NTRES 2010 - Environmental Conservation

Spring. 3 credits.

J. Yavitt.

Our lives are touched increasingly by questions about environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales. Business-as-usual is being challenged. This course stimulates students to go beyond the often-simplistic portraits of the environmental dilemma offered by the mass media to gain a firmer basis for responsible citizenship and informed action on environmental issues. Students will practice and apply critical-thinking skills.

Outcome 1: To describe the history and explain the future of major environmental issues.

Outcome 2: To describe the science underlying major environmental issues.

Outcome 3: To become an informed citizen able to critically analyze environmental information.

Outcome 4: Students will practice the research process by independently formulating a research question, evaluating what is and is not known on the topic, and communicating this in writing.