ENVR 1400 — Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath NDusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/WBostonTraditional
Presents a series of lectures and case studies focused on the problems facing today’s natural, human-managed, and coupled human/natural ecosystems. Integrates the underlying science with the human dimensions of environmental challenges. These include an understanding of the basic chemistry, physics, and ecology of environmental change and how this science is informed and altered by culture, politics, worldviews, ethics, and economics. Examines quantitative techniques to analyze data as a means of exploring relationships among societal and ecological drivers affecting economic, ecological, and socioeconomic stability. Studies how the scientific method is used to separate facts and data from opinion and applies these methods to explore the causes and solutions to global climate change and other environmental challenges.
Corequisites (same term)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 46 | 76 | 61% | 30.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 29 | 57 | 51% | 28.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 79% | 7.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 66% | 13.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 31 | 36 | 86% | 5.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 29% | 27.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 66% · T 34% · W 66% · Th 0% · F 34%
Common patterns: MW (66% of sections), TF (34% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Benjamin Dittbrenner (70% of students) · reviews
- Lori Chekal (30% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Benjamin Dittbrenner (83% of students) · reviews
- Lori Chekal (17% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
EEMB 2400, EEMB 2610, EEMB 3460, EEMB 4001, ENVR 2310, ENVR 2515, ENVR 3150, ENVR 3300, ENVR 3540, ENVR 3800, ENVR 3850, ENVR 4500, ENVR 4504, ENVR 4505, ENVR 5190, ENVR 5700, ENVR 5750, ENVR 5800, PSYC 3540
Courses that list ENVR 1400 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (ENVR course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENVR courses · Plan it at numap.app