Environment General Courses (ENVIRON)

undergraduate level, taught in Durham

25. Inroduction to Environmental Science and Policy. NS, QID, STS An introduction to the study of environmental sciences and policy through exploration of basic environmental principles in the life, physical, and social sciences. Emphasis on understanding how the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere function, and how these spheres interact with human consumption, production, and technological patterns and processes. Field trips to a local site as well as the Duke University Marine Laboratory. One course. Instructors: Christensen and staff