2024-2025 Catalog

BIO-218 Water Resources Planning and Management

This seminar course is designed to stimulate students interests in the field of water resources from an environmentally sustainable perspective. Five water resource areas will be highlighted: (1) rivers and watersheds, (2) groundwater and aquifers, (3) estuaries, (4) coastal floodplains, and (5) marine resources. The focus will be on the resources themselves and their functions, values, and impacts from human uses as well as policy issues and management techniques.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed all of the following course(s) BIO 111 - Introduction to the Cell, BIO L111 - Intro to the Cell Laboratory Or Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed all of the following course(s) UES 111 - Environmental Science, UES L111 - Environmental Science Lab