ESCI 476 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Science with Lab

This course will explore advanced topics in various areas of Environmental Science. Examples of such topics include instrumental analysis of environmental contaminants, ecological sampling, geomorphology, and microbiological methods for environmental remediation. The accompanying laboratory may include access to gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, atomic emission spectrometry, quantification of geomorphic data, polymerase chain reaction, gel electrophoresis, and site directed mutagenesis.

Credits: 4

Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)

Prerequisites: ESCI 100 (mimimum grade of C-) AND BIO 113 (minimum grade of C-) AND CHEM 151 (minimum grade of C-) AND GEOL 105 (minimum grade of C-)

Program Restriction: Must be a declared Environmental Science Major.

Repeatable: This course is repeatable up to a maximum of 12 credits provided the topics are different.