ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

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Kennebec Valley Community College

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Description:

3 Credits This course will introduce learners to the effect of interrelationships among environmental issues, society, and the individual. Participants in this course will study ecological principles of the earth, atmosphere, and water as a precursor for addressing the forms, causes and impacts of major environmental issues. The students will then delve into the measures needed to address environmental protection. The students will integrate interactions among scientific evidence, economic forces and societal involvement - at the personal as well as the political scale - involved in environmental science. This course will attempt to lay the groundwork for the basic understanding of how nature works, the connections between humans and nature and how human activities have impacted ecosystem functions. Through readings and discussions, students will also explore many of the most important and controversial environmental issues that face our world today, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Endangered Species protection, Global Warming, and Genetically Modified Organisms, and attempt to do so from multiple sides of these debates. This course will be enlightening for anyone who has even a passing interest in the environment or nature and for anyone who wants to learn more about environmental issues.Pre/co-requisites: high school biology and chemistry, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kvcc.me.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 453-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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