HON 328 STEM and the Environment

Prerequisites: Completion of the Laboratory Course portion of Scientific Thought. Open to sophomores, juniors, or seniors in the Honors Program, or with permission of the instructor. From global climate change to pollution to decreasing biodiversity, our society faces a wide range of environmental issues. This course will look at a range of these issues and what we can do to mitigate these challenges. The course will focus on the role STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines play in understanding and finding solutions to both local and global environmental issues, but it will also incorporate political, legal, ethical, and social dimensions of environmental issues.