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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
A study of the needs of human beings for food, energy, and other natural resources and the effects of their actions on the air, water, soil, plants, and other animals. The diversity of life, plant anatomy and physiology, ecology and evolution will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This class provides a broad overview of issues associated with sustainability, from both a U.S. and international perspective. Students will learn the basic concepts of sustainability, explore the science of sustainability, look at practical applications of sustainability by governments and businesses, and learn how to measure sustainability.
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3.00 Credits
With growing challenges from population growth, economic growth, and climate change, understanding water related issues is critical to any city, state or country's future success. This class provides students with an overview of water resource management, with a special emphasis on water quality. Topics will include surface and groundwater issues, water related health issues, water treatment, water management and planning, water economics, and water laws and policy.
Prerequisite:
ENVR 101
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3.00 Credits
This class introduces students to the major statutes and policies used to protect humans and the environment, including current challenges related to climate change. The class will additionally look at enforcement issues, the role of the market, and constitutional issues related to environmental regulation.
Prerequisite:
POLI 101 OR POLI 103
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
In-depth study of an area of interest in environmental science and studies. Different areas of study offered on a rotating basis. May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
Prerequisite:
ENVR 101
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3.00 Credits
This course discusses ethics with specific reference to environmental issues. Specific issues include, among others: obligations to non-human animals, equitable distribution of scarce resources, development, and issues in environmental aesthetics.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the governmental institutions (federal, state, and local), the non-governmental actors and organizations, and the governmental and political processes that interact to shape and create environmental public policy in the United States.
Prerequisite:
POLI 101 OR POLI 103
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3.00 Credits
Students examine how environmental processes interact with social, political, and economic processes and institutions around the world. This course traces the historical and theoretical perspectives that influence global environmental policy and management, explores how multiple identities (e.g. gender, culture, race, and nation) impact the experience of environmental politics, and applies these theoretical and experiential perspectives to contemporary environmental issues (e.g. climate change, resource use, energy policy, and agriculture).
Prerequisite:
POLI 101 OR POLI 103
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Open only to juniors or seniors with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher in their major courses. A maximum of 3 semester hours may be earned. Academic Committee approval required for each seminar and practicum. All individual research projects are reviewed by three faculty members from two different disciplines. May be taken for credit (3 hours) towards the Honors degree by special arrangement.
Prerequisite:
ENVR 101
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Independent work under Francis Marion University Catalogthe direction of a professional biologist which may include teaching, research, or other service. A maximum of 3 semester hours may be earned. Earned hours do not fulfill the requirements of environmental science or environmental studies for their respective majors, minors or collaterals.
Prerequisite:
ENVR 101
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