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ENVSCI 260 - Global Environmental Change

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course examines the cross-disciplinary (astronomical, geophysical, chemical, and biological) interactions and cycles that cause global environmental change and the impact of human activities on natural earth-ecosystem processes, including global warming, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and biodiversity reduction. Environmental change throughout Earth’s history will be explored to better understand the effects of human-induced changes on the Earth System.

Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 120  or BIOL 111  or permission of instructor

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