ENVS 301 - Enviro Sustainability: An exploration

5 Credits

With over 7 billion people on a finite world, humans can already see the impact of our consumer lifestyle. By analyzing environmental problems and examining socioeconomic concerns with creating policy, Environmental Sustainability: An exploration of current issues will use a scientific approach to explore many of these global issues impacting our lives. Students will through hands-on activities collect, analyze, and synthesize real data and use the results to evaluate potential solutions to our current and future conditions.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS
FeesSL

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Evening
Fall Evening

Spring Evening

Designed to Serve Students working on a BAS program at Highline who need a 300 level science course.
Active Date 2015-11-10

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 22 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 66
Degree Distributions:
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
1. Introduction to Environmental Sustainability

2. Importance of Biodiversity

3. Ecosystem Services

4. Human Impacts

5. Social justice

6. Moving into the future

Student Learning Outcomes
Describe the structure and function of the environment and the importance of biodiversity.

Collect, analyze and present environmental data

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem services and their application in a changing global environment

Critically evaluate and predict current and future human impacts on local, regional, national and international scales.

Explore the impact of environmental and business decisions on social justice.

Describe the impact their own lives and the choices they make have on the local and global environment.