Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:30am-12:45pm
TuTh
White Hall 207
Lance Gunderson. SNT. 48100 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Prerequisites: ENVS 131.

Catalog Description: Students will assess and analyze information in qualitative and quantitative frameworks around a set of environmental issues. This course aims at enhancing students' learning process through inquiry or discovery-based learning.

Semester Details:

This course is the second semester of Introductory Environmental Studies and is meant to be a rigorous introduction to the field, intended for majors and interested non-majors. Students will be introduced to relevant theories from physical sciences, ecology, economics, political science and other fields related to environmental studies. The course will present integrative theories (such as models of change, scale theories) that cross disciplines as well as useful theoretical differences that separate disciplines.  Topics include climate change, freshwater management and hydrology, energy policy, and other applications of ecosystems ecology. Required course for ENVS majors and minors.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Environment (6th Edition).
    Authors: Peter H. Raven, Linda R. Berg and Hassenzahl

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