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ERM 300Basic Principles and Calculations in Environmental Analysis

3 credits · Environmental Resource Management · Penn State

This course will demonstrate the dependence of environmental science on biology, chemistry and physics, and provide a contextual link between principles learned in basic science courses and the advanced environmental concepts presented in later required Environmental Resource Management (ERM) courses. Students will integrate the knowledge from each of these disciplines into an interdisciplinary framework. This course will teach Environmental Resource Management students basic problem solving skills while using examples taken from environmental media - air, water, and soil. Students will have many opportunities to examine, manipulate, and solve quantitative problems related to the environment. This is a required course for Environmental Resource Management majors.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “3 credits in BIOL and CHEM 111 and ( MATH 110 or MATH 140 ) Enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: PHYS 250 or PHYS 211”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Environmental Resource Management, B.S.
What it opens up

Courses that list ERM 300 as a prerequisite (3)

  • ERM 412 Resource Systems Analysis
  • ERM 450 Wetland Science and Sustainability
  • WFS 450 Wetland Science and Sustainability