ENV 503: MES Student Team Project. The Student Team Project is a community service and educational program by the KSU MES Program. It is a one semester effort by teams of three to five students attempting to solve a current environmental problem facing a community organization or governmental unit near KSU. Student team projects, required of all first-year students, mix students from different backgrounds and place them in contact with faculty members, government officials, and community leaders. Team members will gain experience initiating and terminating a long-term project, managing team members with diverse backgrounds, and collecting and disseminating information. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 506: Applied Statistics and Experimental Design. This course will cover principles of experimental design and statistical analysis of data, their application in a statistical program, and use in research. Students will gain an understanding of both experimental design and statistical analysis of data. Credits: 3 semester hours.
ENV 507: Agroforestry: Local and Global Perspectives. Students will examine and have an understanding of how different agroforestry systems function with landscapes across multiple scales (plot, watershed, landscape) and how these systems contribute to achieving multiple benefits (environmental, social, economic, etc.). CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 508: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. This graduate course will expose students to the concepts, software, data, and analysis processes of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will develop a real world, working knowledge of GIS through hands-on work with mapping software, its potential, its limitations, and future trends in the mapping industry. MES graduate students will develop a real world project that examines spatial data and utilizes modeling software to create a quality, full scale, mapping product. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 509/AQU 509: Biostatistics. Basic principles of experimental design and data analysis with emphasis on their applications in environmental studies and aquaculture research. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 511: Energy and the Environment. Integrated study of the environmental impact of human energy use patterns. Overview of current energy resources, current energy production and use patterns, alternative energy production options, and environmental, social, and economic consequences of each. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 513/AQU 513: Aquatic Ecology. This course investigates the interaction of aquatic organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment. Sampling and laboratory methods of limnological analysis will be covered. CREDIT: FOUR SEMESTER HOURS.
ENV 515: Environmental Ethics. This course explores a wide range of issues in contemporary environmental ethics. Employing one of the most respected anthologies in the field, the course will engage such important issues as the nature of environmental ethics, who counts in environmental ethics, and is sustainability possible. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.