ENV 201 Introduction to Environmental Science
This course is prefaced with a discussion of how a Biblical worldview and the dominant contemporary academic worldviews - scientific naturalism and postmodernism - approach knowledge and ethics. Further foundational topics will include the nature of science, scientism, and the scientific method. From this groundwork, students will analyze (1) the nature of the environment and (2) the relationship between humans and the environment. Specific topics include ecosystems and energy, soils, global nutrient cycling, human population and the urban environment, the water-food-energy-climate nexus, biodiversity, environmental laws, economics, and ethics.
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Fall Semester