Energy and Resources

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ENE,RES 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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ENE,RES 39A Freshman and Sophomore Seminar: Complex Systems, Information Theory, and Big Data 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2016
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25.


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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

Instructor: John Harte

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ENE,RES 98 Directed Group Study for Lower Division Students 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Lectures and small group discussions focusing on topics of interest that vary from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit under special circumstances: Course may be repeated with consent of department.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ENE,RES 99 Supervised Independent Studies for Freshmen and Sophomores 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Supervised research on specific topics related to energy and resources.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of faculty adviser directing research; lower division standing (3.3 GPA or better)

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ENE,RES C100 Energy and Society 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018 10 Week Session
Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. Energy and well-being; energy in international perspective, origins, and character of energy crisis.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kammen

Also listed as: PUB POL C184

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ENE,RES W100 Energy and Society 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session
Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. Energy and well-being; energy in international perspective, origins, and character of energy crisis.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of web-based lecture and 1.5 hours of web-based discussion per week

Online: This is an online course.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kammen

Also listed as: PUB POL W184

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ENE,RES 101 Ecology and Society 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Summer 2017 8 Week Session
This course introduces students to the many ways in which our lives are intertwined with the ecosystems around us. Topics will include ecological limits to growth, climate change and other threats to biodiversity, the value of ecosystem goods and services, the ecology of disease, ecotoxicology, the evolution of cooperation in ecosystems, industrial ecology, and the epistemology of ecology.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: One college level course, or high school Advanced Placement, in either physics or biology; introductory calculus

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: TBA

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ENE,RES 102 Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Human disruption of biogeochemical and hydrological cycles; causes and consequences of climate change and acid deposition; transport and health impacts of pollutants; loss of species; radioactivity in the environment; and quantitative models to understand these environmental problems.
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Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: Application of basic principles of natural science to the analysis of human influence on environmental conditions and processes at continental to global scale. Topics covered include dimensions of the physical world and of human modifications of it; techniques of estimation and back of the envelope calculation; box models of environmental stocks and flows: equilibrium and feedback; chemical equilibria in the environment; nutrient cycles and their disruptions; acid deposition and its consequences; climate change and its consequences; stratospheric ozone depletion; sources, fate and effects of toxic substances in the global environment; radioactivity and radiation; macroecology; carrying capacity and human population growth; biodiversity and its diminution; epidemics.

Student Learning Outcomes: Students will also have gained insight into the multi-disciplinary nature of environmental science, having used physical, chemical, and biological principles to create and solve analytical models.
Students will be familiar with and able to apply a diverse set of quantitative tools for understanding and analyzing environmental problems.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing; calculus (Mathematics 1A-1B or 16A-16B); Physics (7A-7B or 8A-8B), Chemistry (1A or 4A), Biology (1B), or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kueppers

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ENE,RES 131 Data, Environment and Society 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019
Critical, data-driven analysis of specific issues or general problems of how people interact with environmental and resource systems. This course will teach students to build, estimate and interpret models that describe phenomena in the broad area of energy and environmental decision-making. More than one section may be given each semester on different topics depending on faculty and student interest.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Required: Foundations of Data Science (Computer Science C8/Information Systems C8/ Statistics C8)<BR/>and high school or college calculus<BR/><BR/>Recommended: An introductory computer programming course (Computer Science 61A or Computer Science 88)<BR/>and Linear Algebra (Mathematics 54, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 16A, or Statistics 89A)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Callaway

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ENE,RES 170 Environmental Classics 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2011
What is the history and evolution of environmental thinking and writing in the USA? How have certain ‘environmental classics’ shaped the way in which we think about nature, society and progress? Why did these become ‘classics’ and why/how did they influence environmental thought and policy? What is their relevance today? This course includes substantial reading assignments.
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Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: This course will use a selection of books and papers from the last 6 decades that have had a profound impact on academic and wider public thinking -- primarily in the USA -- about the environment and society to probe these issues. In class, we will situate the key reading in its historical context and discuss its contributions, critiques and consequences. Through these classics the class will explore: the evolution of environmental thought; the connections between environment, perception and policy; and the links between scientific thought and public perception.

Hours & Format

Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

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ENE,RES 171 California Water 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session
The story of water development in California provides compelling examples of water politics, the social and environmental consequences of redistributing water, and the relationships between water uses, energy, and climate.This course provides the historical, scientific, legal, institutional, and economic background needed to understand the social and ecological challenges of providing water for California’s growing population, agricultural economy, and other uses - all of which are made more complex by climate change.


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Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: Students will grasp the historical, scientific, legal, institutional, and economic background needed to understand the social and ecological challenges of providing water for California’s growing population, agricultural economy, and other uses - all of which are made more complex by climate change.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Energy and Resources Group/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

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ENE,RES W174 Water and Sanitation Justice 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session
This course will explore the many manifestations of water and sanitation justice and injustice on interlocking scales (i.e. local, national, transnational) while illustrating analytical ideas connecting to a range of social processes including claims for human rights, deprivation and exclusion, urbanization and infrastructure development, and privatization of land and water. We will look at various case studies in high-income and low-income countries and use key technical and social concepts to examine rights, equity, and justice with respect to water and sanitation. This course partially satisfies requirements for the ERG Summer Minor/Certificate in Sustainability.
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Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: This course will acquaint you with theoretical and practical knowledge about water and sanitation justice.

Student Learning Outcomes: Analyze water and sanitation through a variety of disciplinary perspectives: Arts, Engineering, Humanities, and in the social sciences of Sociology, Geography, Environmental Studies, Politics, Economics, Anthropology
Compare issues at local to global scales
Explain key issues of water and sanitation justice
Explain water and sanitation policy and governance historical examples, locally and globally
Identify factors influencing water and sanitation justice and injustice
Seriously consider strategies for addressing water and sanitation injustice
Understand impacts of water and sanitation injustice on quality of life

Hours & Format

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of web-based lecture and 2...