Course Syllabus

E272_Syllabus_Spring_2017_Final.pdf

E272/S272 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences – Spring 2017

Meeting time and location:         Monday and Wednesday 11:15-12:30 PM,

                                                                SPEA 276

Instructor: Sarah Powers             

Office: SPEA 371B, 371 is a lab, come in, my office is in the back left corner!   

Phone: 812-855-7980 – administrative assistant.  Only call if it’s an emergency

                        Office Hours:  Monday 1:30 – 3:00 pm or by appointment

E-mail:  sarellis@indiana.edu  Please use Canvas for all class correspondence. (allow 48 hours for response)   

Teaching Assistant: Graduate: John Watkins

Required Text: Botkin and Keller.  Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, 9^th Edition. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course will integrate the physical and biological aspects of environmental studies.  We will look at different environmental issues and integrate the subject matter to evaluate earths systems. This course will give you the opportunity to look at real life issues and evaluate them both qualitatively and quantitatively. At the end of the semester students will be able to assess complex environmental problems we face now and in the future.

Learning objectives for Introduction to Environmental Science include but are not limited to the following:

• Use quantitative skills to analyze complex environmental problems.
• Evaluate the credibility of written/oral/media information related to environmental science.
• Use scientific methods/scientific reasoning to evaluate complex environmental problems.
• Understand how fundamental scientific principals inform environmental policy.