BIOL 110 - Environmental Issues & Sustainability

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23NS, 23RE
Other Course Attribute(s): LASC, SCIE

Prerequisite(s): None
This course involves the presentation, analysis, and discussion of contemporary ecological problems which illustrate the relationship that people share with their environment, and the influence that each exerts in shaping the destiny of the planet. Case studies are used extensively.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The general education requirement for natural sciences is satisfied by BIOL 110. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling; and
demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.

The general education requirement for critical thinking is satisfied by BIOL 110. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

clearly articulate an issue or problem;
identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work;
acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias; and
develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions.

NATURAL SCIENCE GOAL/OBJECTIVE

The student will demonstrate understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical analysis. MEASURE: In reports, students will present observations from environments, mine data from the literature, and make decisions based on those data.
Students will demonstrate application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural (or physical) sciences. MEASURE: In reports, students will decide which data to use from the literature, present those data, and develop sustainable plans.

Repeatable: No