• Course: Environmental Science
• Term/ Year: Fall 2024
• Credit Hours: 3
• Duration: September 30, 2024 to December 13, 2024
• Meeting Time(s) & Location(s): Online
• Description: Examines major environmental questions facing the world today. Includes population growth, matter and energy resources, ecosystems, pollution, and environment and society. Explores a broad range of environmental issues including sustainability, the interconnection of the economy with ecosystem, short-term versus long-term gains, and the trade-offs in balancing problems and solutions.
• Recommended: Completion: 
• Prerequisite(s): Placement into WRI 095
• Corequisite(s): ENV 170L.

• Instructor: Isadora Gomes Peres de Souza
• Email: peresdesouza@klamathcc.edu (emails and Canvas messages may take up to 48 hours for reply)
• Phone Number: 541.880.2315 (text or call)
• Office Hours & Location: Tuesday from 10 am – 3 pm. Office: Building 3 – Room 312. Students may make an appointment for meeting via phone, or video link (Zoom, or other). I check e-mail and class information often when I am in the office. I infrequently check e-mail on weekends. If you want to reach me at a specific time, it is best to set up an appointment via e-mail prior to the time you would like to have the virtual meeting. Please feel free to e-mail questions to me at any time.

• Course Materials: 

  • Textbook: Cunningham, William. (2023). Principles of Environmental Science, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781266556647. Composition book.

  • Ebook option: Cunningham, William. (2023). Principles of Environmental Science, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781266556647.

  • Students are allowed to work together on their Environmental Science Labs but all work submissions must be individual and free of plagiarism.

  • You can purchase the textbook through the bookstore linked here.

• Computer Requirements:
  
  • If students do not have access to a computer off-campus, there are many computers on campus (Buildings 3, 5, 6, 8, and LRC) students are welcome to use to participate fully in their courses. Most public libraries also have computers with internet access available.
  • Students will need to have an up-to-date browser and operating system. Students may need some additional software on their computers to take this class. Check the KCC Distance Education webpage for hardware & software requirements.
  • Some of the documents in this course may be available to you in PDF form. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer, you can download it by going to http://get.adobe.com/reader .

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain environmental systems in terms of matter flow and energy capture.

• Convey population dynamics in terms of growth models: exponential, Lotka-Volterra, logistic, and demographic transition.

• List the composition of terrestrial biomes and aquatic ecosystems in terms of temperature, precipitation, geology, elevation, and biodiversity.

• Discuss mechanisms that impact food security and agriculture such as soil, biological flora, fertilizer, water, climate, pest control, technology (genetic engineering), education, and affluence.

• Apply environmental health and toxicology as it relates to air, water, and soil pollution.

• Describe earth and energy resources in terms of economy, urbanization, sustainability, and environmental policy.

You will be allowed to submit three late assignments during the term. Any missing work will be graded zero after the due date. Please plan and see what assignments are coming up and how long it may take you to complete the activity. If extenuating circumstances arise, please send me a message in Canvas or an email before the assignment is due so that we can discuss each unique circumstance. A message or an email to me does not guarantee late work will be accepted (each circumstance will be evaluated). My goal is to help you be successful, so notify me early to discuss issues. I will be unable to offer you help if you wait until the due date for the assignment has passed.

Students are expected to actively participate in the discussion board each week. Students are required to post an initial response to the discussion board prompt(s) no later than Sunday of the current week’s discussion board. Postings must be substantial. Vague and/or trivial postings are discouraged and will be graded accordingly. Answer questions in complete sentences (thoughts). Your prose should be logically progressive, grammatically correct, and collegial. Cite dependable sources not provided to you by pasting a link to the source at the end of your narrative. Then each student must respond to the initial postings of at least two classmates. If a student fails to participate appropriately, the following actions may be taken:

1. The student will be dropped from the course,
OR
2. If the date for dropping a course without penalty has passed, the student will receive a
failing grade, unless prior arrangements have been made between the instructor and
student.

A student who seeks an exception to this policy must do so in advance of the absence and/or provide documentation of the emergency that caused it, as determined by the instructor.

May take the form of standard slideshow presentations (PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi, etc.). The presentation should be between 7-15 minutes. They are due on [due date], and must relate to any environmental topics discussed in lectures and laboratories. Use the guidelines available on Canvas to make your presentation. Your grade will be based on these guidelines. Students will either schedule a live WebEx presentation or submit a recording no later than [due date]. If you record your presentation, the recording must allow the viewer to see you (embedded webcam) and your slides (shared screen).

Students are expected to answer Welcome Quiz, Syllabus Quiz, and Contact Instructor and Tutoring Center Quiz for attendance (respectively, worth 10, 5, and 5 points). If a student fails to answer these quizzes by [due date], student may be dropped from the course.
There will be some content online quizzes. Students are expected to answer all the
quizzes. These may vary in style but all content quizzes sum up will be worth 200 points.

There will be assignments throughout the term. You will need to complete the reading in the textbook, the presentations in the weekly modules, and other material presented before completing the assignment. Every assignment will have instructions and answer sheet, students are required to follow all the guidelines and submit on time to receive full credit.

Laboratory Project:

There will be one project divided into three parts. The project consists of advocating for an Environmental Science related issue and writing a hypothetical letter to a government institution about the issue. Check due dates on Canvas. The guidelines will be available on Canvas.

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