ENSC 181 Terrestrial Environment

Interactions among humans and natural land-based systems and their environmental consequences. Topics and labs include land-based ecology, biodiversity, biomes, forests, agriculture, rangelands, soils, groundwater, geologic mineral and energy resources, mining, waste management, recycling, environmental justice, ecological economics, conservation, and sustainable production. Lab included. ENSC 181-182-183 can be taken in any order

Credits

4

General Education Requirements

Sci/Math/CS-Lab

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Perform scientific procedures and methods

2. Evaluate, with the use of case studies, interactions among humans and natural land-based systems and their environmental consequences

3. Explain terrestrial ecology, biomes, and biodiversity including the biological, geologic, chemical and physical interactions of their components

4. Describe benefits and drawbacks of various human land use practices

5. Describe methods of mineral and energy resources extraction, their environmental consequences, and human benefits

6. Evaluate environmental justice, ecological economics, and sustainable production