Courses with Environmental Focus
This list contains selected environment-related courses offered at the University at Buffalo in recent years. The list may not be comprehensive, so please consult the course catalog for particular interests.
F = fall semester
S = spring semester
B = both semesters
V = semester offering varies
American Studies (AMS)
AMS 602 Environmental Studies
Anthropology (APY)
APY 519 Ecology and Cultural Adaptation (F)
APY 710 Geographic Medicine (F)
Biological Sciences (BIO)
BIO 309 Ecology Lecture (F)
BIO 310 Ecology/Ecological Methods (F)
BIO 407 Advanced Ecology (F)
BIO 411 Tropical Marine Ecology (S)
BIO 412 Field Tropical Marine Ecology (F)
BIO 456 Evolutionary Genetics (F)
BIO 507 Advanced Ecology (F)
BIO 511 Tropical Marine Ecology (S)
BIO 512 Field Tropical Marine Ecology (F)
BIO 514 Topics in Advanced Ecology (V)
BIO 553 Evolutionary Biology Colloquium (B)
BIO 556 Evolutionary Genetics (F)
BIO 558 Molecular Ecology (F)
Chemical & Biological Engineering (CE)
CE 400 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (S)
CE 509 Transport Phenomena I (S)
CE 510 Transport Phenomena II (F)
CE 525 Adv. Chemical Thermodynamics (S)
CE 527 Colloid and Surface Phenomena (S)
CE 547 Biochemical Engineering (F)
CE 561 Applied Chemical Kinetics (F)
CE 571 Frontiers of Chemical Technology (V)
Chemistry (CHE)
CHE 470 Analytic Chemistry of Pollutants (V)
CHE 501 Organic Chemistry (F)
CHE 528 Advanced Microseparations (V)
CHE 530 Advanced Topics in Mass Spectrometry (V)
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CIE)
CIE 340 Environmental Engineering (S)
CIE 360 Environmental Engineering Lab (F)
CIE 441 Ecological Engineering (F)
CIE 442 Treatment Process Engineering (S)
CIE 444 Hydrologic Engineering (F)
CIE 447 Environmental Engineering Practicum (F)
CIE 448 Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering (F)
CIE 449 Environmental Engineering Design (F)
CIE 469 Hazardous Waste Management (F)
CIE 507 GIS Applications (S)
CIE 535 Geoenvironmental Engineering
CIE 541 Groundwater Engineering (S)
CIE 543 Water Quality Modeling
CIE 546 Environmental Fluid Mechanics (F)
CIE 550 Hydrologic Engineering (F)
CIE 554 Numerical Methods in Water Resources & Env. Eng. (S)
CIE 556 Physiochemical Unit Processes (S)
CIE 563 Air Pollution
CIE 564 Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering (F)
CIE 565 Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering (F)
CIE 568 Biological Unit Processes (S)
CIE 569 Hazardous Waste Management (F)
CIE 641 Advanced Topics in Groundwater Engineering
CIE 655 Environmental Engineering Design (S)
Economics (ECO)
ECO 412 Environmental Economics (F)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
EE 540 Energy Conservation in Motor Drive Systems (F)
English (ENG)
ENG 211 Books of the Environmental Movement (S)
ENG 682 Literature and Environment (F)
Geography (GEO)
GEO 101 Physical and Environmental Geography (F)
GEO 106 Physical and Environmental Geography 2 (F)
GEO 347 Climatic Geomorphology (S)
GEO 348 Landform Development (F)
GEO 355 Landscape Ecology (F)
GEO 356 Environmental Change (F)
GEO 444 Earth System ScienceGEO 470 Integrated Environmental Management (F)
GEO 475 Landscape Modeling with GIS (F)
GEO 510 Advanced Pedology (F)
GEO 515 Landscape Ecology (F)
GEO 544 Environmental Change (F)
GEO 547 Earth System ScienceGEO 549 Fluvial Geomorphology (S)
GEO 559 GIS for Environmental Modeling (S)
GEO 560 Tree-Like Networks: Form and Function (S)
GEO 561 Ecohydrology (S)GEO 570 Integrated Environmental Management (F)
GEO 574 Land-Use Analysis (S)
GEO 575 Landscape Modeling with GIS (F)
Geology (GLY)
GLY 101 Global Environmental Science (F)
GLY 102 Global Environmental Science (S)
GLY 261 Introductory Environmental Geochemistry (F)
GLY 465 Environmental Remote Sensing (F)
GLY 477 Environmental Fluid Transport (S)
GLY 514 Hydrogeology (with lab) (F)
GLY 519 Advanced Geochemistry (F)
GLY 522 Advanced Hydrogeology (S)
GLY 527 Modeling of Geological Data
GLY 544 Surfaces of Geomaterials (S)
GLY 565 Environmental Remote Sensing (F)
GLY 577 Environmental Fluid Transport (S)
Graduate School of Education (LAI)
LAI 535 Environmental Education (On Demand)
History (HIS)
HIS 395 U.S. Environmental History (Summer)
Interdepartmental Studies (IDM)
IDM 700 Perspectives on Environmental & Occup. Health (F)
Interdisciplinary Medical Courses (L)
L 500 Perspectives on Environmental & Occup. Health (S)
Law (LAW) (courses open to graduate students only)
Regularly offered courses
LAW 561 Enforcing Environmental Law (S)
LAW 631 Administrative Law (F)
LAW 672 Environmental Law 1 (F)
LAW 640 Environmental Law 2 (S)
LAW new International Environmental Law: Seminar (S)
LAW 851 Critical Perspectives on Environmental Law (S)
LAW 775 State and Local Government (F)
One credit/four week special topics courses
Fall 2004 topics:
LAW 900 Free Trade, Environment, and Labor (1 cr.) (F)
LAW 946 European Environmental Law (2 cr.) (F)
Spring 2005 topics: TBA
Recent topics which are repeated in alternating years
LAW 937 Science and Environmental Law (F)
LAW 941 Hydropower Law (S)
LAW 970 Wind Energy: Law and Policy (S)
LAW Oil and Gas Law (S)
LAW Nuclear Energy Law and Policy (S)
Library and Information Studies (LIS)
LIS 504 Information Sources & Services for the Environment
Philosophy (PHI)
PHI 398 Environmental Ethics (S)
Pharmacology (PMY)
PMY 501 Mechanism of Drug Action (F)
PMY 504 Special Techniques in Pharmacology/Toxicology (F)
PMY 508 Perspectives on Environmental & Occup. Health
PMY 509 Environmental and Occupational Health
PMY 626 Toxicology, Principles and Practice (F)
PMY 655 Analytical Pharmacology/Toxicology
Urban and Regional Planning (PD)
PD 305 Environmental Education and Policy (S)
PD Legal Dimensions of Environmental Planning (S)
PD 560 Planning Sustainable Development (F)
PD 567 Planning Law (F)
PD 568 Environmental Planning and Policy (S)
PD 569 GIS Applications (F)
PD 570 GIS for Planners (S)
PD 571 GIS Applications of Planning (F)
PD 574 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (S)
PD 580 Environmental Planning Methods (F)
PD 589 Creating Collaboration (special topics) (S)
PD 595 Creating Collaboration: Planning, Law, Comm.
Physiology and Biophysics (PGY)
PGY 662 Environmental Physiology Research (S)
Political Science (PSC)
PSC 666 Environmental Politics
Roswell Park (RPN)
RPN 517 Environmental Toxicology RP (F)
Social and Preventative Medicine (SPM)
SPM 501 Principles of Epidemiology (F)
SPM 505 Introduction to Biostatistics
SPM 506 Appl. Statistics to Epidemiology
SPM 518 Reproductive Epidemiology
SPM 540 Epidemiology and Health Policy (F)
SPM 551 Epidemiologic Applications to Environ. Health (S)
SPM 552 Epidemiologic Appl. to Occupational Health (S)
SPM 614 Intro to Molecular Epidemiology (F)
SPM 618 Perinatal Epidemiology
Sociology (SOC)
SOC 546 Environmental Sociology
Interdisciplinary Degree Programs Social Sciences (SSC)
SSC 118 Intro Environmental Studies (B)
SSC 315 Field Ecology (F)
SSC 317 Environmental Politics (S)
SSC 360 Environmental Impact Statements (F)
SSC 385 Energy, Environment and Society (S)
SSC 406 Law and the Environment (B)
SSC 490 Environmental Internship (B)
SSC 493 Ecology of Unique Environments (S)