Spring Quarter
Lecture: two 80-min lectures per week
General Education Credits: SE, SS, WE
Credits: 3
Instructor: E. Monier
SAS 9 – Crisis in the Environment is an interactive course that explores contemporary environmental issues, including causes, effects, and solutions to a wide range of environmental problems facing the global ecosystem. The course also integrates political, societal, and economic dimensions of these issues.
Topics covered:
- The climate crisis
- Forest fires and forest management
- Acid rain
- Mercury pollution
- Ozone and particle pollution
- Water crisis
- Ocean exploitation and pollution
- Food security
- Environmental justice
- Mass extinctions
- Biodiversity loss
Documents: General Syllabus