Introduction to the structure, diversity, and physiology of plants with an emphasis on evolutionary relationships and adaptations to life on land.

This course introduces students to the fluid Earth, emphasizing Earth's weather and climate, the carbon cycle, and global environmental change.

Emphasis is on the construction of simple engineering models and the application of chemical principles to understand and address current environmental issues.

This course will examine major issues of water resources (i.e. water sources, supply, quality, treatment, use, distribution and storage, policy) in the developing world at various geographic locations and scales.

The course is meant for any student with basic math preparation, not assuming prior science courses. Topics include the greenhouse effect and the consequences of the rise of greenhouse gasses, including sea level rise, ocean acidification, heat waves, droughts, glacier melting, hurricanes, forest fires, and more.

We live in a world that is shaped by science and technology. As a modern citizen who will lead the U.S. and the world in the coming generation, we should be aware of the rapidly changing landscape of science and technology and be ready to participate in the decision-making processes for deploying these life-changing developments to the masses. In this freshman seminar, we will learn and debate contemporary topics that we encounter every day and use them as motivating examples to explore the underlying science, math, and engineering principles. Some of the issues that we will discuss include, but are not limited to, COVID-19 pandemic, the prosecutor’s fallacy, coronavirus pandemic, climate change, information technology, quantum technology, genomics revolution, and brain-machine interfaces. We will learn basic concepts in statistics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, information science, biomedical engineering, and nano-bio interfaces through these discussions. In this seminar course, the students will be asked to give presentations and participate in discussions and debates.

This course examines the long run and short run prospects for renewable energy.

In this course we will investigate the ways that Earth and life interact with each other, focusing on the biogeochemical cycles of major elements, and the interplay between complex organisms and their ever-changing environment.

The ocean is central to how our planet will respond to anthropogenic climate change, and understanding its chemistry unlocks a deeper look into that response.  This course is an introduction to that conversation, drawing from real world examples (marine CO2 uptake, coastal eutrophication, marine deoxygenation, the effects of mining, warming of the arctic, etc) and employs a variety of avenues for engagement. The class will include lectures, asynchronous video content, student-led modules, group work and discussions, all supported by a weekly section to dig deeper into key concepts.  Along the way, the class will cover basic chemical principles (thermodynamics, solubility, saturation, redox, etc.) and the cycling of key biogeochemical elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus) in and around the ocean.

This course examines the relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population, and community level.

The purpose of this course is to develop understanding and guide student research of human and environmental systems. In class we will explore agriculture, conflict, and human health. Study of each topic will involve introduction data, mathematical models, and analysis techniques that build toward addressing a major question at each interface: How does climate change influence agricultural systems? Has drought or other environmental factors caused conflict? And how does the environment shape health outcomes? These topics are diverse, but are addressed using common analytical frameworks.

Tropospheric and stratospheric gas and aerosol chemistry. Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and mercury cycles. Implications for climate change, air quality, ecosystems.