ENVS1665 - Air Pollution: Sources & Effects in Urban Environments

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Air Pollution: Sources & Effects in Urban Environments
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
301
Section ID
ENVS1665301
Course number integer
1665
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Maria-Antonia Andrews
Description
This is an ABCS course designed to provide the student with an understanding of air pollution at the local, regional and global levels. The nature, composition, and properties of air pollutants in the atmosphere will also be studied. The course will focus on Philadelphia's air quality and how air pollutants have an adverse effect on the health of the residents. The recent designation by IARC of Air Pollution as a known carcinogen will be explored. How the community is exposed to air pollutants with consideration of vulnerable populations will be considered. Through a partnership with Philadelphia Air Management Service (AMS) agency the science of air monitoring and trends over time will be explored. Philadelphia's current non-attainment status for PM2.5. and ozone will be studied. Philadelphia's current initiatives to improvethe air quality of the city will be discussed. Students will learn to measure PM2.5 in outdoor and indoor settings and develop community-based outreach tools to effectively inform the community of Philadelphia regarding air pollution. The outreach tools developed by students may be presentations, written materials, apps, websites or other strategies for enhancing environmental health literacy of the community. A project based approach will be used to include student monitoring of area schools, school bus routes, and the community at large. The data collected will be presented to students in the partner elementary school in West Philadelphia . Upon completion of this course, students should expect to have attained a broad understanding of and familiarity with the sources, fate, and the environmental impacts and health effects of air pollutants.
Course number only
1665
Fulfills
Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector
Use local description
No

ENVS1650 - Role of Water in Sustain

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Role of Water in Sustain
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
301
Section ID
ENVS1650301
Course number integer
1650
Meeting times
T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Howard Mark Neukrug
Description
This course will provide an overview of the cross-disciplinary fields of civil engineering, environmental sciences, urban hydrology, landscape architecture, green building, public outreach and politics. Students will be expected to conduct field investigations, review scientific data and create indicator reports, working with stakeholders and presenting the results at an annual symposium. There is no metaphor like water itself to describe the cumulative effects of our practices, with every upstream action having an impact downstream. In our urban environment, too often we find degraded streams filled with trash, silt, weeds and dilapidated structures. The water may look clean, but is it? We blame others, but the condition of the creeks is directly related to how we manage our water resources and our land. In cities, these resources are often our homes, our streets and our communities. This course will define the current issues of the urban ecosystem and how we move toward managing this system in a sustainable manner. We will gain an understanding of the dynamic, reciprocal relationship between practices in an watershed and its waterfront. Topics discussed include: drinking water quality and protection, green infrastructure, urban impacts of climate change, watershed monitoring, public education, creating strategies and more.
Course number only
1650
Fulfills
Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
207
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
207
Section ID
ENVS1000207
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
R 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
206
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
206
Section ID
ENVS1000206
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
W 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
205
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
205
Section ID
ENVS1000205
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
204
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
204
Section ID
ENVS1000204
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
W 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
203
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
203
Section ID
ENVS1000203
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
T 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
202
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
202
Section ID
ENVS1000202
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
M 3:30 PM-4:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
201
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
201
Section ID
ENVS1000201
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
M 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

ENVS1000 - Intro Environ Science

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Intro Environ Science
Term
2025C
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
001
Section ID
ENVS1000001
Course number integer
1000
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jack Geary Murphy
Jon Hawkings
Description
This course will explore the physical science of the Earth's environment and human interactions with it. Coverage will include the Earth's various environmental systems, various environmental problems, and the direct and indirect causes of these environmental problems. Freshman seminar will mirror the ENVS 1000 recitation, and have additional discussions and social media projects.
Course number only
1000
Fulfills
Physical World Sector
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No