BIO 5067 Environmental Science
This course will examine contemporary environmental issues and problems as they relate to human and global ecosystem health in an investigative way. Topics include energy use and conservation, global climate change, industrial pollution, water pollution and quantity, population growth, issues with global agriculture, local, regional and global air pollution problems, and depleting of natural resources. Focus on how biological function is influenced by geological and chemical processes is included, as well as land use and conservation biology. How information is used to make resource conservation decisions is explored, and current events in environmental science and policy and current efforts in resource/biodiversity conservation will be explored. The laboratory session will focus on controlled experiments investigating the course topics rather than fieldwork. Prerequisites: Principles of Biology I and II, Principles of Chemistry I and II, Foundations of Ecology OR Aquatic Ecology; statistics is strongly recommended.