Environmental Issues

3 units

This course examines the science behind current environmental issues, with emphasis on Ecology and Conservation. Students will gain an understanding about the consequences of the way that humans currently interact with the natural environment and potential solutions that would allow long-term sustainability of the Earth. Topics will include human population growth, ecosystem structure and diversity, types and origin of pollution, global climate change, energy resources and use, challenges to feeding the world, and the interaction between the environment and human health.