BIOL 1136 - Environmental Science

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Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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Description:

3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course provides an introduction to the relationships between people and the environment in the past, present, and future. Students explore these relationships from an interdisciplinary persepective, including a solid foundation in the natural sciences, and topics ranging from history, economics, and politics to philosophy. The goal is to help students think critically about the local and global impacts of our increasing demand for natural resources. Pollution, landscape destruction, and loss of species, with effects on environmental and human health, force us to explore alternatives for more sustainable relationships with the Earth. Offered as a both an on-campus and Web course. Completion of the optional on-campus laboratory course (BIOL 1137) is necessary for transfer as a lab science and to satisfy some Natural Science competencies. Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 3 and 10. Prerequisites: Placement into READ 1300 or completion of READ 0200 or ESOL 0052; placement into ENGL 1110 or completion of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.minneapolis.edu

Phone Number:

(612) 659-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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