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3.00 Credits
The Energy Fundamentals and Sustainability course is an introductory course that focuses on energy production and use, while defining and discussing the principles of Sustainability. The course will focus on the current energy trends on a local, national and international level. Students will also be introduced to sustainable energy production. The students will participate in discussions about the environmental, political, and socioeconomic ramifications of conventional energy generation.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the physical and chemical properties of the Earth's atmosphere and their impact on humankind. The structure and dynamics of the troposphere, stratosphere, and ionosphere are examined. Elements of cloud formation, air masses, air pollution, and weather forecasting are reviewed. Methods for classifying and analyzing the world's climatic regions are discussed. The environmental hazards of tornadoes, chinook winds, monsoons, green house gases, and hurricanes, among others, are reviewed. Principles of scientific inquiry are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
The course is a first course in the study of environment science. The course is a study of interrelationships that equips students with the necessary information to understand the complex arena of environmental concerns, problems, and alternative courses of action. Questions of human populations and their interaction with the environment, as well as basic ecological principles, environmental ethics, resource use, and conservation are addressed. This course concludes with alternatives we might use to build a society capable of living on Earth with less harmful impacts. Principles of scientific inquiry are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will concentrate on human populations and the need to control factors that are harmful to human life. Methods of controlling communicable disease, wastewater treatment, solid waste management, insect and rodent control, radiation control, and environmental health hazards are emphasized. The course concludes with a discussion of the human impact on resources and ecosystems, management of pollution, as well as environmental policy and decision making regarding the positive and negative effects of the choices a person makes that affect his or her health. Principles of scientific inquiry are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides comprehensive overview of renewable energy technologies including biofuels, geothermal energy, hydroelectric power, hydrogen fuel cells, solar energy (active and passive), tidal power, and wind energy. The types of energy and potential uses from each energy source will be covered. The energy budget and overall efficiency will be calculated. The economic, social, and environmental impact of each technology will also be considered. Prerequisites: ENVS1022 or ENGR1022 and ENVS1023 or ENGR1023
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with the field of environmental health including risks to human health from pollution; the major routes of exposure in humans from chemical, physical, and biological contaminants in air, water, and soil; overview of occupational health and safety; calculations of exposures and dose-response effects; principles of epidemiology; environmental toxicology; and risk assessment and management.
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3.00 Credits
Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with their natural environments. This course covers experimentation and models, relationships between organisms and their abiotic environments, population ecology and various symbiotic relationships, community ecology, ecosystem energetics and biogeochemical cycles, as well as aquatic and terrestrial biomes. Prerequisites: BIOL1310 and CHEM1210 Co-requisite: ENVS2550
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1.00 Credits
This lab will focus on how the science of ecology is done, including examining the scientific method, the design of experiments, collection and analysis of data and finally the presentation of research results. The lab will use these methods to examine fundamental topics in ecology. Co-requisite: ENVS2500
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces conventional and renewable mechanisms for the transfer and storage of electrical energy. The course beneficially integrates class presentations and hands-on demonstration activities. The topics include: electrochemical storage systems and related power densities; super capacitors, lithium batteries, fuel cell systems, proton exchange membranes, fuel cell stacks; basic principles of operation and future development needs; materials for energy storage and conversion; conventional lead-acid, zinc-air, nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries; fuel cell architectures and electrode life times; purely ionic conductors; mixed Ionic / electronic conductors; ionic transport, conductivity in polymers; AC to DC and DC to AC transformers and electrical circuits; economics of energy storage and conversion. Prerequisites: CHEM1210 amd CHEM1215, PHYS1210 and PHYS1215, and PHYS2210 and PHYS2215
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1.00 Credits
This course exposes students to various lab and field methods used to monitor the aqueous environment. Topics include: Water sampling, major constituents (solids, dissolved oxygen and oxygen demand, acidity and alkalinity, hardness, and conductivity), common ions (via UV/VIS spectroscopy, ion chromatography and ion-selective electrodes), and trace pollutants (metals and organics). Students collect and analyze samples from the field using portable sampling devices and instrumentation. Prerequisite: CHEM3500
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