7 courses with the subject ENV, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENV 150INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE3
Students are introduced to the concept of ecosystem goods and services, as well as sustainable development principles for conserving and maximizing those goods and services. The course is an overview of the impacts of past and current land use practices, water resource management, air pollution sources and effects, solid waste management options, and environmental toxicology. Conventional and renewable energy sources are discussed in the context of global climate change, and the importance of maintaining biological diversity is emphasized. This course is appropriate for both science and non-science majors and is the prerequisite for higher-level environmental science courses. (Fall, Spring; formerly ENV 116 and ENV 117)
This course expands on the fundamental and pervasive role of water in sustaining life and human societies and economies. It begins with a historical overview of human cultural dependence on waterways for transportation, irrigation, livestock, and water supply. The consequences of hydrological modifications such as damming, channelization, and filling of wetlands are explored. The effects of agriculture, industrial development, and urbanization on surface water and groundwater are examined. The integrated effects of all these human endeavors on aquatic communities are detailed. Best management practices for minimizing adverse impacts and enhancing the benefits of water resources are identified. Legal, regulatory, and technological approaches to water management and allocation are discussed. Three hours of lecture per week. (Alternating spring terms)
The environmental impacts of various land use practices including agriculture, forestry, mining and other resource extraction, waste disposal, and residential, commercial, and industrial development are examined in detail. The development and use of different energy sources are compared with regard to their environmental and economic impacts. Principles of “designing with nature,” which identifies opportunities and constraints posed by existing environmental conditions, are presented. Strategies for better adapting land use practices to reduce their adverse impacts and improve efficiency and sustainability are explored. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: ENV 150, 151 (Alternating fall terms) 220 2024-2025 Academic Catalog DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
This course focuses on the generation, transport, and transformation of various chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants through the environmental media of air, surface water, groundwater, soil, biota, food and other materials used by human. Current risk assessment methodologies for quantifying human exposure and health effects are presented. Technological remedies for reducing human health and ecological risks from air emissions, wastewater discharges, land disposal of wastes, and energy development are examined. Three hours of lecture per week.
On the job experience or internship at Kilbride Nature Sanctuary under the supervision of the Director of Kilbride Nature Sanctuary. Prerequisites: approval of the Director of KNS and junior or senior standing. 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 221
