Course Aims

This is an introductory course designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the physical environments found in Singapore, and the environments that existed here in the past. Students learn about how Earth Systems have influenced the physical environment of Singapore over time.

This EESS Year 2 asks students to think critically and creatively about the diverse natural physical processes affect our physical environment. Each week, we venture as a class into the field to witness these environments firsthand and learn how to make their own observations. They upon content from their previous courses, including concepts in geology, ecology, society, physics, and chemistry, to aid them. This course provides a strong basis for understanding and evaluating potential changes to Singapore's environments in the future.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify and describe the key physical environments of Singapore.

2. Critically evaluate the effects of human interventions into Singapore’s marine, coastal and terrestrial environments.

3. Apply scientific methods of investigation of the environments of Singapore.

4. Speculate in an informed manner on the future of the physical environments of Singapore.

5. Communicate fundamental concepts of Earth and environmental science to a lay audience.

Field trips