Environmental Science and Society

Catalog description

(F, Sp, Su) We will investigate key topics in Environmental Science, including population ecology, human population growth, climate science, biodiversity, landscape management of forests, oceans, and fresh water resources, and agriculture. We will examine environmental hazards and pollution - and associated policies. We will explore energy sources for human societies, and we will review basic ideas of chemistry, evolution and natural selection. Finally, we will discuss concepts of ecology and biological conservation relevant to understanding and studying our changing world. Offered fall and spring.