NRES 100 AL1 - Fundamentals of Env Sci

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Introduction to environmental sciences and current environment issues. Topics include population growth, world food supplies, agriculture and the environment, biodiversity, fossil fuels and "green" energy issues, endangered and threatened species, water use, conservation and pollution, global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, waste management and reduction, recycling, toxins and health, mineral resources, and environmental policies and regulations. Course addresses the complex relationships between the human race and the natural systems that contain our air, water, energy, and biotic and food resources. Course Information: Credit is not given for both NRES 100 and NRES 102.

Special Instructions:

This is an online course taught on Compass for non-NRES majors. There are no classroom sessions. For students who may be interested in changing majors to NRES, this course will fulfill the NRES 102 major core requirement.

Option 1

Course Level: Undergraduate

Credit: 3

Term(s): Spring