ESE 100   Sustainable Earth   credit: 3 Hours.

Provides an introduction to sustainability that explores how today's human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation, and limited resources. Emphasizes the fundamentals of the physical sciences and the scientific method while also exploring the special impact of sustainability challenges on minority cultures in the U.S. Prerequisite: This course is intended for first and second year students.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Grand Challenge-Sustainability
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 103   Earth's Physical Systems   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 103. See GGIS 103.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 104   Geology of the National Parks   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 104. See GEOL 104.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 106   Geographies of Globalization   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 106. See GGIS 106.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Cultural Studies - Non-West
Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci

ESE 111   Emergence of Life   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 111. See GEOL 111.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Life Sciences

ESE 117   The Oceans   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 117. See GEOL 117.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 118   Natural Disasters   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 118 and GLBL 118. See GEOL 118.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 120   Severe and Hazardous Weather   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as ATMS 120. See ATMS 120.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences
Quantitative Reasoning II

ESE 140   Climate and Global Change   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as ATMS 140. See ATMS 140.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 143   History of Life   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 143. See GEOL 143.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Life Sciences

ESE 170   Nature Religion   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as REL 170. See REL 170.

ESE 199   Undergraduate Open Seminar   credit: 1 to 5 Hours.

Special topics in Earth, Society, and the Environment; content is variable. May be repeated if topics vary.

ESE 200   Earth Systems   credit: 3 Hours.

Interdisciplinary lecture class intended to introduce Earth Systems studies, which focuses on integrating social and natural science approaches to studying the Earth and its environments.

ESE 202   American Environmental History   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as HIST 202 and NRES 202. See HIST 202.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Humanities - Hist & Phil
Cultural Studies - Western

ESE 208   History of the Earth System   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GEOL 208. See GEOL 208.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences

ESE 210   Social & Environmental Issues   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 210. See GGIS 210.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci

ESE 222   Big Rivers of the World   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 222. See GGIS 222.

ESE 254   People, Places, and Environments of the US   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 254. See GGIS 254.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci
Cultural Studies - US Minority

ESE 287   Environment and Society   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 287, NRES 287 and PS 273. See NRES 287.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci
Cultural Studies - Western

ESE 289   Environment & Sustainability Field Study   credit: 1 Hour.

Group expedition to study environment and sustainability issues at a nearby field site. Includes in-class meetings, student-led presentation, and a field trip that may be short as part of a day or as long as several days. Field trip and field trip fee required. Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in separate terms if topics vary. Prerequisite: For ESE majors, minors, and Sustainability Living Learning Community students. Non majors can apply to the waitlist.

ESE 293   The Anthropocene   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as ENGL 293. See ENGL 293.

ESE 311   Environmental Issues Today   credit: 3 Hours.

Seminar exposing students to different disciplinary perspectives on specific environmental issues, as revealed in the scholarly literature. Specific problems will vary from term to term. This seminar helps students make the transition from disciplinary to interdisciplinary thinking.

ESE 320   Water Planet, Water Crisis   credit: 3 Hours.

Study of the science of water on planet earth, the developing water crisis, and some possible solutions to it. Topics include water's unique physical and chemical properties; how it profoundly shapes the earth/ocean/atmosphere system; dynamics of oceans, atmosphere, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and ice masses; current fresh water supplies and their distribution on earth relative to population; current and future water crises and the compounding effects of droughts, floods, and global change; and prospects for some technological and economic approaches to easing the crisis. Same as GEOL 370 and GGIS 370.

ESE 333   Earth Materials and the Env   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GEOL 333. See GEOL 333.

ESE 350   Sustainability and the City   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GGIS 350. See GGIS 350.

ESE 360   Environmental Writing   credit: 3 Hours.

Equips students to write about the environment for various audiences, with a focus on specific current efforts to promote sustainability on the Urbana-Champaign campus. We will practice effective techniques for each stage of the writing process-from defining topics, to gathering information, to crafting active, engaging prose. Readings will include models of effective environmental writing and "how to" pieces by experts. Research will include visits to campus sites and student-conducted interviews with subjects. Same as ENGL 360. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Advanced Composition

ESE 379   Introduction to Geographic Information Systems   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 379. See GGIS 379.

ESE 380   Geographic Information Systems II   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 380. See GGIS 380.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Quantitative Reasoning II

ESE 389   Environment and Sustainability Field Expedition   credit: 3 Hours.

Group expedition to study environment and sustainability issues at a field site. Includes in-class meetings, student-led presentation, and field trip; expeditions run during spring break, winter break, in mid-May or in intercession; dates depend on location. Field Trip and field trip fee required. Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. May be repeated up to 12 hours in separate terms if topics vary.

ESE 401   ESE Capstone   credit: 3 Hours.

Capstone experience for majors in Earth, Society, and Environment Sustainability. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated once.

ESE 410   Green Development   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 410. See GGIS 410.

ESE 411   Geomorphology   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GEOL 401. See GEOL 401.

ESE 421   Earth Systems Modeling   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as ATMS 421, GEOL 481, GGIS 421 and NRES 422. See ATMS 421.

ESE 439   Biogeography   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as ANTH 436, GGIS 436, IB 439, and NRES 441. See IB 439.

ESE 445   Earth Resources Sustainability   credit: 3 Hours.

Introduces the physical (energy, mineral, and soil) resources of the Earth, the environmental consequences of producing and using resources, the controls on resource supplies, and the alternatives to traditional supplies. Focuses on the geological origin and context of resources, the means of exploration and production, the history of production, and sustainability issues related to consumption and depletion. Provides an understanding of why resources can be scarce and expensive, why many are not renewable, and why their use impacts the Earth System. May include field trips. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both ESE 445 and GEOL 380. Prerequisite: Junior standing or higher.

ESE 452   Ecosystem Ecology   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as IB 452 and NRES 462. See IB 452.

ESE 465   Transportation &Sustainability   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 465. See GGIS 465.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Advanced Composition

ESE 466   Environmental Policy   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.

Same as GGIS 466. See GGIS 466.

ESE 467   Multimedia Environmental Communications   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.

Develops capacities to communicate about sustainability and other environmental topics. Storytelling and clear exposition across multiple types of media will be emphasized. Students will be exposed to the application of blogs, audio podcasts, short videos, infographics and social media applications to communicate effectively about environmental science and allied fields. Skills in photography, videography, audio capture, developing scripts, interviewing, and social media best practices will be learned. Same as ENGL 467. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

ESE 468   Sustainability Consulting   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.

Focuses on the techniques of people who aid individuals, companies, governments, and other organizations in their efforts to pursue sustainability goals. This includes being able to describe, critique, and have basic use proficiency with the concepts and tools used by sustainability consultants: Life Cycle Analysis, foot-printing, Environment/Society/Governance (ESG), and other environmental standards. System thinking, quantitative approaches, and the use of primary literature are emphasized. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

ESE 470   Introduction to Hydrogeology   credit: 4 Hours.

Same as GEOL 470. See GEOL 470.

ESE 477   Advanced Environmental Writing   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as ENGL 477. See ENGL 477.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:
Advanced Composition

ESE 482   Challenges of Sustainability   credit: 3 Hours.

An interdisciplinary approach to investigating the meaning and practice of sustainability in the contemporary Earth system. As a consequence, students explore the sustainability of crucial resources - water, soil, energy, mineral and the biota - in the context of the social and environmental systems in which these resources are used, including the moral, physical, ecological, political and economic. Same as GEOL 483 and GGIS 482. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor.

ESE 486   Environmental Consulting   credit: 3 Hours.

Same as GEOL 486. See GEOL 486.

ESE 497   Special Topics in ESE   credit: 1 to 4 Hours.

Advanced topics course, consisting of seminar or lectures in subjects not covered by regular course offerings; for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Possible field study in a prominent geological locality; includes in-class meetings, student-led presentations, and field trip; trips run during spring break, winter break, in mid-end May; dates depend on location. Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 12 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

ESE 498   Environmental Writing for Publication   credit: 3 Hours.

Provides students with both the experience of the real-world editorial process and with a research product (the published essay) that showcases their professional development as well-informed and persuasive writers on environmental issues. Same as ENGL 498. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.