Environmental Impact Assessment of Water Resources

Catalog description

This course provides for study of the theory, science, rules and requirements, and practice of environmental impact assessment on aquatic ecosystems and watershed function. Students will have the opportunity to conduct example environmental impact reviews and ecological assessments of water resources and produce sample environmental impact statements and reports. Practicing professionals in the field of environmental impact review will address the class. Students will participate in a small-group cooperative research project from which a scientific report will be written. Results of the research will be orally presented by the group to the class as a scientific report/paper.