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Scott M Cowell

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental Science
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-1646
  • Saguaro Hall, Rm. 110429
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • cowell@arizona.edu
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  • Courses
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Biography

Scott M. Cowell, Ph.D, is an Associeate Professor of Practice within ENVS. His position duties include updating and transforming in-person courses into engaging online formats as well as helping to lead recruitment and retention efforts of the ENVS Department though outreach to prospective students. In 2018, Dr. Cowell launched an initiative to meet with community college faculty throughout Arizona to pursue 2+2 programs between local colleges and ENVS. In addition to previous research experience within the University of Arizona Chemistry Department, Dr. Cowell has taught for 11 years at the community college level and won the 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award for adjunct faculty at Pima Community College across all disciplines. Dr. Cowell also had extensive involvement in the design and implementation of Pima Community College's assessment program, which included presenting workshops to fellow faculty members on best assessment practices.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Physical Science
    • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
    • Synthesis of L-Pyrenylalanine with incorporation into aliphatic peptides for fluorescent spectroscopy.
  • B.S. Chemistry with minor in English
    • University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Work Experience

  • Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona (2007 - 2017)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1997 - 2012)

Licensure & Certification

  • Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR): (Statewide Systems), QM Higher Education (2019)
  • QM Improving your own Course Certification, QM Higher Education (2020)
  • QM PRC Certification, Quality Matters Higher Education (2022)

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Teaching

Best practices in Online teaching. Coordinating, executing, and overseeing the transition of traditional classes to an online environment. This involves all aspects of online classes from recruiting students, hiring faculty, designing, and implementing classes.

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Fall 2025)
  • Nature Disrupted
    ENVS 175 (Fall 2025)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Fall 2025)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Summer I 2025)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Summer I 2025)
  • Nature Disrupted
    ENVS 175 (Summer I 2025)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2025)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2025)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Spring 2025)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Spring 2025)
  • Master's Report
    ENVS 909 (Spring 2025)
  • Nature Disrupted
    ENVS 175 (Spring 2025)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Spring 2025)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Fall 2024)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2024)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Fall 2024)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Summer I 2024)
  • Directed Research
    ENVS 492 (Summer I 2024)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 299 (Summer I 2024)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Summer I 2024)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2024)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2024)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2024)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Spring 2024)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2024)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Spring 2024)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2023)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Fall 2023)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2023)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Fall 2023)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2023)
  • Stats with R
    ENVS 567 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Summer I 2023)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2023)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2023)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2023)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Spring 2023)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Spring 2023)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Spring 2023)
  • Master's Report
    ENVS 909 (Spring 2023)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Spring 2023)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2022)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2022)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Fall 2022)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2022)
  • Stats with R
    ENVS 567 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Summer I 2022)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2022)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2022)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Spring 2022)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Spring 2022)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2021)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2021)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Fall 2021)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2021)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2021)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Spring 2021)
  • Pollution Science
    ENVS 305 (Spring 2021)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2020)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2020)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Fall 2020)
  • Soil Fert+Plnt Nutrition
    ENVS 316 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2020)
  • Data analysis; life & env sci
    ENVS 275 (Spring 2020)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Spring 2020)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2019)
  • Introduction to Soil Science
    ENVS 200 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2019)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2018)

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