Natural Science 0195 - Pollution/Environment

Fall
2018
1
4.00
Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena
12:30PM-01:50PM TU;12:30PM-01:50PM TH;02:00PM-05:00PM TH
Hampshire College
327322
Cole Science Center 101;Cole Science Center 101;Cole Science Center 2-CHEM
daNS@hampshire.edu
This course will explore environmental pollution problems covering four major areas: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, and energy issues. Several topics, including acid rain; automobile emissions; ozone layer depletion; climate change; mercury, lead and cadmium poisoning; pesticides; solid waste disposal; and problems of noise and thermal pollution will be addressed. We will emphasize some of the environmental issues affecting our immediate community, as well as those in developing nations. We will also do several project-based labs, gain understanding of scientific methodology, and learn how to write scientific research reports. Class participation, satisfactory work on the required class projects, problem sets, literature critiques, and laboratory/field reports are required for evaluation. This course satisfies distribution.
Physical and Biological Sciences Independent Work Quantitative Skills Writing and Research In this course students are generally expected to spend at least 6 to 8 hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.