Environmental Conservation
Course Description: BIO-148
2 lect., 3 lab., 3 cr.
This course will explore local, regional,
national, and global issues of water quality and
usage, such as types and sources of pollutants
and their effects on humans and wildlife, surface
and ground water overuse, and conservation of
water resources. The expanding human
population and its creation of resource conflicts
and their resolutions are presented and
discussed. Lab experiences will focus on
monitoring the quality of nearby waterbodies,
with the collection of real data that will be used
by Orange County in their formulation of a
watershed management plan. Students are
responsible for their own transportation to offcampus
sites.