Environmental Studies I

This course is primarily intended for science majors, however it can be taken as an elective by any other major with the expressed permission of the lecturer. Industrialised society has been a major agent of environ- mental change. This course seeks to examine environmental issues by first examining processes that operate in natural systems and then assessing how we have modified such systems. Debate and analysis of several environmental readings and case studies, will be used as a vehicle to understand the scientific issues associated with environ- mental change. Topics will include sustainability, risk, ethics, waste management, climate change, environmental economics and regulations