5 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.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Presents and discusses basic scientific, health-related, ethical, economic, social and political aspects of environmental activities, policies/decisions. Emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems and their potential solutions.
Lecture hours per week: 2 Gives the student an overview of the field of energy conservation and use and provides descriptions of job functions typical to energy technicians.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Studies the relationship of man to his environment; ecological principles, population dynamics, topics of current importance including air, water, and noise pollution; poisoning and toxicity, radiation, conservation and management of natural resources.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Laboratory hours per week: 3 Examines environmental aspects of mining and petroleum exploration, management of forest resources, surface and groundwater resource management and alternative energy systems. Familiarizes students with the regulatory environment in mining and exploration and examines case histories of reclamation and remediation projects in both hard rock and fossil fuels. Includes applications such as high yield forestry and renewable energy and examines in light of global sustainability issues and changing economics of oil. Total 6 hours per week.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Introduces the regulations, their intent, interpretation of the Resources, Conservation, and Recovery Liability Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and similar environmental legislation. Studies their impact on industry.
Source: Southwest Virginia Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
