Course

30% Ecological concepts - Population biology; biodiversity and stability; evolution; energy flow; ecosystems; roles of organisms; biogeochemical cycling; trophic levels; food chains and food webs; biomes; terrestrial and freshwater succession30% Environmental impacts - Global climate and weather; greenhouse effect; ozone layer; air and water pollution (types of pollutants and pollution control); environmental risk assessment; industrial development of merging nations; industrial and agricultural revolutions; deforestation; desertification; entrophication30% Environmental management and conservation - Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources; the green revolution; farming practices; pest control; soil conservation practices; solid and hazardous waste; waste water management; drinking water quality and supply10% Political processes and the future - Environmental policies; laws and ethics; planning and decision making; international policy conflicts and agreements; the future and environmental changes; future issues of population, food supply, energy, and pollution