Sustainability and the Environment

Catalog description

This course will challenge students to reexamine their perception about the role of humans in their natural environment. Emphasis will be placed on ways to improve the sustainability of resources particularly through individual life-style choices about food, transportation, water, wastes, and housing. Students will learn how natural ecosystems work and why human societies depend on so much on them. In the laboratory, students will gain firsthand experience quantifying their impact, designing and performing experiments, and evaluating the effectiveness of sustainability-related practices.