Ecological Issues provides students
with a general knowledge of natural resource and environmental
problems. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary approaches to
matters concerning the allocation of natural resources and environmental
quality within the context of a democratic society. Attention
will be given not only to ecological aspects, but to economic, legal, political, sociological, and psychological ramifications
of environmental problems. Material is presented through lectures, recitation, and readings. Lectures and readings in the early part
of the course deal with ecology. Once the basic ecological framework
has been established, case studies illustrating the multifaceted
nature of environmental problems will be examined. The recitation
sections will be used for discussion and to supplement the lectures
with debates, film and slide presentations, and group projects.
Each student will write a term paper of roughly ten pages or become
involved with a term project dealing with an environmental topic
of his/her choice. Cost:2
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