COURSES

SUMMER 2006 | FALL 2004 | SUMMER 2004 | FALL 2003 | SPRING 2003 | FALL 2002 | SPRING 2002

Title	Offered
Uncertainty and Variability in Ecological Inference, Forecasting, and Decision Making -- An Introduction to Modern Statistical Computation	Summer 2006
Advanced Readings In Soil Science	Fall 2004
Uncertainty and Variability in Ecological Inference, Forecasting, and Decision Making -- An Introduction to Modern Statistical Computation	Summer 2004
Coastal Response To Sea Level Rise	Fall 2003
Ocean Climate Modeling And Analysis	Spring 2003
Complexity In The Environment: Hydrodynamics & Carbon Transport	Fall 2002
Genomics & Environmental Studies	Fall 2002
Ecological Forecasting	Spring 2002

SHORT COURSES

Training of faculty and students in interdisciplinary research topics requires creative new approaches. Many timely research issues will be initiated by courses that are co-taught by faculty from different departments and that include visiting faculty fellows. The Center can support ad hoc short courses developed as needed. Courses are co-ordinated by Duke faculty and can include lecture and research activities involving other institutions and the private sector. Short course proposals will demonstrate a science need, a clientele (usually graduate students and faculty) and a creative approach.

GRADUATE TRAINING

Rapid change in environmental sciences means that graduates of the next decade will have to move beyond the traditional skills available though standard, disciplinary coursework. Cross-disciplinary training is viewed as critical, but it requires careful thought. Graduate training is a focus of the Center. New interdisciplinary courses within the newly created Graduate Program in Ecology at Duke, help to fill the need for cross-disciplinary training. Working groups are strongly encouraged to offer novel training options that could diverge from the traditional lecture/lab formats. Courses should complement working group goals while broadening the opportunities for multidisciplinary training.