AS 020.115 - Freshmen Seminar: Living Off the Sun

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

This course is a combination of lectures and student presentations that address fundamental principles and also contemporary issues examining the way all forms of Life on Earth are ultimately dependant on sunlight to satisfy their food and energy requirements. Special emphasis will be on current developments in biotechnologies that utilize microbial populations to supply us with fuels and also to clean up environmental hazards. The course will also consider ways to extract lessons from Nature's successful designs and harmonious adaptations so that we, in the long run, can utilize them towards a minimization of our negative impact on the environment. Freshmen only

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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