ESCI 342: Problem Solving in Environmental Science

Environmental Sciences · 5 credits

Mathematics as a tool for solving problems in environmental and energy sciences. Rates of change in time and space, integration, flux and box models, inference based on comparing orders of magnitude, and introductory numerical methods for both prediction and data analysis. Also offered as ENRG 342.

Offered in 4 of the 26 listed terms (Winter 2022 to Fall 2026).

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Prerequisites

MATH 124 or MATH 134 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 3 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 3

Prerequisite tree

Each course's own prerequisites, down to the first courses in the chain.

MATH 124 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 153 or MATH 115 or MATH 118 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 2.30 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 80
- MATH 115 Precalculus II
  requires MATH 114 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65
  - MATH 114 Precalculus I
    requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 153 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 55 or MATH 112 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 3 or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70
    - MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods
      requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or MATH 099 (minimum grade YP) or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Intermediate Algebra (IA), score 1.70 or MPT General - Scaled Score, score 148 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 35 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 2 or MATH 197C (minimum grade S) or MATH 109 (minimum grade S)
      - MATH 099 Introductory Algebra
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 1
      - MATH 197C Support Topics for Functions and Algebraic Methods
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 30
      - MATH 109 Support for Functions and Algebraic Methods
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 30
- MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus
  requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 158 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 149 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 70
MATH 134 Calculus I Honors
requires MATH 115 (minimum grade A) or MATH 118 (minimum grade A) or Math Placement - Advanced 2, score 20 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5
- MATH 115 Precalculus II (shown above)
- MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus (shown above)

From Banner's catalog for Spring 2027. Banner lists only the requisites it enforces, so check the catalog entry too.

Required by (2)

ESCI 491, ESCI 497N

What it leads to

Courses that list it as a prerequisite, then the courses that list those, 2 levels deep.

ESCI 491 Oceanography of the Salish Sea
ESCI 497N Flow and Flux: Moving Fluids in the Environment

Syllabi and course websites

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Instructors

Instructor	Sections	Terms
Shaw, Erika	4	Winter 2022 to Fall 2026

Every offering in the listed terms (4 sections)

Term	Sec	CRN	Type	Meets	Instructor	Enrolled	Delivery
Fall 2026	0	43788	Lecture	TR 1:00pm-2:50pm · AW 203	Shaw, Erika	5/8	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2026	0	23363	Lecture	MW 2:30pm-4:20pm · AW 412	Shaw, Erika	10/12	Face to Face Instruction
Fall 2022	0 Quantitative Methods in Environmental Science	43906	Lecture	MTWR 1:00pm-1:50pm · AH 012	Shaw, Erika	4/8	Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2022	01 Quantitative Methods in Environmental Science	13805	Lecture	MTWR 1:00pm-1:50pm · BH 151	Shaw, Erika	9/9	Face to Face Instruction