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Sep 21, 2026
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Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
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BIO 147 Environmental Health Credits: (3)
This course reveals how the sustained vitality of the planet is essential for maintaining the health of the societies and economies of the Earth. Major topics showing the mutual dependence of these realms of human existence (i.e., ecology, culture, and economics) are discussed. These topics include population forces, habitat alteration, pollution of air/soil and living species, water use and abuse, agricultural methods, and fuel (both fossil and renewable). Practical and attainable solutions to our current problems in these areas are emphasized. Solutions range from the personal through community, national, and global levels. Prerequisite(s): No prerequisite.
Designation(s): Liberal Arts
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how the natural world works as a system of mutually dependent processes (i.e. basic ecology);
- Describe how the new materials (i.e. flora, fauna, air, water, and soil) needed for the aforementioned processes can be sustained at optimum levels and health (i.e. principles of stewardship);
- Compare how different human cultures and influences impact upon the earth (and thereby describe the current status and trends of natural systems and societies);
- Describe why homo sapiens is the only species capable of predicting the consequences of its actions upon the environment and why humankind therefore, bears the responsibility to promote a multigenerational sustainable relationship with the world.
- List the current major negative trends impairing the health of ecosystems and societies as well as the actions to be taken to convert to beneficial trends.
- List what transformations can be implemented on the individual, community, national and global levels to neutralize the above insults and promote environmental, social, and economic health.
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