ENVS 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

(4 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: Environmental science is the study of natural ecosystems, human impacts on the environment, and sustainable management of the Earth’s resources. Processes of the physical and biological environment are used as a basis for consideration of current environmental topics. Other areas covered include: energy consumption and global warming, water and air pollution, waste management, impacts of deforestation on biodiversity, and other environmental changes occurring on a global scale. Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Offered Spring semester, annually.