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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CHEM - 111, CHEM - 113 Recommended: CHEM - 236. Environmental health is concerned with effects the environment can have on the general health and well being of humans. Environmental toxicology investigates the impacts pollutants have on the structure and function of ecosystems. Major topics will include toxicological aspects of water and air pollution, biological contaminants, heavy metals, and pesticides and other toxins as they relate to environmental health.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENVS - 212 and ENVS - 250. In this course, students will examine energy production and consumption as an underlying cause of multiple environmental problems. Beginning with an overview of energy-environment connections, the course will cover major fuel types and energy sources--from coal and natural gas to solar, and advanced energy carriers and storage systems (e.g., hydrogen and fuel cells).
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENVS - 210, ENVS - 212 and ENVS - 250. In this course, students will develop a deeper understanding of the greenhouse effect and human influences on the Earth's climate. Building on this scientific base, the course will emphasize climate change mitigation--options for changing human activities and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to avert negative climate change impacts.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENVS - 110, ENVS - 210 or ENVS - 110 and PHYS - 100. This course serves as an introduction to environmental remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It is designed to provide students with basic concepts, principles and applications of remote sensing and GIS and their use in natural resource management. This course has a corequisite laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
Courses offered occasionally on a special topic in Environmental Science.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENVS - 210, ENVS - 212, ENVS - 250, . Capstone field and laboratory methodologies class that draws upon materials presented in the foundation courses.
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4.00 Credits
Original research supervised by a member of the staff, with credit to be fixed in each case. Designed to give students an acquaintance with, and an appreciation of, the principles and methods of original scientific investigation. A research report must be filed. Cross Listed With: ENVA - 498
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1.00 Credits
Advanced instruction and coaching for intercollegiate competition in the following sports is open to students in acceptable physical condition who can qualify for a place on the team: baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. Only the grade Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory is given. (If Satisfactory is granted, credit for the course will be counted toward the total units required for graduation, but will not be counted in computed grade point averages.) ESS majors may not use this credit towards the major. Must enroll during season, one semester per year. May be repeated for 4 units total credit. Offered every semester.
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1.00 Credits
ESS majors must take at least 4 sections, each chosen from 4 different areas. Sections meet two hours a week. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
Taking an "owner's manual" approach, course provides an introduction to the structure of the human body and its homeostatic functions. Health, disease, injury, performance optimization, and lifespan development are addressed. Not open to ESS majors. Offered intermittently.
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