#37 March. 3, 2026 - Spring Class Updates
Eric Zimmerman
As you work to complete your Spring Class
Schedule this week,
below are some opportunities and courses you might want to
consider…..
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IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DATES & DEADLINES:
NOW Start of Spring
Quarter
Registration Pass #3.
Check GOLD for your day and time!
-
View Winter
Quarter Registration Deadlines here.
- View Registration
Pass Times & Info here.
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INDEX:
1) ENVS
127B -
Advanced Environmental Education and Practicum - is open
to students who have not completed, or simultaneously
enrolled in, the
prerequisite of ENVS 127A. See below how to secure an
add
code.
2) REGISTER for a special
SPRING 2 Unit E.S
course - ENV S 194TK
(Traditional Ecological Knowledge Studies).
3) NEW EXCITING ES COURSE just added to this Spring Schedule:
ENVS 193EM – Applied Energy Management.
Perfect for students looking to go into Sustainability or
Energy careers!!!
4) ES Courses that still have
lots of open seats
include:
• ENVS 25 (Quantitative thinking) – Meets the 2nd
Math requirement
for ES B.A.
• ENVS 109 (Ethics & Extinction) – New elective course for
Area B (B-2).
• ENVS 115 (Energy and the Envt) – Fulfills the Area A-2
requirement
Note: ENVS 117
is not being
offered this summer.
• ENVS 127B (Advance Env. Ed) – Open to students currently in
127A
• ENVS 193EM (Applied Energy Mgt.) – New Course and real world
hands-on
skills.
• ENVS 193TW (Transboundary Water) – ES and HYDRO elective
course.
5) REMINDER: UCSB Summer Sessions has a
preliminary
list of
courses they
hope to offer in Summer 2026 posted on their webpage.
We have included the list of ES Courses planned to be
offered below
6) Summer Session UPDATE
for ES
Courses: Unfortunately,
ENVS 116 and 117,
are not going to be offered this Summer! They have been
removed from the
Preliminary Course Offerings on the Summer Session webpage.
7) The department of Film and
Media Studies has
open seats in FAMST 125DF:
Documentary Films in Spring 2026! See the attached
poster for more information
and register in Pass 3!
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CONTENT:
1) ENVS 127B - Advanced
Environmental
Education and Practicum - is open to students who have not
completed, or
simultaneously enrolled in, the prerequisite of ENVS 127A.
See below how to
secure an add code.
ENVS
127B - Advanced Environmental Education and Practicum
Prerequisites; ENVS 127A
This seminar style course is a practicum-oriented class where you learn to teach environmental education lessons to others on a topic of your choosing and in a location of your choice. Successful placements have included teaching environmental education lessons in schools, at UCSB, in non-profit settings, in businesses, gardens, and community settings.
The class is being offered the same quarter as its prerequisite,
ENV S 127A. The
instructor is willing to waive it for
this spring quarter if:
• You are simultaneously taking ENV S 127A (also offered
during spring
2026),
• If you have had previous teaching experience, you can take it on its own (i.e. taken ENVS 191, a UCSB upper-div ED course, or have work experience in a related field).
If
interested in adding this class via approval code, contact the
instructor,
Bridget Lewin, at le...@es.ucsb.edu
or to discuss any questions you may have.
Note: For the UCSB Elementary and Secondary Math & Science Minor:
-
ENV S 127A is an accepted course for the Disciplinary
requirement
- ENV S 127B is an accepted course for the Disciplinary
Practicum
requirement
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2) REGISTER for a
special SPRING 2 Unit E.S
course - ENV S 194TK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Studies).
Are
you interested in a course providing hands-on experience in
Traditional/Indigenous Ecological Knowledges (TEK)?
This 2-unit ES field course will explore TEK, or Taditional Ecological Knowledges: Indigenous Peoples' many ways of knowing their relationship(s) to the land, air, water, flora, fauna, to each other, and to all beings. This course is focused on reframing our relationships with the land through hands-on participation in tending Indigenous garden spaces on campus.
Students
will use the lessons of TEK and reciprocal relationships with
the natural world
in a hands-on environment. Gardening, workshops, guest speakers,
and an
independent project will give students the tools they need to
put their TEK
knowledge into practice within our community garden spaces.
Students will
create their own independent projects in these spaces, working
in conjunction
with garden staff and leaders in an effort to make a positive
and lasting
impact on the local ecosystem. We will collaboratively tend
these spaces as a
group to aid our Indigenous community's restoration efforts.
This course has
been meaningfully crafted to correspond with Professor Margaret
McMurtrey's ES
193TK course.
By
engaging fully with this course, students will:
- Develop their understanding of sustainable Indigenous
gardening practices,
Indigenous food sovereignty, ethnobotany, Indigenous allyship in
outdoor
spaces, Chumash culture, and history.
- Identify perspectives and methods of forming meaningful
connections with the
environment via Indigenous lifeways.
- Improve their ability to incorporate multiple kinds of
learning (i.e TEK
& Western Science) into hands-on practice.
This course will be held on Mondays 4:00 - 6:00 pm. ENV S 194TK is currently closed on GOLD. Students who are interested in enrolling can find a course application and more information here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsUFKIIT3chPJQvydpUeoZ-VLVVOF8LKa7RWPzvNT8uIrIDw/viewform
* Priority is given to students who have taken or are currently enrolled in ENV S 193TK, and members of AIISA.
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3)
NEW EXCITING ES COURSE just added to this
Spring Schedule:
ENVS 193EM – Applied Energy Management.
Perfect for students looking to go into Sustainability or
Energy careers!!!
This is a new ES elective course taught by Brandon Kaysen (same instructor who teaches ENVS 187 - Green Buildings). This course will equip students with the technical, analytical, and strategic skills used by real-world energy managers; bridging theory and application, and showing how energy is generated, delivered, measured, and managed across buildings, campuses, and portfolios. Students learn to analyze and normalize data, benchmark performance using EUI, and understand building science, HVAC systems, controls, and operations. Topics include energy cost drivers, GHG accounting basics, efficiency and electrification strategies, financial analysis, and Zero Net Energy planning. Using real datasets students complete a capstone energy management plan that integrates technical analysis, financial modeling, carbon impacts, and stakeholder communication.
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4) ES Courses that still have open seats include
• ENVS 25 (Quantitative thinking) – Meets the 2nd Math requirement for ES B.A.
• ENVS 109 (Ethics & Extinction) – New elective course for Area B (B-2).
• ENVS 115 (Energy and the Envt) – Fulfills the Area A-2 requirement
Note: ENVS 117 is not being offered this summer.
• ENVS 127B (Advance Env. Ed) – Open to students currently in 127A or with interest in Ed.
• ENVS 193EM (Applied Energy Mgt.) – New Course offering real world hands-on skills.
• ENVS 193TW (Transboundary Water) – ES and HYDRO elective course.
Review the course descriptions on the ES Courses webpage in the General Catalog or on GOLD.
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5) REMINDER:
UCSB Summer Sessions has a preliminary
list of
courses they hope to offer in Summer 2026 posted on their
webpage.
We have included the list of ES Courses planned to be offered
below
The following is a list of ES courses ES is proposing to offer
over UCSB’s 2026
Summer Sessions. Days
and times will be
announced when the final Summer Class Schedule is released to
GOLD in
mid-March. Several courses are being offered online/remote this
summer. Note,
there are two ES courses that are still yet to be confirmed and
may not be
offered at all.
Session A
ENVS 2 - Intro. to Environmental Sciences
ENVS 3 - Intro. Social & Cultural Envt. (ONLINE)
ENVS 108O - History of Oceans
ENVS 129 – Ecopsychology
ENVS 130C - Aquatic Food Mgt.
(ONLINE) (fulfills
A-1 or a B-1
for B.S. majors)
ENVS 143 - Endangered Species
Session B
ENVS 1 - Intro. to Env. Studies
ENVS 60 - Applied Ecology (ONLINE)
ENVS 178 - Politics of the Environment (ONLINE)
ENVS 193TK - Traditional Eco Knowledge (ONLINE)
ENVS 193TW - Transwater Boundary (ONLINE)
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6) Summer Session UPDATE
for ES
Courses: Unfortunately,
ENVS 116 and 117,
are not going to be offered this Summer! They have been removed
from the
Preliminary Course Offerings on the Summer Session webpage.
Sorry, we were unable to secure instructors for either of
these courses.
If you were planning to enroll in either to complete Area A-2 or
A-3 ES major
requirements, we suggest you adjust your Spring of Fall class
schedule accordingly.
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7) The department of
Film and Media
Studies has open seats in FAMST 125DF: Documentary Films in
Spring 2026! See
the attached poster for more information and register in Pass
3!
FAMST 125DF: Documentary Films
Pre-requisite of FAMST 46 or 70.
If you
haven't taken either pre-requisite course, but you are
interested please email Professor
Yamamoto and cc filmandmed...@ucsb.edu!
Description: The year 1960 represents a pivotal moment in the
history of
documentary filmmaking. This significance arises not only from
the emergence of
two influential movements—cinéma vérité and direct cinema—but
also from
advancements in portable camera equipment and synchronized sound
technologies.
These innovations enabled filmmakers to engage more directly
with unfolding
events, challenging traditional boundaries between public and
private spheres,
observer and observed, as well as fiction and non-fiction. This
course will
analyze both political and ethical transformations of
documentary film practice
since then, while exploring the continued importance of film as
a documentary
medium relative to television and other mass communication
platforms.
Questions about this course or other FAMST courses? Please email filmandmed...@ucsb.edu!
-- Eric D. Zimmerman (he/him) Student Services Manager, Lecturer Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara To schedule a Zoom advising appointment visit: https://tinyurl.com/8nrcckds "Work Hard ~ Play Harder!"