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Introduction to Environmental Science
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- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on June 14, 2015
- Ends on July 12, 2015
Course details
Syllabus
- How to think like an environmental scientist
- How natural systems are affected by people
- An appreciation of your own impact on the environment
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Andrew J. Friedland
- Michael Goudzwaard
- Joby Bernstein ’17
- Chloe Madill ‘17
- Justin Richardson
- R. Michael Murray
- Sawyer Broadley ‘08
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