The course employs critical reading, thinking, and writing skills in an analysis of a wide variety of selected readings. Required for beginning engineering students. Emphasis is placed on practical solutions to realistic engineering problems relating to aerospace, mining, and geology. Emphasis is placed on a global approach to principles and problems in our environment. Topics include energy resources, air and water pollutants, environmental causes of cancer, pesticides and other toxic chemicals, solid and hazardous wastes, noise limits, crowding, land use and abuse, economic considerations and some governmental regulatory agencies.
Lab includes methods of measurement, analysis and interpretation of environmental data.