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In this course, learners deepen their understanding of the importance of natural resources to humankind. Students explore physical, biological, and ecological principles, examine how human alterations affect the environment, and reflect on the controversies surrounding various approaches to addressing environmental problems and the steps some communities have taken to address these challenges

Course Design

The course is designed to introduce students to the scientific method and utilize this approach to study the interaction between humans and their environment on a range of scales, from individual to global. Through laboratory techniques, engaging multimedia, interactive assignments, and course readings, students will enhance their understanding of environmental issues. Course projects, journal writing tasks, and discussion forum activities will also be employed to achieve learning outcomes while fostering a community of deeply engaged interactive learners.

Question 1: Apply the steps of the scientific method, along with qualitative and quantitative analysis and problem solving skills, to complete laboratory exercises on environmental issues and document the results.

Question 2: Explain basic ecological concepts and how they relate to the goal of achieving environmental sustainability.

Question 3: Examine how human actions have affected Earth's capacity to sustain life.

Question 4: Discuss some of the major environmental challenges facing modern societies and the social, economic, political, and ecological choices and tradeoffs these challenges pose.

Question 5: Describe ways in which natural phenomena affect living things and the physical world.

Question 6: Apply changes to one's daily life choices in order to promote sustainability by reducing one's ecological footprint.