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ENVST-UA 100.001 / 9509 / MW 11:00AM-12:15PM / Hayek
Recitation:
ENVST-UA 100.002 / 8090 / T 9:30AM-10:45AM / Instructor TBD
ENVST-UA 100.003 / 8091 / T 8:00AM-9:15AM / Instructor TBD
ENVST-UA 100.004 / 8092 / T 2:00PM-3:15PM / Instructor TBD
ENVST-UA 100.005 / 8093 / W 8:00AM-9:15AM / Instructor TBD
ENVST-UA 100.006 / 8094 / W 3:30PM-4:45PM / Instructor TBD
ENVST-UA 100.007 / 9284 / R 8:00AM-9:15AM / Instructor TBD
Environmental Studies Senior Seminar
ENVST-UA 900.001 / 8097 / TR 11:00AM-12:15PM / Carlson
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100, ENVST-UA 101, and must be an Environmental Studies Senior
ENVST-UA 410.001 / 10274 / MW 8:00AM-9:15AM / Wagner
Environmental Qualitative Methods
ENVST-UA 450.001 / 21180 / MW 12:30PM-1:45PM / Rademacher
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101
ENVST-UA 450.009; BIOL-UA 42.001 / 7852 / TR 11:00AM-12:15PM / Killilea
Recitation:
BIOL-UA 42.002 / 7853 / W 12:30PM-1:45PM
BIOL-UA 42.003 / 7854 / W 3:30PM-4:45PM
BIOL-UA 42.004 / 8979 / W 8:00AM-9:15AM
BIOL-UA 42.006 / 9566 / W 2:00PM-3:15PM
- Prerequisite: BIOL-UA 0012 or BIOL-UA 0014
Quantitative Reasoning: Problems, Statistics, and Decision-Making
CORE-UA 107.001 / 8365 / MW 8:00AM-9:15AM / TBD
Recitation:
CORE-UA 107.002 / 21288 / F 8:00AM-9:15AM
CORE-UA 107.003 / 21289 / F 9:30AM-10:45AM
CORE-UA 107.004 / 8366 / F 11:00AM-12:15PM
CORE-UA 107.005 / 8367 / F 12:30PM-1:45PM
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
PSYCH-UA 10.001 / 8659 / MW 9:30AM-10:45AM / Bauer
PSYCH-UA 10.007 / 8665 / TR 9:30AM-10:45AM / Bauer
Recitation:
PSYCH-UA 10.002 / 8660 / M 11:00AM-12:15PM
PSYCH-UA 10.003 / 8661 / M 12:30PM-1:45PM
PSYCH-UA 10.004 / 8662 / T 8:00AM-9:15AM
PSYCH-UA 10.005 / 8663 / W 12:30PM-1:45PM
PSYCH-UA 10.006 / 8664 / W 2:00PM-3:15PM
PSYCH-UA 10.008 / 8666 / T 11:00AM-12:15PM
PSYCH-UA 10.009 / 8667 / T 12:30PM-1:45PM
PSYCH-UA 10.010 / 8668 / R 11:00AM-12:15PM
PSYCH-UA 10.011 / 8669 / R 12:30PM-1:45PM
PSYCH-UA 10.012 / 8670 / R 4:55PM-6:10PM
Research Methods in Sociology
SOC-UA 301.001 / 8720 / R 4:55PM-7:35PM / Cowan
Recitation:
SOC-UA 301.002 / 8721 / F 2:00PM-3:15PM
SOC-UA 301.003 / 8722 / F 12:30PM-1:45PM
Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy
UPADM-GP 111.001 / 15934 / M 11:00AM-1:30PM / Polyne
Recitation:
UPADM-GP 111.002 / 15935 / F 9:30AM-10:30AM
Climate Politics: When Policy Meets Reality
ENVST-UA 407.001 / 21191 / TR 8:00AM-9:15AM / Wagner
The Intuitive and Counterintuitive in Policy Analysis
ENVST-UA 450.004 / 9814 / TR 9:30AM-10:45AM / Wagner
Public Economics
ECON-UA 353.001 / 8060 / TR 11:00AM-12:15PM / Fan
International Politics
POL-UA 700.001 / 8346 / MW 12:30PM-1:45PM / Simonelli
Recitation:
POL-UA 700.002 / 8347 / M 8:00AM-9:15AM
POL-UA 700.003 / 8348 / R 8:00AM-9:15AM
POL-UA 700.004 / 8349 / R 12:30PM-1:45PM
POL-UA 700.005 / 8350 / F 12:30PM-1:45PM
POL-UA 700.006 / 8351 / R 4:55PM-6:10PM
POL-UA 700.007 / 8352 / F 8:00AM-9:15AM
POL-UA 700.008 / 8353 / T 4:55PM-6:10PM
POL-UA 700.009 / 8354 / W 8:00AM-9:15AM
POL-UA 700.010 / 9129 / F 9:30AM-10:45AM
POL-UA 700.011 / 9130 / M 4:55PM-6:10PM
The Politics of Public Policy
UPADM-GP 101.001 / 15932 / T 9:00AM-10:30AM / Brayton
The Economics of Public Policy
UPADM-GP 140.001 / 15941 / R 4:55PM-7:25PM / Heil
Recitation:
UPADM-GP 140.002 / 15942 / F 8:00AM-9:00AM
ENVST-UA 275.001; BIOL-UA 140.001 / 10494 / W 8:00AM-10:00AM / Killilea
Recitation:
ENVST-UA 275.002; BIOL-UA 140.002 / 10495 / W 10:15AM-12:15PM / Killilea
Environmental and Molecular Analysis of a Disease
ENVST-UA 315.001; BIOL-UA 500.001 / 21377 / T 2:00PM-4:45PM / Killilea, Kirov
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 325 or BIOL-UA 63
Marine Ecology and Conservation
ENVST-UA 323.001; ANST-UA 323.001 / 21187 / TR 3:30PM-4:45PM / Jacquet
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100
ENVST-UA 325.001; BIOL-UA 63.001 / 9392 / TR 11:00AM-12:15PM / Paolantonio
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100
Food Production and Climate Change
ENVST-UA 331.001 / 21189 / MW 2:00-3:15PM / McDermid
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100
ENVST-UA 390.001; BIOL-UA 390.001 / 21115 / TR 2:00PM-3:15PM / Paolantonio
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 325
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
ENVST-UA 405.001; SCA-UA 632.001 / 10318 / TR 2:00PM-3:15PM / Ross
ENVST-UA 470.001 / 10047 / M 5:00-7:30PM / Schlottmann
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101 or SOCS-SHU 135; recommended: Climate Change (ENVST-UA 226)
ENVST-UA 495.001; ANTH-UA 495 / 21188 / F 2:00PM-4:30PM / Rademacher
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 101 or SOCS-SHU 135
ENVST-UA 630.001; ANST-UA 500.001 / 9651 / R 5:00PM-7:30PM / Wolfson
Literature and the Environment
ENVST-UA 675.001; ANST-UA 475.001; ENG 675.001 / 21190 / T 11:00AM-1:30PM / Athanassakis
Internship in Environmental Studies
ENVST-UA 800.001 / 8096 / R 3:30PM-6:00PM / Schlottmann
- Prerequisite: Environmental Studies majors who completed ENVST-UA 100 or ENVST-UA 101
- Meets on 9/9, 10/21, 12/2
BIOL-UA 16.001 / 9815 / F 8:00AM-4:00PM / Paolantonio
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 325 / BIOL-UA 63 (may be taken concurrently)
- Course does not regularly take the entire alloted period, but students must be available during those times
Physical Science: Energy and the Environment
CORE-UA 203.001 / 8370 / TR 11:00AM-12:15PM / TBD
Recitation:
CORE-UA 203.002 / 8371 / W 9:30AM-10:45AM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.003 / 8372 / W 11:00AM-12:15PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.004 / 8373 / W 12:30PM-1:45PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.005 / 8374 / W 2:00PM-3:15PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.006 / 8375 / W 3:30PM-4:45 PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.007 / 8376 / W 4:55PM-6:10PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.010 / 8377 / MW 2:00PM-3:15PM / Kahr
Recitation:
CORE-UA 203.011 / 8378 / R 9:30AM-10:45AM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.012 / 8379 / R 11:00AM-12:15PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.013 / 8380 / R 12:30PM-1:45PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.014 / 8381 / R 2:00PM-3:15PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.015 / 8382 / R 3:30PM-4:45PM / TBD
CORE-UA 203.016 / 8383 / R 4:55PM-6:10PM / TBD
Ecotoxicology: Hudson River Case Study
EHSC-GA 1005.001 / 21898 / R 9:30AM-12:30PM / Wirgin
Toxicology
EHSC-GA 1006.001 / 2636 / W 9:30AM-12:30PM / Zelikoff
Global Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health
EHSC-GA 1010.001 / 21899 / T 2:00PM-4:45PM / Thurston
Global Environmental Health
GPH-GU 2153.001 / 7667 / R 4:55PM-6:35PM / Caravanos
Urban Ecology
ENYC-GE 2070.001 / 22184 / F 1:00PM-4:00PM / Maenza-Gmelch
Green Film Narratives
HEL-UA 130.001 / T 2:30PM-4:00PM / Astrinaki
Green Design from Geddes to Gore
IDSEM-UG 1627.001 / 21647 / R 4:55PM-7:40PM / Joachim
Think Big: Global Issues and Ecological Solutions
IDSEM-UG 1628.001 / 14198 / T 4:55PM-7:40PM / Joachim
Bridging Culture and Nature: An Introduction to Conservation Science
IDSEM-UG 1740.001 / 14033 / W 3:30PM-6:10PM / Tolisano
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
SCA-UA 632.001 / 10318 / TR 2:00PM-3:15PM / Ross
Topics in Metropolitan Studies: Visual Arts & Environmental Activism
SCA-UA 680.002 / 27017 / MW 11:00AM-12:15PM / Bentley
Transportation Policymaking
URPL-GP 2470.001 / 20846 / R 6:45PM-8:25PM / Damashek
Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
URPL-GP 2625.001 / 6713 / M 4:55PM-6:35PM / Strickland
Water Sourcing and Climate Change
URPL-GP 2666.001 / 20848 / T 4:55PM-6:35PM / Iskander
Marine Ecology and Conservation
ANST-UA 323.001; ENVST-UA 323.001 / 21117 / TR 3:30pm-4:45pm / Jacquet
- Prerequisite: ENVST-UA 100
ANST-UA 400.001 / 8904 / T 5:00PM-7:30PM / Sebo
Literature and the Environment
ANST-UA 475.001; ENVST-UA 675.001; ENG 675.001 / 21118 / T 11AM-1:30PM / Athanassakis
ANST-UA 500.001; ENVST-UA 630.001 / 9652 / R 5:00PM-7:30PM / Wolfson
GRADUATE: ANIMAL STUDIES
Animal Studies courses are restricted to AS MA Students during the first week of registration.
Non-Animal Studies students that would like to enroll in one of the below graduate-level courses must email the Director of the Master's Program, Dr. Jeff Sebo (jrs477@nyu.edu), for permission to enroll. Please note that the non-CAS/Liberal Arts limit for College of Arts and Science students is now 32 credits.
ANST-GA 1000.001 / 3536 / T 2:00-4:30PM / Jerolmack
This survey course introduces students to the key ideas and debates within the social sciences and humanities pertaining to how human and animal lives intersect. Specifically, it examines how relationships with animals both reflect and shape social life, culture, and how people think about themselves. We will explore the myriad and contradictory positions that animals occupy in society [e.g., as pets, pests, mascots, and food] and deconstruct the social origins of these seemingly natural categories. We will also take a grounded look at what actually happens when humans and animals interact, which sheds new light on the nature of human and animal consciousness. Fundamentally, students will learn how the roles that animals take on in our lives, and the ways that we think about and relate to them, are inherently social processes that are patterned by geography, culture, class, and gender; and they will gain an appreciation for how “the animal turn” problematizes the anthropocentric foundations of the social sciences and humanities and transgresses traditional disciplinary boundaries.
ANST-GA 2500.001 / 3139 / W 5:00-7:30PM / Sebo
Effective animal advocates attempt to use evidence and reason to do the most good they can for animals. In this course we examine this approach to animal advocacy from theoretical and practical perspectives. First, what does it mean to do the most good we can, and how do effective animal advocates attempt to pursue this aim? Second, what are the main theoretical objections to effective animal advocacy? For example, does it involve too much cluelessness, demandingness, or implausibility? Third, what are the main practical objections to effective animal advocacy? For example, does it focus too much on direct, short-term, individual change and not enough on indirect, long-term, structural change? Along the way we will consider broader moral and political questions related to effective altruism and animal advocacy.
ANST-GA 2500.002 / 3140 / T 5:00-7:30PM / Franks
In this course you will gain an overview of animal welfare and the science associated with describing the well-being of nonhuman animals under human care. Students will drive much of the course content—selecting articles to discuss, presenting current events, leading group discussions, and importantly, choosing a species to represent throughout the semester. Through this experience, you will learn how to critically evaluate scientific papers, juggle multidimensional and often conflicting lines of evidence, and communicate your passion for animals in an effective way. For projects, students will have the option to develop a project proposal, pursue an existing project, or conduct a thorough literature review. Active participation, with a focus on providing feedback to fellow students in addition to discussing the general course material, is encouraged.
ANST-GA 2500.003 / 3257 / M 5:00-7:30PM / Abrell
This course will provide an overview of law and public policy as they apply to non-human animals, with a focus on the laws that govern their treatment and political efforts to improve or alter that treatment, including the influence of science, government, business and non-governmental organizations in defining and influencing animal-related policies. The course will explore the historical and philosophical treatment of animals; discuss how such treatment impacts the way judges, policymakers, lawyers, legal scholars and lay people see, speak about, and use animals; survey current animal protection laws and regulations, including overlap with such policy issues as food and agriculture, climate change, and biodiversity protection; consider recent political and legal campaigns to reform animal protection laws; examine the concept of “standing” and the problems of litigating on behalf of animals; interrogate the current classification of animals as “property” and the impacts of that classification; and debate the merits and limitations of alternative classifications, such as the recognition of “legal rights” for animals.
Sustainability and the Future of Food
ANST-GA 2500.004 / 3324 / W 2:00-4:30PM / Hayek
Raising animals for food is a major driver of climate change and environmental degradation. These impacts are expected to worsen in the future with rising global demand for meat and dairy. Open to students from all backgrounds, this course will demystify the science and economics behind animal agriculture's impacts on Earth's environmental cycles. Students will deepen their critical thinking through readings on sustainability science, animal agriculture, law and policy, and technology. Guest speakers working on real-world environmental and animal protection issues will share stories from their unique careers and innovative strategies to protect animals and the environment. Students will develop their own action plans to address an issue of their choice through research projects, which they will continuously get feedback on and improve throughout the semester.
Development, Environment, and Animals
ANST-GA 2500.005 / 21226 / M 2:00-4:30PM / Li
The implications of development -- in the constantly evolving and increasingly overlapping forms of modernization, industrialization, urbanization, commodification, globalization, and financialization -- for environmental and animal protection are numerous. Through a critical social scientific lens, we examine the developmental processes that are most consequential for environmental sustainability and animal wellbeing, as well as the developmental attempts to correct for the negative impacts. Topics include unequal exchange, ecological imperialism, urban environmental history, biosecurity, green finance, and eco-authoritarianism.