To encourage students to consider how they can utilize traditional and emerging analytical techniques synergistically and design new analytical approaches to address the role of complex systems in the environment. Emphasis will be place on NMR spectroscopy and hyphenated NMR spectroscopy. It will introduce the environmental applications of NMR spectroscopy, hyphenated NMR, imaging and related computation techniques (prediction,simulation, elucidation), such that students have a basic grasp of the subjects, and can relate the potential of the approaches to their own research. The emphasis will be on environmental and biological applications. Theory will be explained such that students can fully grasp cutting edge applications. However, the course will place emphasis on accessibility such that students without a strong NMR background are comfortable in the class. The class will include a full recap of NMR practice and theory to give everyone an equal footing.