This course will examine how various human activities impact the environment, with specific attention to impacts upon plants and soils. This course will focus upon the areas of ecosystem structure and function, agriculture and food access, soil and its preservation, wetlands, water pollution and treatment technologies, and resource conservation. Class attendance is strongly encouraged.
Students are responsible for all material covered during lecture and in the assigned readings.
A mandatory field exercise will be held Saturday, April 29 th Appropriate outdoor clothing and waterproof footwear should be worn. If severe weather conditions are forecast, the following Saturday, May 6 th , will serve as a rain-date. If this happens, the exam will be administered the next time the class meets .