Rutgers University - Camden: Graduate Courses Related to Climate and Environmental Change
Chemistry Graduate
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56:160:540 Advanced Environmental Chemistry (3)
The objective of this course is to develop a solid and practical understanding of the chemistry of air, water, and soil and how anthropogenic activities affect the balance of this chemistry. Specifically, we will examine how chemicals move through the environment, their reaction, and transport phenomena. We would evaluate public policy, student current remediation processes, measurements, and data interpretation. The students should expect to apply chemistry and mathematical concepts to solve remediation process design problems and express and understand scientific models.
Biology Graduate
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56:120:570 (F) Global Climate Change (3)
Multidisciplinary discussions of a variety of topics concerning climate change: whether it is fact or fiction; the effects of climate change and pollution on ecosystems and populations; prediction of the consequences of climate change; and the ecological, social, economic, and legal repercussions of this worldwide problem. Sem./lec. 3 hrs. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
56:120:595 (Oc) Advanced Soil Ecology (3)
Prerequisites: A course in ecology and permission of the instructor.
50:120:460 MEDICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MYCOLOGY (3)
Prerequisites: 50:120:102 (or 128,130).
Fungi are integral in many ecological processes. They act as decomposers not only of dead plant and animal matter, but are active pathogens of plants and animals, including humans. Since fungi are evolutionarily close to animals, it it often difficult to target fungi with antibiotics which do not also harm their human host. Antibiotic production is a natural defense mechanism of fungi, which has been exploited by humans. Fungi or the by-products of fungal activity are used in the food industry. They are of huge economic importance in food spoilage and crop reduction. Fungi can be important agents in controlling pollutants in industrial process and pollutant spills.
Prerequisites: 50:120:102 (or 128,130).
56:120:580 FUNGI IN ECOSYSTEMS (3)
Prerequisite: General ecology or permission of instructor
Introduction to the complexities of ecosystem function and the role fungi play in these processes. The impact of fungi on primary production, secondary production, population and community regulation and their interaction with environmental pollutants will be discussed.
