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An introduction to major environmental issues. Important ecological principles will be presented, and then an interdisciplinary approach will be utilized to analyze the biological, economic, social and political aspects of environmental problems. Topics of study include human population dynamics, air and water pollution, toxic wastes, food production, land use, energy and endangered species.

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment or credit in ENSP 101 and permission of the program director. Priority will be given to ENSP majors or students who intend to major in ENSP. This is a laboratory designed to introduce students to the hands-on study of environmental issues. Course material will complement that of ENSP 101, Environmental Problems. Students will investigate environmental problems through a variety of means, including experiments, observations, surveys and literature reviews. Topics covered might include human population growth, air and water pollution, energy consumption, food production, attitudes about environmental issues and biodiversity. This course is for students who are majors in or intend to major in Environmental Science and Policy.

Prerequisite: MATH 098 or Level IB placement on the Basic Math Skills Inventory or permission of the instructor. An introduction to Geographic Information Systems for students of all disciplines. This course will provide a suite of tools for creating, manipulating, analyzing, visualizing, and illustrating spatial data. Concepts presented in lecture will be put into practice through hands-on laboratory exercises utilizing appropriate GIS software. The culmination of the course is the presentation of discipline-specific original research projects employing the methods learned.

Prerequisites: None. Study of resource use, abuse, and overuse and its impact on the functioning of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. Investigates economic,legal, and policy perspectives from social and historical viewpoints for achieving sustainable human societies.