Fossil fuels, nuclear energy, solar energy, and energy efficiency. Env S 330. Biol 202 or Micro 201, Chem 164 or 178, Math 165 or 181. Dynamics of natural environmental systems. Systems approach to the analysis of material and energy flows, including physical and biological aspects of environmental systems and their functional connections.
Laboratory emphasizes environmental modeling and simulation.
Nonmajor graduate credit. Env S 334. Three credits in philosophy or junior classification. Thorough study of some of the central moral issues arising in connection with human impact on the environment, e.g., human overpopulation, species extinction, forest and wilderness management, pollution. Several world views of the proper relationship between human beings and nature will be explored.