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SEES Courses <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Fall 2026 <\/strong>Courses in SEES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Zero Level (non-lab)<\/strong>
Geol 08 Introduction to Oceanography
Geol 12 Natural Disasters
Geol 16 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Continents
Geol 25 Natural Resources and Environment
Geol 64 Planetary Geology
Geol 77 Weather, Climate, & Change<\/p>\n

Introductory (non-lab)<\/strong>
Ensci 112 Our Changing Planet<\/p>\n

Introductory (w\/lab)<\/strong>
Ensci 99 Guide to Environmental Choices
Ensci 100 Our Planet In the 21st Century
Geol 101 Introduction to Planet Earth
Geol 102* History of Earth and Life<\/p>\n

ENSCI\/ENSTUD Core<\/strong>
Ensci 200* Earth System Science
Geol 210* Water Resources & Conservation<\/p>\n

ENSCI\/ENSTUD Advanced<\/strong>
Geol 333 Geophysics
Geol 363 GIS in Geoscience
Geol 370* Biogeochemistry
Geol 383* Coastal and Estuarine Geology
Geol 391* Colloquium (one credit course)
Ensci 397** Internship in Environmental Science
Biol 339 Urban Ecology<\/p>\n

ENSCI\/ENSTUD Capstone<\/strong>
Ensci 373W* Environmental Problem Solving<\/p>\n

GEOL Required Courses<\/strong>
Geol 200 Methods in Geoscience
Geol 203 Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Geol 214 Faults, Folds, and Tectonics<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Courses are registration by permission of SEES department and require completion of google registration form.<\/p>\n

**<\/strong>Ensci 397, Internship in Environmental Sciences, requires completion and approval of an application that is due 45 days prior to beginning the internship.<\/p>\n

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FALL 2026 Graduate Courses<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Graduate-level courses (Permission Only)<\/strong>
Geol 714 Geophysics
Geol 747 Coastal and Estuarine Geology
Geol 763 Info Sys & Mapping
Geol 799.3 Biogeochemistry
Geol 799.1 Colloquium<\/p>\n

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SEES Course List Summer 2026
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Summer 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

4W1: June 1 to June 24<\/strong>
ENSCI 99 MTWTh 9am – 2:40pm
GEOL 101 MTWTh 9am – 2:40pm
ENSCI 303\/7993 MTWTh 10am – 12:40pm<\/p>\n

4W2: July 6 to July 29<\/strong>
ENSCI 112 MTWTh 10am – 12:40pm (online\/remote)
GEOL 25 MTWTh 5pm – 7:40pm<\/p>\n

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(Last Updated April 14th 2026)<\/p>\n

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Fall 2024 <\/strong>Courses in SEES
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Survey<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 9 Environmental Issues (Bracco; H)
Geol 16 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Cont. (Longpre)
Geol 16 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Cont. (Soule; O)
Geol 25 Natural Resources (Eaton)
Geol 64 Planetary Geology (Laczniak)
Geol 77 Weather, Climate and Climate Change (Yi)
Ensci 99 A Practical Guide to Environmental Choices (Ramadhin)<\/p>\n

Introductory<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 100 Our Planet In the 21st Century (Stewart \u2013 2 lecs; weekend: LW)
Geol 101 Physical Geology (Lesnek \u2013 2 lecs; weekend: FC)
Ensci 112 Our Changing Planet (O\u2019Mullan, Blanford; H, Yi: tbd)<\/p>\n

Core<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 200** Earth Systems Science (Bird)
Geol 210** Water Resources (Eaton)<\/p>\n

Advanced<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 363** GIS in the Geosciences (Val)
** permission only: Fall 2024 SEES registration google form for undergraduates.
Ensci 383 Environmental Risk Management (Gold)
Ensci 383 Science Writing (Laczniak)<\/p>\n

Geol 383 Coastal Science & Management (Greenfield)
Geol 383 Contaminant Hydrology (Blanford)
Geol 383 Coastal and Estuarine Geology (McHugh)<\/p>\n

Ensci 373W** Environmental Problem Solving (O\u2019Mullan)
Ensci 397** Internship in Environmental Science (Bird)<\/p>\n

Core\/Advanced\/BS elective major courses<\/span><\/h4>\n

Biol 201 General Microbiology (TBD;)
Biol 340 General Ecology (TBD;)
Note: URBST 230 will be offered in Spring 2025 not Fall 2024<\/p>\n

Geology major courses (not usable for Ensci or Environment studies majors or minors)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 214 Earth\u2019s Internal Processes (Val)
** permission only: Fall 2024 SEES registration google form for undergraduates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate Courses
Graduate-level courses (graduate classes are permission only)<\/span><\/h4>\n

McHugh: Geol 747 Coastal and Estuarine Geology (co-List w\/ Geol 383)
Bracco: Geol 760 Environmental Geochemistry<\/p>\n

Val: Geol 763 GIS in the Geosciences (Val; co-List w\/ Geol 363)
Blanford: Geol 764 Contaminant Hydrology (co-List w\/ Geol 383)
Greenfield: Geol 799.3 Coastal Science & Management (co-List w\/ 365;)
Gold: Ensci 799.3 Environmental Risk Management (co-List w\/ Ensci 383)<\/p>\n

Yi: Geol 799.1 Graduate Colloquium<\/p>\n

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**For Geol\/Ensci 383 classes (special topics) please contact instructor for prerequisites\/co-requisites; all 383 courses are registration by permission of instructor or the academic advisor in SEES. Note: Environmental Studies 383 is not permitted to be used for any major or minor requirements in SEES
***Ensci 395, 396 or 397, Internship in Environmental Science, requires completion and approval of an application that is due 45 days prior to beginning the internship. The application is available from Professor Bird.
Note:For requirements for Environmental Science, Environmental Studies or Geology majors or minors – please consult the major advisor and the Undergraduate Course Bulletin.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Bird and Dr. Ramadhin @ envadv.sees@gmail.com Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors and minors
Dr. Stephen Pekar and Dr. Dara Laczniak spekar@qc.cuny.edu for Geology major and minors<\/p>\n

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(Last Updated July 31st 2024)<\/p>\n

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Spring 2024 <\/strong>Courses in SEES
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Survey<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 9 Environmental Issues (Bracco)
Geol 16 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Cont. (Soule)
Geol 25 Natural Resources (Eaton)
Geol 77 Weather, Climate, and Climate Change (Yi)
Ensci 99 A Practical Guide to Environmental Choices (Ramadhin, Blanford)<\/p>\n

Introductory<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 100 Our Planet In the 21st Century (O\u2019Mullan; weekend: Williams)
Geol 101 Physical Geology (Laczniak; 2)
Ensci 112 Our Changing Planet (Blanford)
Geol 102** Historical Geology (Pekar)<\/p>\n

Core<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 200 Earth Systems Science (Bird)
Geol 216** Oceans and Atmosphere (Stewart)
Geol 208 Surficial Processes (Lesnek)<\/p>\n

Advanced<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 377 Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions (Yi)
Geol 383** Ice Ages and Paleoclimate (Lesnek)
Ensci 383** Building Climate Resilience (Ramadhin)
Ensci 383** Urban Stormwater and Climate Resiliency (Balci)
Ensci 373W** Environmental Problem Solving (Greenfield)
Ensci 397** Internship in Environmental Science (Bird)<\/p>\n

Core\/Advanced\/BS elective major courses<\/span><\/h4>\n

Biol 201 General Microbiology (TBD;)
Biol 340 General Ecology (Waldman;)
Geol 200 Methods in Geoscience (Val;)<\/p>\n

Geology major courses (not usable for Ensci or Environment studies majors or minors)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 201 Mineralogy (Longpre)<\/span><\/p>\n

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*<\/strong>*For Geol\/Ensci 383 classes (special topics) please contact instructor for prerequisites\/co-requisites; all 383 courses are registration by permission of instructor or the academic advisor in SEES<\/strong>. Note: Environmental Studies 383 is not permitted to be used for any major or minor requirements in SEES
**<\/strong>*Ensci 395, 396 or 397, Internship in Environmental Science, requires completion and approval of an application that is due 45 days prior to beginning the internship<\/strong>. The application is available from Professor Bird.
Note:<\/strong>For requirements for Environmental Science, Environmental Studies or Geology majors or minors – please consult the major advisor and the Undergraduate Course Bulletin.
For more information please contact:<\/strong>
Dr. Bird and Dr. Ramadhin @ envadv.sees@gmail.com<\/a> Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors and minors
Dr. Stephen Pekar and Dr. Dara Laczniak spekar@qc.cuny.edu<\/a> for Geology major and minors
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Graduate Courses
Graduate-level courses (graduate classes are permission only)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 761 Field Methods in Hydrology (Eaton)
Ensci 799.3 Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions (Yi)
Geol 799.3 Ice Ages and Paleoclimate (Lesnek)
Ensci 799.3 Building Climate Resilience (Ramadhin)
Ensci 799.3 Urban Stormwater and Climate Resiliency (Balci)
Geol 799.1 Colloquium (Yi)<\/p>\n

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(Updated January 24th 2024)<\/p>\n

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Fall 2023 <\/strong>Courses in SEES
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Survey<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 8 Introduction to Oceanography (Stewart;)<\/span>
Geol 9 Environmental Issues (Bracco;)<\/span>
Geol 16 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Cont. (Longpre;)<\/span>
Geol 78 Climate Change: What it means to us and what you can do (Pekar;)<\/span>
Ensci 99 A Practical Guide to Environmental Choices (Ramadhin \u2013 2 sections)<\/span><\/p>\n

Introductory<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 100 Our Planet In the 21st Century (Stewart; weekend: Williams)<\/span>
Geol 101 Physical Geology (Soule \u2013 2 sections;)<\/span>
Ensci 112 Our Changing Planet (TBA, Blanford;)<\/span>
Geol 102 ** Historical Geology (Pekar;)<\/span><\/p>\n

Core<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ensci 200** Earth Systems Science (Bracco;)<\/span>
Geol 210** Water Resources (Eaton;)<\/span>
Urbst 230** Environmental and Public Health Policy and Practice (Barron;)<\/span><\/p>\n

Advanced<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 328W Volcanoes and Climate (Longpr\u00e9;)<\/span>
Geol 342** Introduction to Meteorology (Yi;)<\/span>
Geol 347** Principles of Hydrology (Blanford;)<\/span>
Geol 356** Advanced Oceanography (Greenfield;)<\/span>
Geol 363 GIS in the Geosciences (Lesnek;)<\/span>
Ensci 373W** Environmental Problem Solving (O\u2019Mullan;)<\/span>
Ensci 383** Environmental Risk Management (Gold;)<\/span>
Geol 383** Introduction to Environmental Modeling (Yi;)<\/span>
Ensci 397** Internship in Environmental Science (Bird;)<\/span><\/p>\n

Core\/Advanced\/BS elective major courses<\/span><\/h4>\n

Biol 201 General Microbiology (TBD;)<\/span>
Biol 340 General Ecology (Waldman;)<\/span>
Geol 200 Methods in Geoscience (Val;)<\/span><\/p>\n

Geology major courses (not usable for Ensci or Environment studies majors or minors)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Geol 214 Earth\u2019s Internal Processes (Val)<\/span><\/p>\n

** permission only: Fall 2023 SEES registration google form for undergraduates will be released ~ 03\/24\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate-level courses (graduate classes are permission only)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Eaton: Geol 745 Hydrology<\/span>
Longpr\u00e9: Geol 728 Volcanoes and Climate (co-List w\/ 328)<\/span>
Greenfield: Geol 799.3 Advanced Oceanography (co-List w\/ 356)<\/span>
Gold: Ensci 799.3 Environmental Risk Management (co-list w\/ Ensci 383)<\/span>
Bird: Ensci 799.1 Scientific Writing<\/span>
Blanford\/Bird: Geol 799.1 Graduate Colloquium<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Updated March 20, 2023)<\/p>\n

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How To
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Registration for SEES Courses<\/h4>\n

1 : Look through the list of courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2 : Make an appointment with your academic advisor.<\/p>\n

3: Request courses that require department permission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4 : Self-enroll in remaining courses on CUNYfirst<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Quick Links
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