Course Description

An introduction, in seminars and field trips, to the major global, regional, and local environmental issues facing human societies.

UBC Calendar

For a full listing of course offerings please see the UBC calendar description

Learning Goals

under development

Instructors

Douw Steyn and Sara Harris

Textbook

Cunningham et al., 2005. "Environmental Science, A Global Concern", Canadian Edition. McGraw Hill-Ryerson, ISBN: 0070916640.

Course Content

All the documents related to this course are at our WebCT site. Go to http://www.elearning.ubc.ca to login to this course.

Also check out the Environmental Sciences home page. 

Lecture Topics

For Fall term 2007, we have outlined the following content topics. This course is designed so that different students will likely emerge with different "knowledge" about environmental topics, and the topics listed below are likely to change from year to year. Our emphasis is on developing and practicing skills to gather, evaluate, and sythesize relevant information.

1. Course Introduction, Learning Outcomes, Education and the Environment

2. Global Climate Change

3. Environmental Values

4. Potable Water Supply

5. Human Energy Use and Energy Sources

6. Local, Regional, and Global Air Pollution

7. Loss of Biodiversity

8. Human Exploitation of Renewable Resources

9. Politics of the Environment

Labs

There are no labs associated with this course.