ISC 4145 - Environmental Systems

3 Credit Hours
(Offered as needed)

Environmental Systems will expose students to a broad overview of the structure and processes occurring on Earth. Students will gain a broad understanding of the interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. Course topics will be related to current environmental issues and our local ecosystems. This course is focused on Earth System Science content with development of methods specific to teaching middle school science as a secondary objective.

Prerequisite(s): (1) any two-course laboratory sequence in the natural sciences (i.e., Principles of Biology I & II, Principles of Geology I & II, College Chemistry I & II, Physics I & II, College Physics I & II, Anatomy & Physiology I & II); (2) any GLY course; (3) and either CHM1020 (Chemical Science) or PHY1020 (Physical Science).