COURSE SYLLABUS - 
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENVI 1020
Syllabus and General Course Outline

Instructor:        Wes Wood, 255 Funchess Hall, 844-3997, wwood@acesag.auburn.edu.  Office hours for student appointments: 1-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Reserve an appointment via e-mail.

http://www.auburn.edu/~woodcha/index.html

Course Objective:    To expose students to fundamental concepts, issues, and concerns related to environmental science.

Required Text:    Cunningham, W.P. and M.A. Cunningham, 2006. Principles of Environmental Science, Inquiry and Applications. 4th Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY. 410 pp.

Students are responsible for assigned reading in the text.

Missed Lectures:    It is the student’s responsibility to obtain notes from other classmates when lectures are missed.

Grading:        Four examinations worth 90% of the final grade.  Exam 4, which is not comprehensive, will be given at the scheduled time for the final examination.  Exams will cover lecture notes and assigned reading from the text.  Ten current event quizzes over the course of the semester will be given, which collectively are worth 10% of the final grade.  Grading is based on a 10-point scale.

Missed Exams:    Arrangement to make up missed examinations or quizzes due to properly authorized excused absences (as defined by the Tiger Cub) shall be initiated by the student within one week from the end of the period of the excused absence. A make-up exam or quiz shall occur within two weeks from the time that the student initiates arrangements for it.



Honesty:        Cheating will not be tolerated. Breaches of academic honesty will be handled according to rules in the Tiger Cub.  Violations will be reported to the Academic Honesty Committee.

    FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENVI 1020
CHAPTER    TITLE
   
1    Understanding Our Environment    
2    Environmental Systems    
3    Species, Populations, Interactions and Communities    
4    Human Populations    
5    Biomes and Biodiversity    
6    Environmental Conservation    
7    Food and Agriculture    
8    Environmental Health and Toxicology    
9    Air: Climate and Pollution    
10    Water: Resources and Pollution    
11    Environmental Geology and Earth Resources    
12    Energy    
13    Solid and Hazardous Waste    
14    Economics and Urbanization    
15    Environmental Policy and Sustainability   
 
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