Science, the Environment, and Society

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Three lecture hours per week. Taken in conjunction with SCI-171L or SCI-173L, this course satisfies the general education requirement in the scientific knowledge category.