and macroscopic scale. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Mathematics 1001. Physics 1020 and 1021 or 1050 and 1054 |
| ENVS 4000 | Environmental Science Seminar | Yes | Yes | No | | Current topics in environmental science are reviewed and discussed in a seminar format. Seminars will be presented on current research and environmental issues by faculty, students and guest speakers from universities, government and industry. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | "This course is restricted to Environmental Science students who have completed eighty credit hours or more, including Biology 2600, Statistics 2550 and one of the following courses: Chemistry 2440, 2401, 2210 or 2300." Permission of Chair to register. |
| ENVS 4069 | Fundamentals of Soil Systems | Yes | No | No | | The chemistry and biology of soil, including inorganic soil components, chemistry of soil organic matter, soil equilibria, sorption phenomena on soils, ion exchange processes, kinetics of soil processes, redox chemistry of soils, soil acidity, chemistry of saline and sodic soils, organic pollutants, trace and toxic elements in soils, soil organisms (microbial decomposers, micro and macro biota), organic matter cycling, nutrient cycling and fertility and productivity, soil conservation and sustainable agriculture. Laboratory will cover a number of key physical, chemical and biological properties and procedures used in soil analyses. One or more field trips will be scheduled during laboratory sessions. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | Lectures and Laboratory: Not more than six hours per week | Biology 2600, Earth Sciences 1000; one of Chemistry 2300, 2401, 2440 and 6 credit hours selected from Environmental Science Core (i.c.) |
| ENVS 4131 | Environmental Restoration and Waste Management | No | No | No | | Effective ecosystem restoration and remediation involves an interdisciplinary approach. This course will discuss procedures aimed at restoring and rehabilitating ecosystems, with an examination of the scientific basis underlying these procedures. The efficacy of management options, e.g. biomanipulation, microbial degradation and chemical treatments, involved in restoration and waste management will be evaluated. Applications and practical case studies of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems will be covered. | Environmental Biology Courses | | | Biology 2600, one of Chemistry 2300, 2401, 2440 and 6 credit hours from Environmental Science Core (i.c.) |
| ENVS 4132 | Analytical Ecology | Yes | No | No | | The assessment of environmental impacts on higher-level ecological systems requires a critical analysis of scientific reports, along with the ability to evaluate ecological terminology and concepts and associated statistical methodologies. Students in this course will critically read and analyze recent scientific literature in Environmental Biology, with selected topics at the community, ecosystem and landscape level, and examine related univariate and multivariate statistical procedures. | Environmental Biology Courses | three-hour laboratory/discussion group each week | | Biology 2600, Statistics 2550 (or equivalent), with six credit hours from the Environmental Science Core (i.c.) |
| ENVS 4133 | Conservation Biology | No | Yes | No | | This course will bring together the principles of ecology and conservation biology at an advanced level. Current issues and techniques will be discussed with an aim towards understanding how populations of native flora and fauna can be managed for long-term conservation in the face of habitat degradation and loss. | Environmental Biology Courses | Three-hour laboratory/discussion group per week | Recommended: ENVS 4132 (formerly Biology 4360) | At least two of ENVS 3110, 3130, and 3131; or per-mission of instructor |
| ENVS 4140 | Environmental Science Field Course | No | No | No | | A course providing practical experience in the observation, collection, identification and quantification of organisms and the various environmental parameters which affect them in pristine and disturbed habitats. Combinations of freshwater, marine and terrestrial habitats will be studied using techniques from various scientific disciplines. The actual combination of habitats, organisms, and techniques will vary from year to year. | Environmental Biology Courses | | | Biology 2600, Statistics 2550, with a minimum of eighty credit hours from Environmental Science Program (or equivalents) and permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 4230 | Aquatic Chemistry I | No | No | No | | Thermodynamics and kinetics of model systems. Acids and bases (including buffer intensity and neutralizing capacity), dissolved gases, precipitation and dissolution. Metal ions in aqueous solution. Redox control in natural waters. Pourbaix diagrams. Regulation of chemical composition of natural waters, pollution and water quality. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | Lectures and Laboratory: Not more than seven hours per week | Environmental Science 3211 and one of Chem 2400 or 2440 |
| ENVS 4239 | Aquatic Chemistry II | No | No | No | | Heterogeneous aspects of aquatic chemistry. Surface chemistry of oxides, hydroxides and oxide minerals. Aggregation of colloids and the role of coagulation in natural waters. The oil-water interface. Inorganic and organic complexes in natural waters and problems of specificity. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | Lectures and Laboratory: Not more than six hours per week | Environmental Science 4230 |
| ENVS 4240 | Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules | Yes | No | No | | Structure and prop-erties of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, steroids, DNA and RNA. The chemistry of the cell in relation to its toxicology; effects of bioactive agents on cells, organelles, tissues and whole organisms. Natural products including those from the rain forest and marine environments. The role of metal ions in biomolecules. Examples of biosynthesis. Chemistry and mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | | Chemistry 2401 or 2440 or permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 4249 | Environmental Organic Chemistry | No | Yes | No | | Focus on anthropogenic sources of organic chemicals and pollutants in the environment. Concepts of organic chemistry (synthesis, structure, physical properties, chirality, industrial organic processes), biological chemistry (enzymes, oxidative pathways) and physical chemistry (equilibria, partitioning) extended and applied to mass transport through soil, water and air. Kinetics and mechanisms of chemical, photochemical and biological degradation and conversion of organics. Structure-reactivity relationships for organic chemicals and degradation intermediates in the environment. | Environmental Chemistry Courses | | | Environmental Science 4240, 3261, 4230 or the permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 4479 | Groundwater Flow | No | No | No | | Groundwater in the hydrologic cycle. Principles of fluid flow through permeable media. Hydraulic properties of soil and rock formations. Groundwater at the local and regional scale. The unit basin model. Groundwater as a transport agent of chemicals and microbes. Groundwater resources, reservoir characterisation, and quality assessment. Groundwater contamination. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | Environmental Science 3470 or the permission of the instructor and Program Chair |
| ENVS 4950 | Research Project in Environmental Science I | Yes | Yes | No | | With the guidance of a faculty member, students will conduct a scientific study based upon original research or a critical review of extant data in an appropriate area. Students are required to submit a report and give a presentation. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | This project fulfils the Core requirement for a fourth-year individual project in the area of specialization | Permission of Program Chair |
| ENVS 4951 | Honours Project in Environmental Science I | Yes | No | No | | Under the guidance of a designated supervisor (or supervisors), the student will prepare a thesis proposal including a comprehensive literature review of the subject of their Honours thesis. Students will present the results of their work in both written and oral form. | Other Environmental Science Courses | | | This course is restricted to Environmental Science students who have been accepted into the Honours option |