Resource Systems Analysis

Catalog description

ERM 412 is a course in problem solving, as it relates to environmental and resource related issues. The course covers a variety of problems within an environmental context, including mass balance, steady-state, dynamic, and statistical problems. Students will gain experience in making assumptions and testing those assumptions in the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to problem solving. The course is designed to develop experience in quantitative problem solving using spreadsheets, modeling tools, and computer-based statistical analysis.