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Environmental Course Descriptions
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| ENV101 Introduction to
Environmental Science |
3 Credits |
This course will introduce
learners to the effect of interrelationships
among environmental issues, society, and the
individual. Participants in this course will
study ecological principles of the earth,
atmosphere, and water as a precursor for
addressing the forms, causes and impacts of
major environmental issues. The students
will then delve into the measures needed to
address environmental protection. The
students will integrate interactions among
scientific evidence, economic forces and
societal involvement — at the personal as
well as the political scale — involved in
environmental science. This course will
attempt to lay the groundwork for the basic
understanding of how nature works, the
connections between humans and nature and
how human activities have impacted ecosystem
functions. Through readings and discussions,
students will also explore many of the most
important and controversial environmental
issues that face our world today, including
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
Endangered Species protection, Global
Warming, and Genetically Modified Organisms,
and attempt to do so from multiple sides of
these debates. This course will be
enlightening for anyone who has even a
passing interest in the environment or
nature and for anyone who wants to learn
more about environmental issues.
Pre/co-requisites: Successful completion
of high school or adult education biology
or chemistry, or permission of instructor.
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| ENV201 Environmental Ethics and
Philosophy |
3 Credits |
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This course will examine the deeper,
philosophical questions that relate to many
of the most important environmental and
ecological issues, as well as the
historical, social and spiritual aspects of
these important questions. By studying the
historical and current writings of various
environmental and spiritual leaders,
students will begin to explore their own
values related to ecological issues as they
relate to other viewpoints. Students will
examine such basic topics as the human role
in nature, our stewardship of the Earth, and
our connection with the natural environment
through a sense of place. The issues touched
upon in this class are interdisciplinary by
their very nature, and thus students should
be able to analyze not only the scientific
or economic aspects of these problems, but
the ethical, social and spiritual
perspectives as well.
Prerequisites: ENG101, ENV101. |
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| ENV202 American Environmental History |
3 Credits |
This course will explore the
ecological history of human impacts on the
North American continent. This course will
focus on ecological changes that have
occurred mainly due to human interactions.
We will begin with a brief geological
history, to native peoples’ relationships
with the earth, through the European
settlement of the “New World”, western
expansion and a history of the American
environmental movement. We will explore the
key figures and philosophical beliefs,
political and social movements, and
resulting public policy changes. This will
include a discussion of the relevant
agencies, legislation and treaties dealing
with environmental protection, as well as
the role of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs). Some of the readings will focus on
early American writers related to the
human-nature relationship, and how these
thinkers and activists have influenced more
modern ideas and movements, such as Gaia and
anti-globalization.
Prerequisite: ENG101. |
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