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, changes in land use including destruction of natural habitats, population pressure, and climate change. There are two hours of lectures each week in conjunction with Environmental Studies 123, Life and Global Environment. The third hour is seminar and discussion, concentrating on human population issues and using as text Beyond the Numbers, edited by Laurie Ann Mazur and published by Island Press. There will be weekly written assignments and a term paper.
Instruction is by lectures, films, assigned readings, class discussions, and computer exercises.