Prerequisites: ENVS 101 or ENVS 137; Restricted to BA majors in the School of Environmental Sustainability.
This course is the second in a three-course sequence required of all ENVS BA majors. These courses provide the basic scientific grounding needed to intelligently discuss environmental issues and to prepare students for more advanced study on the environment. ENVS 237 focuses on the physical and chemical science needed to understand environmental processes. Students will build their quantitative skills in evaluating energy and chemical transactions that impact our environment. The course will also work on building skills in interpreting scientific information, including using academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
Outcomes: Be able to quantitatively assess environmental systems and anthropogenic processes that impact the environment; Gain understanding of the physical and chemical processes of environmental systems to be able to describe global climate dynamics, chemical reactions that contribute to environmental issues, the energetics of different energy sources, and technological aspects of alternative energy sources; Appreciate the importance of chemistry and physics as applied to different environmental issues and used by different environmental fields.
This course is the second in a three-course sequence required of all ENVS BA majors. These courses provide the basic scientific grounding needed to intelligently discuss environmental issues and to prepare students for more advanced study on the environment. ENVS 237 focuses on the physical and chemical science needed to understand environmental processes. Students will build their quantitative skills in evaluating energy and chemical transactions that impact our environment. The course will also work on building skills in interpreting scientific information, including using academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
Outcomes: Be able to quantitatively assess environmental systems and anthropogenic processes that impact the environment; Gain understanding of the physical and chemical processes of environmental systems to be able to describe global climate dynamics, chemical reactions that contribute to environmental issues, the energetics of different energy sources, and technological aspects of alternative energy sources; Appreciate the importance of chemistry and physics as applied to different environmental issues and used by different environmental fields.