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Fall 2014
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| ENVS 181 - Terrestrial Environment |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2014
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Evaluate interactions among humans and natural land-based systems and their environmental consequences in case studies. 2. Describe terrestrial ecology and biodiversity and explain the biological, geologic, chemical and physical interactions of their components. 3. Describe benefits and drawbacks of practices in forests, agriculture, rangelands, soils, groundwater use, mining, conservation, waste management, and recycling. 4. Explain the causes and environmental consequences of geologic hazards and asses the impacts on humans of geologic hazards and hazard mitigation. 5. Describe methods of mineral and energy resources extraction and their environmental consequences and mitigation and evaluate the human benefits and consequences of their extraction and use. 6. Evaluate environmental justice, ecological economics, and sustainable production. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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