Plus two 8-hour field trips. Laboratory includes demonstrations, movies, models, and dissection of animal material. Appropriate for students going into allied health fields, anthropology, and art. This is a field course designed to teach the fundamentals of environmental techniques. This course is appropriate for anyone interested in life or Earth sciences, environmental planning and management, or toxicology.
Students receive credit for only one course.
No development or application of basic science has just one effect, and many discoveries have lead to several profound and controversial issues facing our society today. This course enables students to explore and understand some of the problems surrounding current and future technologies. Topics such as recombinant DNA technologies, the human genome project, reproductive technologies, energy and land use, and toxic waste are explored through an interdisciplinary approach from both scientific and philosophical perspectives. This course is appropriate for both science majors and nonmajors. Students receive credit for only one course.