Environmental science 6: environmental problems and prospects
3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: Approval of course leader
In this option knowledge gained by students in studies previously undertaken is drawn together and applied to two major topics: the future of the human species and the future of the environment. Included in consideration of the former are such matters as population control, eugenics, human cloning, genetic engineering, radiation hazards and the social responsibilities of the scientist. In dealing with the latter, students consider environmental management techniques and projects made necessary because of the extensive alterations the human species has made to its physical and biological environments, and the resultant series of ecological problems having possible global effects in the near future.
Assessment
Written: 100%