Description A study of selected environmental hazards, emphasizing issues that are relevant in Michigan, such as water use, flooding, coastal hazards, water depletion and pollution, .
Study includes land-use planning and case histories involving environmental law.
Laboratory and field trips. Geology 101 or 103 or permission of instructor. This course counts toward the category requirement in environmental studies and toward the environmental science concentration . Laboratory Exercises Laboratory class will meet on Monday afternoons throughout the semester, Lab will include many field trips to sites of local environmental interest and field-based group projects on the Rice Creek watershed just north of Albion. Exercises and projects are designed to reinforce important concepts covered in lectures and to give you skills in data analysis, report-writing and environmental assessment.