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Nov 25, 2024
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NRES 467 - Regional and Global Issues in Environmental Sciences (3 units) CO11, CO13
Scientific principles underlying large-scale environmental problems linking the atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere. Empirical and modeling techniques for studying global issues. Analysis of specific global and regional environmental issues. (ENV 467 and NRES 467 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of CO1-8; CHEM 121A and CHEM 121L ; NRES 210 ; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to demonstrate improvement in their writing and speaking ability through assigned debates and reports.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate improvement in their quantitative reasoning by use of figures and tables to base their arguments and written assignments.
3. Students will be able to analyze and determine the validity of positions taken on a variety of environmental issues.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of why regional and global decisions need to be based on real data.
5. Students will be able to exhibit their understanding of how values judgments pervade environmental issues both regionally and globally.
6. Students will be able to evaluate how politics and public policy invade the realm of environmental decision making.
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