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3.00 Credits
Students will learn and practice basic techniques used to acquire and interpret environmental data are important for evaluating the environmental health of groundwater, surface water, soil, and air. They will become acquainted with map and compass, GPS, and a variety of sampling equipment. They will sharpen investigative skills and become familiar with regulations behind environmental sampling. Field experiences outside the course time will be arranged during the first meeting. Meets LAC outcome: NWA1. 3 crs.
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The environment of the Pacific Northwest represents a treasure of diversity for both recreational and spiritual benefits. This course attempts to understand the phenomenon of the human attraction to these settings and clarify the nature of a quality environment. Students survey the geological and biological heritage of the region to enhance the quality of their future experience in these places. Meets LAC outcome: NWB1. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the basic equipment and techniques of 35mm nature photography with color slide film, and the uses of outdoor photography as a documentary tool for environmental educators, scientists, communications professionals, and other nature advocates. Beginners are welcome. The course does not include darkroom work. Meets LAC outcome: NWA2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to pollution hazards encountered in the home and work environments. It examines the nature of these pollutants and their physiological impact. A common sense approach to decreasing one's exposure is included. Meets LAC outcome: NWB2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Giant pandas and bald eagles evoke strong emotional responses. This course examines the issue of endangered species, considering environmental, economic, and political pressures. Students explore the role that federal, state, and local government agencies, non-government organizations, zoos, and ordinary citizens all play in determining the future survival of many plant and animal species. A field trip to the Oregon Zoo emphasizes the urgency of intervention and the success stories Meets LAC outcome: NWB3. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Modern science and technology give humans an everincreasing ability to significantly alter the biosphere. What lags behind is an appropriate set of ethics for guiding human actions in an ecologically sustainable way. This course explores traditional and emerging theories of environmental ethics, and provides intriguing case studies of key environmental issues. Meets LAC outcome: NWB5. This course meets WID (Writing in the Discipline) outcome. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The old environmental movement seems to have lost its force. Humanity is at a crucial moment of redefinition, and students in this course will participate in this extremely current search for more effective forms of ecoscience and citizenship. Students will talk to various leaders, research current movements and problems, and read widely in both creative and technical texts. The result could reshape the participant's sense of nature and culture, and perhaps even their vocation. Meets LAC outcome: NWB4. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Environmental education is a long-term and cross-cultural science and art of passing along information and insights about the natural world. The tradition of understanding our surroundings was originally for survival, but in today's society it can be a link to strengthening our communities, our families, and our connection with place. Students will survey environmental education techniques, methodologies, and program models. Participants will learn skills and gain useful knowledge in program design, field techniques, field ethics, storytelling, and methods to guide people in engaging experiences in the out-of-doors. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Living in a sustainable fashion means meeting our needs as well as ensuring that future generations can meet their needs. This course explores the environmental foundations of sustainable practices. How can individuals, communities, and global societies become better stewards of the environment and simultaneously stimulate development and improve quality of life Meets LAC outcome: NWB1 or NWB5. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the range of physical, chemical, and biological changes that can occur in air, water, soil, and food- changes that have an undesirable effect on the health of humans and other organisms. The course focuses on a general study of the nature and effects of chemicals that adversely affect the environment. Meets LAC outcome: NWB1. 3 crs.
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