Available Courses
Students admitted to a T-RUST associated graduate program can apply to become a T-RUST trainee. Students will be required to select courses from the table below, as advised by their T-RUST advisor. Courses not listed below may be requested for inclusion in their Plan of Work, pending approval from their advisor and the Program Director. Succesful completion of the T-RUST program includes completing the courses required by the T-RUST program as well as the courses assigned by the student's current or forthcoming departmental degree program. More Info
Students are required to take 5 of the 6 core courses plus 12 elective credits, of which 5 can be from the student’s home discipline.
| Core Courses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Class Number | Class Name | Credits |
| Anthropology | ANT 5060/ 7xxx | Urban Anthropology | 3 |
| Biology | BIO 7310 | Sustainability of Urban Environmental Systems | 2 |
| C&E Engineering | CE 5610/7XXX | Energy, Emission, Environment | 3 |
| Sociology | SOC 7200 | Advanced Survey of Approaches and Techniques of Social Research | 3 |
| Communication | COM 7170 | Risk and Health Communication (online) | 3 |
| Graduate School | GS 0900 | Essential Research Practices: Responsible Conduct of Research | 0 |
| Cross-Listed | UP 6470/BIO 6xxx | Environmental Planning & Urban Ecology | 3 |
| Elective Courses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Class Number | Class Name | Credits |
| Anthropology | ANT 5565 | Urban Archaeology | 3 |
| Anthropology | ANT 6570 | Archaeology Laboratory Analysis | 3 |
| Biology | BIO 5040 | Biometry | 4 |
| Biology | BIO 5180 | Molecular Aquatic Ecology | 3 |
| Biology | BIO 7540 | Landscape Ecology | 3 |
| Biology | BIO 6420 | Ecotoxicology | 3 |
| C&E Engineering | CE 7995 | River Assessment and Restoration | 4 |
| C&E Engineering | CE 6270 | Sustainability Assessment & Management | 3 |
| C&E Engineering | CE 7280 | Applied Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| Communication | COM 6140 | Public Relations Theory | 3 |
| Communication | COM 6250 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| Communication | COM 7520 | Theories of Media Effects | 3 |
| Communication | COM 7160 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
| Economics | ECO 5230 | Environmental Economics | 4 |
| Economics | ECO 6200 | Advanced Regulation and Regulated Industries | 4 |
| Economics | ECO 6520 | State & Local Public Finance | 4 |
| Economics | ECO 6800 | Urban Economics | 4 |
| FM & Public Health | FPH 7420 | Principles of Environmental Health | 4 |
| Geology | GEL 5000 | Geological Site Assessment | 4 |
| Geology | GEL 5510 | Environmental Fate and Transport of Pollutants | 4 |
| Geology | GEL 5650 | Applied Geological Mapping | 4 |
| Geology | GEL 5610 | Global Change and the Ecohydrology of Cities | 1 |
| Geology | GEL 5360 | Physical Hydrology of Natural and Urban Systems | 3 |
| Law | LEX 7231 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| Cross-Listed | PHC 7410/BIO 7011 | Principles of Toxicology | 3 |
| Cross-Listed | PSC/CE 6910 | Pharmaceutical Waste: Env Impact & Management | 3 |
| Sociology | SOC 6750 | Sociology of Urban Health | 3 |
| Sociology | SOC 7350 | Urban Poverty and Racial Segregation | 3 |
| Sociology | SOC 8802 | Topics in Urban Sociology | 3 |
| Sociology | SOC 8805 | Sociology of Urban and Labor Studies | 3 |
| Urban Planning | UP 5110 | Urban Planning Processes | 3 |
| Urban Planning | UP 5430 | Cities and Food | 3 |
| Urban Planning | UP 6120 | Planning Studies and Methods | 3 |
| Urban Planning | UP 6260 | Land Use Policy and Planning | 3 |
| Urban Planning | UP 6700 | Geographic Information Systems | 4 |