ICons 189H - Glob Challngs,Scientfc Solutns

This 4-credit course brings together topics from Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Natural Systems, and Social Systems in the context of real world scientific issues. Students will be expected to grapple with the scientific underpinnings of complex problems, including issues surrounding Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy Demands, and Disease and Biomedicine. Case studies will serve as the format/foundation in which students will learn and use fundamental scientific principles to investigate these challenges and quantify the scientific contributions to solutions. The case studies pursued will have political, social, and economic relevance, allowing for the study of scientific concepts and methods as they impact our society. (Gen. Ed. I) There are no prerequisites, but admission to the iCons Program is required, by application, in the semester prior to enrolling in iCons 1.

Open to Sophomores & Freshmen only. Open to undergraduate freshman and sophomores who are granted admission into the iCons Program. Freshman and Sophomores only. Application process required for enrollment.