BIO 307 - Controversial Issues in Environmental Science

2 credits

Explores controversial issues in environmental science that are relevant politically, socially, and scientifically. Topics range from major conceptual ideas (nature valuation, reintroduction of extinct species) to merits of specific possible approaches (banning plastic bags to protect the environment) through class discussion from multiple perspectives. Offered Spring semester.

Prerequisite(s): BIO 222 - Environmental Science, or BIO 107 - Organismal Form and Function AND BIO 108 - Ecology and Evolution, or permission of instructor.