EAS Course List

AE6080 - Dynamics of Turbulence

BIOL4040 - Planet Physiology

BIOL6221 - Biological Oceanography

An introduction to the major biological processes in the ocean, including primary production, elemental cycling, food webs, and fisheries.

BIOL6611 - Advanced Microbial Physiology

Advanced studies of selected aspects of the physiology of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic microorganisms.

BIOL6630 - Advanced Microbial Ecology

Advanced studies of selected aspects of the ecology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.

CEE4300 - Air Pollution Engineering

CEE4620 - Environmental Impact Assessment

CEE6221 - Physical Hydrology

CEE6232 - Stochastic Hydrology

CEE6242 - Water Resources Management II

CEE6271 - Flow-Porous Media I

CEE6272 - Flow-Porous Media II

CEE6293 - Hydrodynamic Stability and Turbulence

CEE6311 - Microbial Principles

CEE6350 - Advanced Environmental Chemistry

CEE6462 - Signals and Inverse Problems in Civil Engineering

CEE6541 - Rock Mechanics

CHEM6170 - Inorganic Chemistry I

Inorganic Chemistry I

CHEM6284 - Environmental Analytical Chemistry

CHEM6472 - Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy

CP6214 - Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment

EAS1600 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Introduction to environmental field science. Case study approach. Exposure to basic field equipment and techniques, analysis of data.

EAS2420 - Environmental Measures of Urban and Regional Change

Identify and quantify nature's physical and chemical contributions to human-made urban environments, and measure the impacts of urban area feedback on these natural systems.

EAS2600 - Earth Processes

An introduction to earth materials and processes.

EAS2750 - Physics of the Weather

An introductory treatment of the application of the basic physical laws to the understanding of weather phenomena. Cross listed with Phys 2750.

EAS3603 - Earth System Thermodynamics

An introduction to the thermodynamics of the Earth and atmosphere.

EAS3620 - Geochemistry

A quantitative treatment of geochemical processes in the Earth and natural waters, with emphasis on chemical reactions among atmospheric gases, minerals, and aqueous solutions.

EAS4200 - Structural Geology and Continuum Mechanics

Structural geology and continuum mechanics for scientists and civil engineers. Stress and strain in rocks; faults, joints and folds; basic field mapping; laboratory exercises.

EAS4350 - Paleoclimatology and Paleooceanography

This course explores the history of the Earth's climate, covering methods for reconstructing past climate and the mechanisms behind these climate changes.

EAS4430 - Remote Sensing and Data Analysis

Introduction to the remote sensing of the atmosphere and the Earth. Laboratory examples of data and image analysis for remote sensing applications.

EAS4460 - Satellite and Radar Meteorology

Description pending.

EAS4480 - Environmental Data Analysis

Data analysis methods used in environmental research are taught through examples. Students learn to implement these methods to areas of their own interest.

EAS4602 - Biogeochemical Cycles

An investigation of global change focusing on the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes that cycle the elements through the Earth system.

EAS4625 - Water Quality Modeling

The focus of this course is to gain hands-on experience inn modeling using the geochemical software packages commonly found in the environmental consulting industry. In addition to becoming familiar with these software packages, students will gain a better understanding of the governing geochemical principles pertaining to the movement and transformation of contaminants as well as other species in the subsurface through a series of applied case studies. The regulatory environment in which environmental consulting is done and implications for society are discussed as well.

EAS4651 - Practical Internship

Faculty-supervised and approved independent internship, employment, or research project related to Earth and atmospheric sciences.

EAS4699 - Undergraduate Research

Description pending.

EAS4795 - Groundwater Hydrology

Dynamics of flow and solute transport in groundwater, including theory, implementation, and case studies. Cross listed with CEE 4795.

EAS4802 - Linking Weather and Climate

Problems of weather and climate were historically treated separately in the field of atmospheric sciences, despite the fact that the real system is a continuum. In recent decades, the need to understand linkages between short-term weather fluctuations and long-term climate variations has increased drastically since the characteristics (e.g., frequency and intensity) of severe and hazardous weather (e.g., tornadoes and hurricanes) are projected to change as the global warming continues. The goal of this seminar course is to introduce to participants past observations, existing theories, and ongoing modeling efforts related to this topic through extensive paper review and class discussion. The emphasis will be on interactions between synoptic-scale weather variability (periods of about 1 week) and climate variations of a season or longer.

EAS4803 - Physical Volcanology

Volcanic eruptions are the surface expression of the transfer of mass and volatiles from the deep interior of the planet. Violent eruptions rapidly transform the landscape and impact the atmosphere on short timescales, and the integrated history of magmatism has played a central role in the production of the crust and the degassing history of the planet. The fluid dynamics of volcanoes span a vast array of phenomena from viscous magma flows to turbulent, multiphase eruptions. This course will trace the path of magmas from their ultimate source in the mantle, storage and evolution in the crust, through eruption at the surface where they interact with the landscape and atmosphere. This course is intended to introduce students to applied fluid dynamics in the context of volcanology while also introducing them to ongoing work in the field on the evolution of crustal structure and atmospheric interaction of volcanic eruptions.

EAS4803 - Weather Risk and Catastrophe Modeling

This course is intended for senior undergraduate and junior graduate students who are interested in learning about weather risk and its management in real life. The goal of the first part of the class is to provide students a deeper understanding of physical mechanisms behind weather hazards at various temporal and spatial scales. The second part of the class will introduce students to the philosophy, concept and methodology of catastrophe modeling of natural hazards and discuss the application of catastrophe models in the insurance and reinsurance industry as well as in the general financial market.

EAS4803 - Environment and Health

The course will offer a broad overview of the relationships between environmental factors and health in humans and other living organisms. In particular, the course will focus on how the health and well-being of organisms are affected by the chemistry of the natural environment, that is, the abundance, forms and availability of chemical elements in rocks, soils, natural waters and air. Health impacts of anthropogenic perturbations of natural ecosystems, including those related to ongoing global environmental change, will also be considered. Students will be introduced to concepts and principles from a variety of disciplines – environmental biology, ecology, toxicology, epidemiology, geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry. The course will be illustrated through a selected number of case studies. While the course has no specific prerequisites, students will be expected to have a college-level knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, statistics and earth/environmental sciences. 

EAS4803 - Seismology

This course presents a basic study in seismology, which includes elastic wave propagation, and application of seismic waves for the study of Earth's interior and earthquake source. It introduces basic techniques necessary to interpret seismic data, and help students to build physical intuition and quantitative skills.

EAS4803 - Introduction to GIS for Geoscience

The course will introduce students to basic concepts and techniques of digital mapping. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, spatial data models and structure, geodatabase creation and manipulation, geocoding, basic spatial queries and problem solving with GIS. The course will consist of: lectures, which introduce basic theories and concepts of mapping science, geographic information science, and GIS technology, and lab exercises, which address hands-on exercises with ArcGIS, covering the whole GIS production process from data modeling and acquisition to data editing, spatial queries, basic spatial analysis, and cartographic design. The course is designed to provide students with experience in the geographic data acquisition, manipulation, query, spatial analysis, and visualization. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) understand basic concepts used in GIS; (2) demonstrate a working knowledge of ArcGIS, and (3) meet the prerequisite skill requirement for advanced GIS courses.

EAS6121 - Modeling and Computer Programming for Geosciences

The purpose of this course is to give students first-hand experience on the whole development process of problem solving from mathematically describing a problem to solving it on high performance computing systems. The course covers a broad range of topics but focuses on basic concepts and uses simple examples in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The idea is to let students to learn a bit of everything that is essential for carrying out their research via numerical modeling and high performance computing. The students will be able to explore more sophisticated methods on their own after taking this course. This course is specifically designed to introduce the student to the basic skills that are needed to carry out numerical modeling projects in his/her research field.

EAS6122 - Biogeochemical Cycles

A multi-disciplinary exploration of the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes that cycle the nutrient elements through the Earth system and thereby maintain a habitable planet.

EAS6125 - Water Quality Modeling

The focus of this course is to gain hands-on experience inn modeling using the geochemical software packages commonly found in the environmental consulting industry. In addition to becoming familiar with these software packages, students will gain a better understanding of the governing geochemical principles pertaining to the movement and transformation of contaminants as well as other species in the subsurface through a series of applied case studies. The regulatory environment in which environmental consulting is done and implications for society are discussed as well.

EAS6130 - Earth System Modeling

Description pending.

EAS6134 - Inverse Methods and Time Series Analysis

Atmospheric sciences theory of data acquisition, time series analysis, and discrete inverse theory, with applications in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

EAS6136 - Paleoclimatology and Paleooceanography

This course will explore the history of the Earth's climate, covering methods for reconstructing past climate and the mechanisms behind these climate changes.

EAS6145 - Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans

This course provides a foundation for understanding the physical principles of remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans. The course is designed as a collection of lectures and computer modeling laboratories. The lectures focus on the fundamentals of the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and atmospheric gases, aerosols and clouds, and ocean surfaces, covering the spectrum from the ultraviolet through the microwave. The labs provide hands-on experience in using remote sensing data for various applications in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. Topics to be covered include aerosol and cloud property retrievals, ozone and air pollution characterization, vertical temperature and humidity profile retrievals, sea ice characterization, and retrievals of ocean color and sea surface temperature. The main goal of the course is to provide a broad conceptual framework for physical understanding the methodology and applications of remote sensing.

EAS6212 - Geochemical Kinetics

Fundamental principles of biogeochemical kinetics and mathematical treatment of coupled transport and reaction in natural environments. Interpretation of field and experimental data using kinetic theory.

EAS6216 - Isotope Geochemistry

Biogeochemical significance of nuclear isotopes, both radioactive and stable.

EAS6311 - Physics of the Earth

Physics of the Earth's interior. Composition and structure of core, mantle crust. Introduction to seismic wave propagation, gravitational, geomagnetic, and temperature fields.

EAS6314 - Seismology

The propagation of seismic waves, the description of earthquake motion and evaluation of earthquake damage. Examples provide experience in the interpretation of seismic data.

EAS6405 - Introduction to Atmospheric and Aqueous Chemistry

An introduction to the basics of atmospheric and aqueous chemistry for first semester graduate students. The class goes over photochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, redox systems, carbon chemistry, radioactive and stable isotopes, and gas/solid reactions.

EAS6420 - Atmospheric Chemical Instrumentation

Instrumentation Introduction to the mechanical, electrical, and optical aspects of modern instrumentation used in atmospheric chemical research.

EAS6430 - Experimental Methods in Air Quality

Presents experimental and field methods through a focus on measurements of atmospheric gases and particulates associated with poor air quality. Experiments will involve laboratory measurements and an air quality field experiment on the order of 1-week duration.

EAS6502 - Introductory Fluid Dynamics and Synoptic Meteorology

An introduction to the fundamental concepts underlying our current understanding of atmospheric fluid dynamics and its relation to mid latitude weather processes. The course includes both a theoretical component and a synoptic meteorology component focusing on meteorological data, observational analyses, large-scale weather systems, mid latitude cyclone development, and numerical weather prediction.

EAS6522 - Dynamics of the Tropical Atmospheres and Oceans

Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the tropics. The scales will range from local, through regional to global. The emphasis is on physical aspects of interaction and the modeling of these processes. Exercises will be set each week using a variety of models, ranging from one-dimensional mixed layer models to general circulation models.

EAS6751 - Physical Properties and Rheology of Rocks

Structure, physical properties, and rheology of minerals and rocks with applications to engineering structures and natural phenomena in the earth. Fundamentals of rock mechanics and crack propagation. Cross listed with CEE 6751.

EAS6790 - Air Pollution Physics and Chemistry

Interaction to the physical and chemical processes affecting the dynamics and fate of air pollutants at the local, regional, and global scales. Particular emphasis is on tropospheric pollutant chemistry and transport. Cross listed with CEE 6790.

EAS6793 - Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Structure and dynamics of atmospheric boundary layers. Introduction to turbulence and turbulent transport. Cross listed with CEE 6793.

EAS8001 - Seminar

A forum for graduate students in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences to present and discuss topics related to their research interests.

EAS8012 - Seminar

A forum for graduate students in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences to present and discuss topics related to their research interests.

EAS8802 - Linking Weather and Climate

Problems of weather and climate were historically treated separately in the field of atmospheric sciences, despite the fact that the real system is a continuum. In recent decades, the need to understand linkages between short-term weather fluctuations and long-term climate variations has increased drastically since the characteristics (e.g., frequency and intensity) of severe and hazardous weather (e.g., tornadoes and hurricanes) are projected to change as the global warming continues. The goal of this seminar course is to introduce to participants past observations, existing theories, and ongoing modeling efforts related to this topic through extensive paper review and class discussion. The emphasis will be on interactions between synoptic-scale weather variability (periods of about 1 week) and climate variations of a season or longer.

EAS8803 - Physical Hydrology

The course will focus on state of the art issues in hydrology - mostly regional to small scales. As currently envisioned each class we will focus on 2-3 papers. Each set of papers will be both complementary, yet pose differing points of view. Each session will have a group leader - a student - who will lay out what each paper is trying to get at and how the authors approach the problem differently. Once the presentation is complete, the remainder of the period will be for discussion. All the students will be required to read the papers. and the whole class will be expected to\r\nparticipate in the discussion period.

EAS8803 - Ocean Dynamics

An advanced class for graduate students in Oceanography and Climate Science that studies the basic equations governing rotating geophysical flows with application to the ocean circulation. This course includes a theoretical component on geophysical fluid dynamics and one involving a combination of observations, theory and numerical modeling relevant to understand the large scale ocean circulation.

EAS8803 - Environment and Health

The course will offer a broad overview of the relationships between environmental factors and health in humans and other living organisms. In particular, the course will focus on how the health and well-being of organisms are affected by the chemistry of the natural environment, that is, the abundance, forms and availability of chemical elements in rocks, soils, natural waters and air. Health impacts of anthropogenic perturbations of natural ecosystems, including those related to ongoing global environmental change, will also be considered. Students will be introduced to concepts and principles from a variety of disciplines – environmental biology, ecology, toxicology, epidemiology, geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry. The course will be illustrated through a selected number of case studies. While the course has no specific prerequisites, students will be expected to have a college-level knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, statistics and earth/environmental sciences.

EAS8824 - Exploration Geophysics Interpretation and Field Methods Course Laboratory Exercises

Pending.

PHYS4267 - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

PUBP4338 - Environmental Impact Assessment

PUBP6310 - Environmental Issues

PUBP6312 - Economics of Environmental Policy

PUBP6330 - Environmental Law