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3.00 Credits
Examines Western cultural values and personal beliefs toward the environment. Teaches critical thinking skills to analyze issues to make informed choices that may impact the earth, its resources and their management as consumers, leaders, professionals and moral agents. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Examination of a variety of environmental issues with emphasis on the social aspects of the problems and solutions. The class is conducted primarily through discussion, with an unusually high degree of student responsibility. Group and individual projects are designed to involve students in community affairs as well as to give them an opportunity to develop a personal perspective on environmental issues. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Consideration of how human beings should act with regard to the non-human natural world in the context of complex societal needs. Students will use critical thinking skills to integrate insights from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to make ethical decisions. Prerequisite: ENVS 10 or ENVS 110, or equivalent recommended. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Global perspective on current problems of environmental protection and resource use. Population growth, food production, industrialization, technology and cultural change are considered, with heavy emphasis on the social dynamics of environmental problems. A variety of political views is studied, and an attempt is made to develop a perspective useful to students in personal and political decisions. Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Overview of environmental problems related to the essential human problem of waste management. Lectures and coursework apply foundational scientific concepts from chemistry, physics, and biology, as well as sociological, political, and archaeological evidence, in understanding issues like nuclear waste disposal, toxicological threats to human health, the economics of recycling, biogeochemical cycles, groundwater pollution, risk assessment, and landfill design. Note: Required field trips. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Research tools and methods used by environmentalists including selected statistical procedures, data sources and presentation and interpretation of results. Students will become familiar with the wide range of equipment available to fit their special needs including the computer time-sharing system. Prerequisite: Ability to manipulate algebraic expressions (MATH 9 or MATH 11). For Environmental Studies majors ENVS 111 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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2.00 Credits
This field course includes the direct observation of human impact on specific environments and examples of mitigation strategies. Students will learn information gathering and data presentation methodologies useful in environmental impact assessment. Lecture three hours per week; one-day and weekend field trips will be arranged. Note: Course also substitutes for ENVS 175. Prerequisite: BIO 160, CHEM 1A or CHEM 6A or concurrent enrollment; or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 2.0
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Review of legislative and judicial requirements for environmental impact analysis. Students will be asked to review actual project environmental impact reports, analyze the methods employed, understand the relationship of the report to the planning process, and prepare such a document. Note: It is recommended that students complete ENVS 128 or have some actual experience with environmental impact documentation before taking this course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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Examines the nature and forms of social justice and injustice. Addresses key philosophical and theoretical models and debates over the meaning of social justice, using historical and contemporary examples to highlight important concepts and controversies. Faculty from different departments within SSIS, and occasionally from other colleges, will address how their discipline understands and analyzes issues of social justice. Students will be encouraged to critically assess the assumptions of various perspectives on social justice, and to address the relationship of academe and social activism in achieving social justice. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or instructor permission. Cross listed as ANTH 130, ID 124, ETHN 124, FACS 124 and SOC 124. Only one may be counted for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to environmental law, including: the evolution of environmental legislation, environmental issues in the court system, environmental regulation and administrative law, and environmental torts. Emphasis is on understanding legal process and the special challenges environmental problems present to the legal system. Prerequisite: ENVS 110 or ENVS 111, or instructor permission. Cross Listed: GOVT 128; only one may be counted for credit. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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