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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or permission of instructor. The interdisciplinary context of current environmental issues, including the scientific basis for concern. Examples include acid rain, loss of genetic diversity, climate modification by logging, global warming, ozone depletion, overpopulation, nuclear waste disposal. Repeatable with various topics.
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4.00 - 8.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or equivalent. Analysis of the environment through the applied lens of conservation biology which seeks to explain patterns of scarcity and diversity in nature and identify guidelines and priorities for maintaining species and natural communities. The approach of the course will be philosophical as well as em-pirical. This course is repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits with different topics.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or one course in the sciences or permission of instructor. Studies a variety of feminist perspectives as applied to the sciences, examining patterns of exclusion of women historically and in the present, challenging principles of value neutrality and objectivity, examining gender and cultural biases in the teaching and practice of science and in our technologies.
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4.00 - 8.00 Credits
Prereq: FAIR 206a. Explores evolutionary theory, the history of evolutionary thought, and the relevance of biological evolution to the modern human condition. Repeatable with different topics.
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3.00 - 8.00 Credits
Prereq: FAIR 206a or equivalent or permission of instructor. Systematic studies of quantitative natural history, employing field techniques from biology, chemistry, physics, and interdisciplinary science. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 credits.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or permission. Recording sounds in local natural settings with a focus on how and why animals produce sound, how sound travels through the environment, how we can use the sound for biological survey work and to estimate environmental degradation, how urban sounds differ from natural areas, and using recordings to compose and perform music.
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1.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 201a or equivalent. Preparation for global studies and travel abroad. Repeatable up to 3 credits.
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 201a or Eng 101 and prior course work or experience in sociopolitical issues or environmental issues from a sociopolitical perspective. A critical examination of alternative futures envisioned by various writers representing the world views of diverse cultures and communities of interest, in light of present-day sociopolitical, economic and environmental realities. Repeatable with different topics.
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: FAIR 206a or equivalent or permission of instructor. Examination and application of quantitative methods while extending critical thinking skills essential to effective experiential design and the critical evaluation of quantitative information. Includes identification of quantifiable variables, working with numerical data, statistical analysis, graphing, use of spreadsheets and analytical modeling. Repeatable with different topics.
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 203a. An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in the social sciences, including studies in economics, political science, international studies, social theory, ethnicity, race, culture, gender, class, law, psychology, and social activism. Repeatable with different topics.
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