ENV 1200Intro to Environmental Science

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Prerequisite: Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences This course introduces students to environmental concepts and issues from an interdisciplinary approach. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific methods and techniques needed to understand and analyze environmental issues such as ecology, human population growth, soils and agriculture, deforestation, urbanization, air pollution, freshwater resources, ocean pollution, climate change, fossil fuels, alternative energy sources, waste disposal, as well as environmental ethics and policy. Course topics will be complemented with computer exercises.