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.
This is a course on the identification procedures, systematics, ecology, and natural history of bryophytes and vascular plants. Emphasis is on the identification and natural history of local plants native to Marin's fourteen plant communities. Most of the students' time is spent on field trips to local plant communities and conducting laboratory investigations. Emphasis is on global, regional, and local environmental issues. Local biotic communities will be studied on field trips.