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Course Descriptions

 

Elementary and Early Childhood Education
  

  • EDEE 685 Independent Study in Education (1-3)

    Graduate students may undertake a study of a special topic in education chosen by the student and individually supervised. Each project must be done in consultation with a member of the graduate faculty qualified to guide and evaluate the student’s work. Time deadlines must be set before initiation of the project.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor required.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 3 credit hours.
  

  • EDEE 698 Clinical Practice in Early Childhood Education (9)

    A course in which students are placed in a local elementary school in a pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade to observe, teach, and participate during the entire school day for a minimum of 60 days (12 weeks). Weekly on-campus seminars are also required. Students must apply for admission to student teaching one year prior to enrollment.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the teacher education program and completion of all education courses.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  

  • EDEE 699 Clinical Practice in Elementary Education (9)

    A course in which students are placed in a local elementary school to observe, teach and participate during the entire school day for a minimum of 60 days (12 weeks). Weekly on campus seminars are also required. Students must apply for admission to student teaching one year prior to enrollment.
    Prerequisite(s): admission to the teacher education program and completion of all education courses.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  

  • EDEE 700 Thesis (3)

    A research project completed under the guidance of a graduate faculty member and submitted and defended before a graduate committee.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • EDEE 701 Thesis (3)

    Continuation of EDEE 700 .
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • EDEE 702 Research and Development Project (3-6)

    An in-depth study of an individually chosen topic that is planned and completed under the guidance of the student’s advisor and submitted for review by the graduate faculty.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • EDEE 900 Continuous Research Enrollment (1-9)

    Students who are nearing the end of their coursework for their degree and who have begun work on their master’s thesis topic may need to utilize the Continuous Research Enrollment course to maintain a suitable level of enrollment for their programs. Linked directly to students’ research on a thesis topic and must be considered as a progress report toward that end when graded by the thesis advisor. The course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Form submission and program approval.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated when taken within the program’s time limit requirements.
    Restriction(s): Continuous Research Enrollment hours cannot be used as part of a program of study towards a degree. Continuous Research Enrollment hours may not be taken in lieu of thesis hours, but may be taken in combination with thesis hours, if no additional hours are available or necessary.

English
  

  • ENGL 501 Chaucer (3)

    A study of Chaucer’s language, art, and cultural milieu through the reading of Troilus and Criseyde, the Canterbury Tales and many of the shorter works.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 501
  

  • ENGL 502 Shakespeare (3)

    A comprehensive study of Shakespeare’s art, including an intensive reading of several plays and appropriate attention to the primary critical approaches.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 502
  

  • ENGL 503 English Drama to 1642 (3)

    A study of English drama from its origins in the Middle Ages, through the predecessors and contemporaries of Shakespeare, and on to the closing of the theatres in 1642.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 503
  

  • ENGL 504 Poetry and Prose of English Renaissance (3)

    Non-dramatic poetry and prose of the 16th and early 17th centuries, with emphasis on the major authors (Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson, Donne and Herbert) and on the major literary types.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 504
  

  • ENGL 505 Milton (3)

    A study of the major poetry, selected prose, and selected minor poems with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 505
  

  • ENGL 506 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama (3)

    A study of such important dramatists of the period as Otway, Etherege, Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar, Goldsmith, Sheridan and others
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 506
  

  • ENGL 507 Survey of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)

    A study of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Blake and other important poets and prose writers of the period.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 507
  

  • ENGL 509 Romantic Literature (3)

    A study of the chief features of the Romantic writings of the early 19th century, with special emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 509
  

  • ENGL 510 Victorian Literature (3)

    A study of English literature from 1832 to 1900 of major writers such as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Swinburne and Rossetti.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 510
  

  • ENGL 511 Introduction to Graduate English Studies (3)

    A practical introduction to research and writing. The course will cover theoretical approaches to literary and cultural interpretation; the discovery, analysis, evaluation, and integration of primary and secondary resources; and strategies for generating and revising sophisticated arguments. It also seeks to broaden awareness of career paths and professional development opportunities.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ENGL 512 Southern Literature (3)

    A study of selected texts, both canonical and lesser-known, by and about residents of the U.S. South. The course will emphasize works produced since 1900 and will explore some of the recurring themes often associated with the region: race, class, family, and place; land, labor, and pastoral ideal; nostalgia, history, and the global south.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 512
  

  • ENGL 517 Special Topics in Literature (3)

    A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in literature outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 517
  

  • ENGL 520 A Survey of World Literature I (3)

    Masterpieces of world literature in translation from the beginnings to around 1650 with special attention to the philosophical content and the development of literary forms.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 520
  

  • ENGL 521 A Survey of World Literature II (3)

    Masterpieces of world literature in translation from around 1650 to the present time with special attention to the philosophical content and the development of literary forms.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 521
  

  • ENGL 522 Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature (3)

    A detailed study of major American writers from the earliest settlers through the end of the 18th century.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 522
  

  • ENGL 523 Nineteenth-Century American Literature I - Romanticism (3)

    A study of major figures of the American Romantic period (approximately 1830-1860).
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 523
  

  • ENGL 524 Nineteenth-Century American Literature II - Realism (3)

    A study of major figures of the American Realistic period (approximately 1860-1900).
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 524
  

  • ENGL 525 Eighteenth-Century British Novel (3)

    A study of the origins of the British novel, including such figures as Fielding, Richardson, and Defoe.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 525
  

  • ENGL 526 Victorian Novel (3)

    A study of major British novelists of the late 19th century, including Dickens, Eliot and Hardy.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 526
  

  • ENGL 527 British Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)

    A study of the novels and short stories of major 20th-century British writers up to 1945, including such figures as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Woolf and Joyce.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 527
  

  • ENGL 528 American Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)

    A study of the novels and short stories of major writers of the first half of the twentieth century, including such figures as Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Faulkner and Hemingway.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 528
  

  • ENGL 529 American Fiction Since 1945 (3)

    A study of significant American novels and short fiction published since World War II.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 529
  

  • ENGL 531 British Poetry 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of the poetry of major 20th-century British authors, such as Hardy, Yeats, Thomas and Auden.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 531
  

  • ENGL 532 American Poetry 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of major poets after 1900.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 532
  

  • ENGL 533 British Drama 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of the work of major 20th-century British dramatists, such as Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard and Beckett.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 533
  

  • ENGL 534 American Drama 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of significant American plays written after 1900.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 534
  

  • ENGL 535 African American Literature (3)

    A survey of African American literature from the early days of slavery to the struggle for emancipation, to the 20th-century Harlem Renaissance and civil rights movement.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 535
  

  • ENGL 537 Contemporary British Literature (3)

    A study of post-World War II British writers.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 537
  

  • ENGL 550 Special Topics in Composition or Language (3)

    A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in composition or language that is outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 550
  

  • ENGL 552 Adolescent Literature (3)

    A study of literature for the adolescent, including methods of introducing the major literary genres to the secondary school student.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 552
  

  • ENGL 553 Modern English Grammar (3)

    An intensive study of the syntax of Present Day English. The course also includes a review of traditional grammar, focusing primarily on the parts of speech. Special attention is given to linguistic theory, particularly regarding the acquisition of language.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 553
  

  • ENGL 554 History of the English Language (3)

    A historical survey of the syntactic and phonological features of Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Present Day English. Special attention is given to the varieties of American English, particularly African American Vernacular English.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 554
  

  • ENGL 555 Literary Criticism (3)

    A study of the major theories of how to understand literature and practical application of the theories to particular works of literature.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 555
  

  • ENGL 556 Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition (3)

    A study of traditional and contemporary theories of the composition process and applications of those theories to teaching composition.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 556
  

  • ENGL 558 Technical and Professional Writing (3)

    Principles and practice of technical communication as applied to reports, technical papers, oral presentations and business communications.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 558
  

  • ENGL 559 History and Theory of Rhetoric (3)

    A study of language as a means of winning the assent, sympathy or cooperation of an audience. Includes contemporary rhetorical theory and its development from classical rhetoric.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 559
  

  • ENGL 560 Film Studies (3)

    This film course will expose students to films from a variety of nations and filmmakers that represent the chief cinematic movements of the twentieth century (Weimar Expressionism, French New Wave, American Noir, etc.), and it will instruct students in the terminology and techniques of filmmaking. The students will, by studying the relationship between the tools of filmmaking and the finished products, learn to “read” films as metaphors of reality.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 560
  

  • ENGL 561 MFA Workshop in Creative Nonfiction (3)

    The core writing workshop for graduate students admitted to the MFA in Creative Writing Program, this course focuses on the imaginative work by class members. The course also explores craft techniques, form, and revision strategies for writing creative nonfiction.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Repeatable: For up to 12 credit hours.
  

  • ENGL 562 Workshop in Advanced Composition (3)

    The study, discussion, and practice of advanced composition techniques; including the use of computer technology for print documents, audiovisual presentations and web applications.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 562
  

  • ENGL 564 MFA Workshop in Poetry (3)

    The core writing workshop for graduate students admitted to the MFA in Creative Writing Program, this course focuses on the imaginative work by class members. The course also explores craft techniques, form, and revision strategies for writing poetry.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Repeatable: For up to 12 credit hours.
  

  • ENGL 565 MFA Workshop in Fiction (3)

    The core writing workshop for graduate students admitted to the MFA in Creative Writing Program, this course focuses on imaginative work by class members. The course also explores craft techniques, form, and revision strategies for writing the short story and novel.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Repeatable: For up to 12 credit hours.
  

  • ENGL 566 Elements of Craft and Form in Poetry (3)

    This MFA graduate course on the craft and form of poetry will explore the aesthetics, rhetorical tropes, theories, and generic conventions of poetry by way of contemporary works, form handbooks, scholarship, and poetic essays. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 567 Elements of Craft and Form in Fiction (3)

    This MFA graduate course on the craft and form of fiction will explore the aesthetics, rhetorical tropes, theories, and generic conventions of fiction by way of contemporary works, form handbooks, scholarship, and essays. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 568 Reading for Writers (3)

    A reading intensive course with the aim of introducing students to twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts. Students will study how the text works and why it is successful, and will acquire new techniques for their writing. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 569 Special Topics in Creative Writing (3)

    A study of a genre, topic, or problem in Creative Writing that falls outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program; MA in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
  

  • ENGL 573 Special Topics in African American Literature (3)

    A study of a specific topic in African American literature that is not a genre, period, or individual writer. Topics will vary according to instructors.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 573
  

  • ENGL 574 Special Topics in British Literature Before 1800 (3)

    A study of an author, topic, or problem in British literature before 1800 that falls outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 574
  

  • ENGL 575 Special Topics in British Literature After 1800 (3)

    A study of an author, topic, or problem in British literature after 1800 that falls outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 575
  

  • ENGL 576 Special Topics in American Literature (3)

    A study of an author, topic, or problem in American literature that falls outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 576
  

  • ENGL 577 Proseminar in Major Literary Themes (3)

    An advanced study inviting sustained engagement with a specifically designated literary theme that will inform both the works studied and also how those works are engaged theoretically, culturally, and historically.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: ENGL 477
  

  • ENGL 578 Proseminar in Major Literary Genres (3)

    An advanced study of literature through the framework of genre, focusing on how writers have navigated established modes, forms, and conventions of artistic production. 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: ENGL 478
  

  • ENGL 587 Proseminar in Major Authors (3)

    An advanced study inviting sustained engagement with the work of one or two authors, with possible additional focus on their influence. 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: ENGL 487
  

  • ENGL 588 Proseminar in Cultural Studies (3)

    An advanced, interdisciplinary study inviting sustained engagement with a particular focus within the field of cultural studies. Cultural Studies as a field broadens a traditional focus on literary objects in the English classroom to include a wider range of cultural objects. A cultural studies approach employs interdisciplinary engagement to critically examine a range of questions related to race, class, ability, citizenship, gender, and/or sexuality.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: ENGL 488
  

  • ENGL 698 Tutorial (3)

    Individual study of a given topic following a syllabus of readings, papers and other requirements prescribed by a faculty member.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 698
  

  • ENGL 699 Independent Study (3)

    Individual study of an agreed-upon topic under the direction of a faculty member but following a course of reading and other requirements proposed by the student and established by negotiation with the director.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 3 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 699
  

  • ENGL 700 Seminar (3)

    Individual research into a scholarly or critical problem in literature, composition or language. Progress, methods, and results will be shared with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the preparation of a single long paper.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 9 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 700
  

  • ENGL 701 Thesis (6)

    Six credit hours for completion of a formal master’s thesis under faculty direction.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 701
  

  • ENGL 702 Internship (1-3)

    A supervised field experience in which the student observes and participates in a professional occupation related to the English degree, such as publishing, technical writing, or teaching. The internship will consist of at least 40 hours of work per credit hour and completion of a formal report. Permission of the graduate director is required. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 3 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 702
  

  • ENGL 703 Seminar in British Literature Before 1800 (3)

    Research into a scholarly or critical problem in British literature, composition, or language before 1800. Progress, methods, and results will be shared with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the preparation of a single long paper. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the M.A. in English program, the M.F.A. in Creative Writing program, or permission of the instructor. Students normally must complete 12 credit hours in the program before taking a seminar.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 9 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 703
  

  • ENGL 704 Seminar in British Literature After 1800 (3)

    Research into a scholarly or critical problem in British literature, composition, or language after 1800. Progress, methods, and results will be shared with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the preparation of a single long paper. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the M.A. in English program, the M.F.A. in Creative Writing program, or permission of the instructor. Students normally must complete 12 credit hours in the program before taking a seminar.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 9 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 704
  

  • ENGL 705 Seminar in American Literature (3)

    Research into a scholarly or critical problem in American literature, composition, or language. Progress, methods, and results will be shared with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the preparation of a single long paper. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the M.A. in English program, the M.F.A. in Creative Writing program, or permission of the instructor. Students normally must complete 12 credit hours in the program before taking a seminar.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 9 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 705
  

  • ENGL 706 Publishing Practicum (3)

    A practicum in literary publishing in which students learn editing skills and generate publishing credit by writing reviews or conducting author interviews. Students learn about the history of literary publishing alongside the fundamentals of  manuscript acquisition, magazine distribution, and other business practices.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Creative Writing, M.F.A. program; M.A. in English students can register with permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 708 MFA Thesis (3)

    Credit hours for completion of a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing thesis under faculty direction. An oral defense of the thesis is required. This course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MFA in Creative Writing program and permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.
  

  • ENGL 709 ePortfolio Tutorial (3)

    A tutorial-style 3-credit individual-enrollment course in which students develop a web-based portfolio of three key artifacts adapted from previous coursework, and frame their work with a reflective introductory essay. This course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor; ENGL 511 ; at least 18 credit hours of coursework completed in the English MA.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 710 Revising for Academic Publication (3)

    3-credit individual-enrollment course in which students work with a faculty advisor of their choosing to revise and expand upon previously completed coursework, with the goal of transforming a seminar paper into a substantial article suitable for submission to a relevant peer-reviewed academic journal. This course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor; ENGL 511 ; at least 18 credit hours of coursework completed in the English MA.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ENGL 900 Continuous Research Enrollment (1-9)

    Students who are nearing the end of their coursework for their degree and who have begun work on their master’s thesis topic may need to utilize the Continuous Research Enrollment course to maintain a suitable level of enrollment for their programs. Linked directly to students’ research on a thesis topic and must be considered as a progress report toward that end when graded by the thesis advisor. The course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Form submission and program approval.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated when taken within the program’s time limit requirements.
    Restriction(s): Continuous Research Enrollment hours cannot be used as part of a program of study towards a degree. Continuous Research Enrollment hours may not be taken in lieu of thesis hours, but may be taken in combination with thesis hours, if no additional hours are available or necessary.

Environmental and Sustainability Studies
  

  • EVSS 502 Geospatial Science (4)

    The course introduces the concepts of geographic information systems and Remote Sensing. Students will understand the operational processes of spatial data acquisition, metadata development, geodatabase design, and preliminary GIS application development, cartographic mapping and dynamic visualization, GIS implementation basics and global positioning systems.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 502L 
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Cross-listing: GEOL 402/402L
  

  • EVSS 502L Geospatial Science Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 502 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 502 
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Cross-listing: GEOL 402/402L
  

  • EVSS 506 Conservation Biology (3)

    A course exploring the origin, maintenance, and preservation of biodiversity at all levels: genetic, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere. The focus will be on applying ecological, genetic and evolutionary principles to problems in conservation. Optional field trips will make use of the rich biota of the Charleston area.
    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 341 (General Ecology) and either BIOL 305 (Genetics) or BIOL 350 (Evolution), or permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: BIOL 406, BIOL 506  
  

  • EVSS 518 History and Theory of American Urban Planning (3)

    This course addresses the historical and theoretical underpinnings of urban and regional planning in the United States as it has evolved since the mid-nineteenth century. This course serves as a vehicle to examine the changing nature of the relationship between planning and urban economic development and public policy.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: PUBA 518  
  

  • EVSS 519 Biology of Coral Reefs (3)

    An introduction to the biology and ecology of reef-building corals and coral reefs. Topics to be covered include coral ecology (nutrition, reproduction, population structure, and distribution), taxonomy and systematics, biogeography and reef-building processes. The course will also cover natural and human induced disturbances on coral reefs and discuss exploitation and coral reef management options.
    Course Frequency: Every Other Fall
    Cross-listing: BIOL 449, BIOL 549
  

  • EVSS 530 Natural Resources Law and Policy (3)

    This course examines the laws and policy that regulate and affect the use of natural resources. The course includes an introduction to the administrative law of federal agencies that regulate the use of public lands and resources.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: PUBA 530  
  

  • EVSS 531 Administrative Law (3)

    A study of the legislative, adjudicatory, and general policy-making powers of administrative agencies and regulatory commissions, and the scope of judicial review of administrative action. The course is directed primarily toward an analysis of the political nature of the bureaucracy, and secondarily toward the procedural requirements for administrative policy making.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: PUBA 531  
  

  • EVSS 534 Environmental Law and Regulatory Policy (3)

    This course examines the development of environmental law and regulatory policy in the United States. It provides an overview of the scope and substance of environmental law and the various regulatory techniques they employ. Both criminal and civil litigation surrounding the implementation of environmental law are examined.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: PUBA 534  
  

  • EVSS 535 Land Use Law (3)

    This course examines zoning and land use control in the United States and incorporates illustrations and cases from South Carolina in particular. It focuses on enabling legislation for local governments, regulation, the process of development, eminent domain, contract and conditional zoning and enforcement and violation of land use regulations.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: PUBA 535  
  

  • EVSS 537 Wetlands Policy (3)

    This course is intended to provide the student with a broad understanding of the social origins, philosophies and political, economic and cultural impacts of wetlands protection in the United States. Topics address the goals of and policymakers’ approaches to wetlands protection.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: PUBA 537  
  

  • EVSS 538 Introduction to Hydrogeology (4)

    Introduction to quantitative nature of water flow within geologic media. Discuss the significance of water flow theory and the dynamics of many natural flow systems in geologic settings. Quantitative analysis of water resources in a decision-making format. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 120 or 220 or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 538L 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: GEOL 438
  

  • EVSS 538L Introduction to Hydrogeology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 538 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 538 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • EVSS 541 Pollution in the Environment (4)

    Course focuses on theoretical and quantitative skills required to assess how natural and anthropogenic factors influence pollutant behavior in Earth’s near- surface environments, including fresh water and soils. Laboratory focuses on assessing pollutants in various environmental media using appropriate analytical techniques.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 541L 
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: GEOL 441
  

  • EVSS 541L Pollution in the Environment Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 541 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 541 
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • EVSS 542 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (4)

    Course includes fundamentals of remote sensing and digital image processing for applications in earth and environmental sciences, including concepts of electromagnetic radiation, satellite image data collection, reduction and application, software tools, data acquisition, and ground truthing. Lectures: three hours per week; laboratory: three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 542L 
    Course Frequency: Every Other Fall
    Cross-listing: GEOL 442
  

  • EVSS 542L Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 542 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 542 
    Course Frequency: Every Other Fall
  

  • EVSS 544 Plant Ecology (4)

    Plant ecology will explore the population ecology of plants covering the genetic, spatial, age, and size structure of plant populations. The focus will be on understanding the origin of these different kinds of structures, understanding how they influence each other, and understanding why they change with time.
    Prerequisite(s): General Ecology (BIOL 341) or permission of the instructor.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 544L 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 444, BIOL 544  
  

  • EVSS 544L Plant Ecology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 544 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 544 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • EVSS 549 Geographic Information Systems (4)

    This course will cover spatial types and quality, data input operations, database management, data analysis, and software design concerns. We will also examine institutional and political concerns for using GIS. Computer-based GIS software (Unix, PC, and Mac) will be used throughout the course.
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 549L 
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Cross-listing: GEOL 449
  

  • EVSS 549L Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 549 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 549 
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  

  • EVSS 551 Research and Management in Environmental Organizations (3)

    This course examines the conduct and use of applied research in environmental organizations. Topics include the role of scientific information in policy definition and administration, the use and misuse of research data, the prospects for meaningful program evaluation and policy learning, and the influence of alternative organizational structures on the use of information.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: PUBA 551  
  

  • EVSS 552 Managing Resilient Landscapes (3)

    This course reviews a systems approach to understanding social-ecological change, and how government agencies and institutions are implementing theories of “resilience” to manage for change across landscapes. Students will review theoretical and applied literature, case studies, and the practices of adaptive management under conditions of uncertainty.
    Course Frequency: Every Other Fall
  

  • EVSS 557 Satellite Meteorology (3)

    Satellite meteorology is the measurement of weather by sensors aboard Earth-orbiting satellites. Topics include satellite orbits and navigation; electromagnetic radiation; instrumentation; image interpretation; atmospheric temperature; winds, clouds, precipitation and radiation.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: PHYS 457
  

  • EVSS 569 Advanced GIS: Environmental and Hazards Models (4)

    Advanced GIS: Environmental and Hazards Modeling is designed to enhance student’s knowledge of and skills in the science and applications of Geographic Information Systems. Topics include: Cloud GIS, model building, processing automation, LIDAR and image processing and FEMA’s HAZUS.
    Prerequisite(s): EVSS 549  
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 569L 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: GEOL 469
  

  • EVSS 569L Advanced GIS: Environmental and Hazards Models Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany EVSS 569 .
    Corequisite(s): EVSS 569 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • EVSS 595 Special Topics in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (1-4)

    An intensive study of an approved special topic in the field of environmental and sustainability studies. Special topics are designed by the faculty to serve current and emerging interests while adhering to the mission of the program.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • EVSS 601 Economic Theory for Policy Analysis (3)

    This course covers the application of microeconomic theories to the analysis of contemporary public sector issues, with an emphasis on environmental problems. Attention is given to the conceptual and practical problems associated with resource allocation decisions when there is conflict among efficiency, equity and limited information in policy making. The foundations of welfare economics and applications of cost-benefit analysis as they relate to specific environmental policies and programs are examined as well.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Cross-listing: PUBA 536 
 

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