- An introduction to the field of climatology and meteorology, with an emphasis on atmospheric processes. The course includes several laboratories designed to acquaint students with mathematical and scientific concepts inherent to climatology and the analysis of weather.
- Office Hours: T/Th 10-12
Open Lab Hours: Tues period 4 - Teacher: Katie Adelsberger
- This is the capstone experience in the ENVS major. The student engages in the in-depth study of some environmental issue under the guidance of a faculty member in the Knox ENVS program. The project may involve extensive library research, an experiment, fieldwork, or other work appropriate to the student's interests and background. All projects result in an academic paper that is evaluated by the faculty mentor. Students also give a presentation of their work to the Knox community.
- An overview of both the "natural" and human components of such environmental issues as climate change, human population growth, and biological diversity. The adequacy of scientific and policy responses to environmental dilemmas is examined in light of current knowledge and research.
- Teacher: Katie Adelsberger
- A practical course in sustainability.Beginning with an examination of what we do with “stuff,” students willconsider various aspects of living sustainably (e.g., health & diet, greeninvesting, & activism). Student projects will lead to demonstrations ofusable and sustainable products and designs.
- Teacher: Katie Adelsberger
- Teacher: Konrad Hamilton
- Teacher: Peter Schwartzman
This course focuses upon issues of environmental pollution, and how the cost to human health is often distributed according to race and poverty. Various proposals devised by environmental and civil rights groups working within the growing environmental justice movement are also explored. The goal of this course is to help students understand more fully how decisions affecting the health of neighborhoods, regions, and groups of people are made, and what individuals can do about it. The link between environmental issues and past and present discrimination is examined from an interdisciplinary perspective, requiring students to do some work in both the natural and social sciences.
