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ENVIR ST 355

INTRODUCTION TO AIR QUALITY

3 credits.

Links chemistry and meteorology to engineering, law, policy, and public health. Presents key ideas in air quality, with focus on reactive pollutants in the outdoor environment, especially gas and particle phase chemicals that react with human tissue to cause sickness and death. Discusses environmental impacts of these pollutants and regulatory approaches for their control in the U.S. and around the world. Indoor air quality will be included. Non-reactive pollutants, especially carbon dioxide, will be compared and contrasted with reactive air pollutants.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Build basic understanding of atmospheric pollutants affecting health, visibility, ecosystems, climate, and the ozone hold. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop skills in analyzing air pollution data and related information, with a focus on evaluating and presenting original research on an air pollution episode of choice. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Consider a single issue – air quality – from multiple disciplinary perspectives, including atmospheric science, engineering, policy, economics, and chemistry. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Build basic understanding of atmospheric pollutants affecting health, visibility, ecosystems, climate, and the ozone hold. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop skills in analyzing air pollution data and related information, with a focus on evaluating and presenting original research on an air pollution episode of choice. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Consider a single issue – air quality – from multiple disciplinary perspectives, including atmospheric science, engineering, policy, economics, and chemistry. Audience: Undergraduate

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