ENVS 102 - Local Environmental Issues and Impact

5 Credits

An in-depth look at local environmental issues and the individual’s role in these issues. Includes topics such as waste-water treatment, solid and hazardous waste disposal, energy use and consumption, water and land use and contamination, transportation, diet, and other topics of local importance. Each student will undertake a detailed and wide-ranging examination of their own personal impact on the local environment.

Pre-requisite(s) MATH 081 or higher
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Fall Day

Designed to Serve General students as an elective to satisfy distribution requirements
Active Date 2015-12-04

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:
AA

Science
Science Lab

Course Outline
The following topics must be covered:

-Local fresh water sources, quality, and supply

-Local wastewater generation and treatment

-Local solid waste disposal and recycling programs

-Local and personal energy use and sources

-Local land use including preservation and sensitive areas

-Local environmental restoration and clean-up programs and sites, their cost and role in the community

-Other resources such as mineral or forestry resources, their use, supply and impact

-Transportation choices and impact

-Personal diet choices and impact

-Local environmental policy and laws

-The relationship between local environmental issues and regional and global processes and issues

-Research Writing

The following topics MAY be covered

-Local population trends

-Local air quality and pollution issues

-Local soil use, loss, and contamination

-Local biodiversity issues including threatened and endangered species, and exotic species

-Food resources and sources

-Local impact of global climate change

-Other resources such as mineral or forestry resources, their use, supply and impact.

-Other local environmental issues

Student Learning Outcomes