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Class number:
4252
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Title: Intro to Environmental Science |
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Department: Environmental Science |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Laboratory |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Graded |
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Units: 1.25 |
| Enrollment limited to 16 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 3 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
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End date: Friday, May 8, 2009 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: R: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 115 |
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Instructor(s):
Gourley, Jonathan
Geiss, Christoph
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area. |