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Course Info for ENVS - 230 - 20, Spring 2025
Class number: 2686 Title: Environmental Chemistry Lab Department: Environmental Science
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Graded Units: 0.25
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 12 Available seats: 7
Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, CT - 317 Instructor(s): Bazilio, Arianne
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Chemistry 111L and 112L, or permission of instructor. Students registering for the ENVS 230 lecture must also enroll in the lab.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
This course will cover basic chemical concepts, such as polarity, volatility and solubility, as they relate to chemical behavior in the environment. The ability to predict environmental behavior from chemical structure will be emphasized. Human and environmental toxicology will be discussed, and specific pollutants will be examined. Case studies will be used to illustrate concepts. The laboratory will emphasize techniques used for environmental analysis.