ESYS 103Environmental Challenges: Science and Solutions
This course explores the impacts of human, social, economic, and industrial activity on the environment. It highlights the central roles in ensuring sustainable development played by market forces, technological innovation, and government regulation on local, national, and global scales.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “junior or senior standing or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (4 programs).
Required in (4)
- Environmental Systems—Earth Sciences (B.S.)
- Environmental Systems—Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (B.S.)
- Environmental Systems—Environmental Chemistry (B.S.)
- Environmental Systems—Environmental Policy (B.A.)
One of the options in (2)
- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Renewable Energy and Environmental Flows (B.S.)
- Public Health (B.S.)