ESCI 205: Environmental Earth Science

3 credits

Course Description: This basic earth science class emphasizes natural processes that effect humans and the role humans play in impacting the environment. Topics covered will include natural hazards, earth resources, pollution, and climate change.

Required Textbooks:
Environmental Geology Today by McConnell & Abel, 1st Ed.;

Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee

Note in past years I have assigned John McPhee's Control of Nature. If you like Encounters, I recommend reading Control of Nature.

ESCI 205 Topics:

• Rivers and Flooding

• Groundwater and Pollution

• Soils and Erosion

• Mineral Resources

• Waste Disposal

• Air Pollution

• Land-Use Change

• Climate Change