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Environmental Science 228/ MA218:
Analysis of Environmental Data
This course will focus on the fundamentals of exploratory
data analysis, hypothesis testing, and experimental design in
the ecological, environmental, and earth sciences. Topics will
include theory and practice of project design, data distribution
and description, the central limit theorem, characterization
of uncertainty, correlation, univariate hypothesis testing, and
multivariate analyses (ANOVA, linear regression). Students will
complete a final project using environmental data collected in
the field and analyzed using statistical computer software. Prerequisites:
MA 126 (Calculus I) or MA 125 or MA 127 or high school equivalent.
Hall, Janke, McDougall
Environmental Science 155: Introduction
to Earth System Science
An overview of the Earth’s surface systems including lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Course will also examine fluxes among these systems such as soil-forming processes, hydrologic processes, and biogeochemical cycles. Prerequisite: Chemistry 107 or a strong high school background in chemistry. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) 1 unit. Fricke, Hall, Hamann, Leonard
Math 117: Probability and Statistics.
An introduction to the ideas of probability, including counting
techniques, random variables and distributions. Elementary parametric
and non-parametric statistical tests with examples drawn from
the social sciences and life sciences. (No credit if taken after
Biology 220 or Economics 215.) Not recommended for mathematics
majors. - 1 unit.
Biology 220: Biostatistics and Experimental
Design. Emphasis on application rather than theory or derivation.
Topics: measures of central tendency and variability, correlation,
regression, t-tests, Chi-square, analysis of variance, selected
non-parametric methods, statistical inference and experimental
design. Prerequisite: At least one college biology course or
consent of instructor. (No credit if taken after EC 200 or MA
117.) 1 unit.
Chemistry 107, 108: General Chemistry
I, II. CH 107 emphasizes the basic principles of atomic structure,
periodic properties, molecular structure and bonding, chemical
reactions, and stoichiometry. CH 108 emphasizes kinetics, thermodynamics,
equilibrium, and solutions. Two sequential courses. Laboratory
included. Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra and
one year of high school chemistry or consent of instructor. (Meets
the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) 1 unit
each - Department.
Environmental Science: 212 Energy and
the Environment. A study of the generation and use of energy
in an industrial society, and of the environmental problems created
by our energy use. The physical and chemical principles underlying
these issues will be emphasized. Topics to be covered include:
the physics and chemistry of fossil fuels; air pollution associated
with fossil fuels; the science and politics of nuclear energy;
the potential of alternative energy sources; the potential for
energy conservation. Scientific principles to be covered include:
energy and the laws of thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium and
chemical reactions and rates. Students who have taken Chemistry
108 may not enroll in this class for credit. Prerequisite:
CH 107 and MA 126. (EV 221 recommended) 1 unit Burns, Drossman,
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