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PLANETARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE (SC3010)

We will explore how to understand environmental systems from data science angles. The course encourages students to think critically and reason quantitatively about an environmental problem rather than just focusing on getting a specific answer. This course will have hands-on practical work with real data, R or Python, and statistical or machine learning software packages.

TOPICS IN SCIENCE (SC3091)

Topics vary by semester

INTERNSHIP (SC3098)

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

INTERNSHIP (SC3980)

Internships may be taken for 0 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

PORTFOLIO (SC4075)

The course is taught as a directed study by the chair of the CSMES department or by a faculty member appointed by the chair. The course requires students approaching completion of their Environmental Studies Major course sequence to assemble all their undergraduate academic achievements into a coherent body of work, linked by overarching themes and goals, leading to a proposal for a senior project

SENIOR PROJECT (SC4095)

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form.
(Download: https://aupforms.formstack.com/workflows/senior_project)

CAPSTONE INTERNSHIP (SC4098)

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

CAPSTONE EXTENSION (SC4980)

All internship extensions are related to a previous internship registration, please contact the internship office for more information.