Course Catalog

Discipline

TOPICS IN SCIENCE: NO LAB (SC1091N)

Topics vary by semester

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FIRSTBRIDGE IN SCIENCE (SC1099)

Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.

TOPICS IN SCIENCE LAB (SC1910L)

CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (SC2010)

This course will focus on anthropogenic environmental emergencies, such as global warming, habitat destruction, and the introduction of invasive species. Students will investigate specific cases discussed in recent peer-reviewed scientific articles, and will evaluate possible solutions to these crises from multiple perspectives.

SOMETHING IN THE WATER (SC2011)

This course explores our relationship with drinking water – specifically the history of our attempts to access and control this central resource, water’s role in promoting health and spreading disease, the controversial rise of the bottled water industry and single use plastics, and water’s – and a water sommelier’s – place in an epicurean setting.

ENERGY & THE ENVIRONMENT (SC2040)

This is a conceptual physics course for non-scientists. It discusses the principles of physics involved in the production, distribution and consumption of energy using various types of fuel. It also considers the environmental issues related to the use of fossil fuels from a scientific viewpoint. Renewable sources of energy and the economic and political implications of their development as well as ways of conserving energy are also discussed.

*Lab required.