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 production quality, full scale, mapping product.
Basic principles of experimental design and data analysis with emphasis on their applications in environmental studies and aquaculture research.
Prerequisite: BIO 101 and CHE 101. This course is intended for those with theoretical and practical interest in environmental issues and is designed to provide a wide range of subjects and practical work experience using standard methods, concepts and equipment in environmental science. The fate and transport of pollutants in the environment and their final destination, dilution, dispersion, adsorption, persistence, degradation, their adverse effects, and the route that the toxin in question takes in the environment will be discussed and possible solutions and remediation techniques will be presented.
The independent research capstone project would be designed in collaboration with an interdisciplinary advisory committee of two or three selected KSU faculty/research members. KSU MES students will have the opportunity to select topics from a number of on-campus projects or work on existing specific problems with one of the state environmental agencies or develop new projects based on the KSU Environmental Education Center.
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.