DMACC-Boone campus

Environmental Science

ENV 115 - 3 credit hours (3 lecture)

This course relates the basic principles of ethics, economics, and ecology to current environmental issues.  Includes basic physical, chemical and ecological principles, and relates the concept of sustainability to conservation of our soil, water, and air.  Local conservation issues such as sustainable agriculture, soil erosion, and water pollution as well as global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion are addressed.  

Designed for non-science majors. 

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Sample lecture exam questions (examples of multiple-choice)

Textbook (bibliographic citation and textbook cover)
Chiras and Reganold. 2009. Natural resource conservation. 10th ed. Prentice-Hall.

Suggested readings: 
A Sand County Almanac, A. Leopold; 
    Man and Nature, G. P. Marsh;
Walden, H D. Thoreau
For the Health of the Land, A. Leopold

Other related web sites:

Digital Librarian (environmental sites);
Environmental Protection Agency;
Union of Concerned Scientists;

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