How humans affect and are affected by the natural environment, including other living creatures, the chemistry of air and water, and the physical environment. Problems of pollution, climate change, depletion of natural resources, and loss of biological diversity. There are two hours of lecture each week in conjunction with Environmental Studies 123, Life and the Global Environment. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida, 1995. There will be frequent written assignments as well as assigned reading and computer exercises.
Instruction is by lectures, films, assigned readings, class discussions, and computer exercises.
Grades are based on homework, participation in class, and frequent short quizzes. The Amish in Twentieth Century America. 320 or permission of instructor. The Amish are succeeding and increasing in numbers while appearing to defy modern technology and contemporary wisdom. A detailed study of this cohesive, rural subculture can give perspective to contemporary American agricultural methods, consumption patterns, conflict resolution, and resource utilization.