Environmental Chemistry

Catalog description

Students utilize chemistry fundamentals to develop an understanding of the source, fate, and reactivity of substances in natural and polluted envi- ronments. This course emphasizes energy utilization and its consequences and on the chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. Topics include energy, the greenhouse effect, climate change, air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution and treatment of water sources, sewage issues, trash disposal issues, land pollution, and the environmental fate and movement of various pollutants. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory each week.