Environmental Studies II

Environmental systems are the study of life on land and oceans and how natural systems of wind, water, air and land elements interact with each other. The study of environmental systems includes a wide variety of disciplines such as biological oceanography, chemistry, geology, meteorology and oceanog- raphy. An emphasis in this course is on the new field of conservation biology which additionally draws on many longstanding scientific disciplines such as marine ecology, wildlife biology, biogeography, zoology, botany, genetics, fisheries biology, anthropology, economics and law. Like all scientific disciplines, the study of environmental systems also follows the scientific method. Finally, the course will investigate how humans are impacting these natural systems.