EV 120: Elements of Sustainability Block 2, 2003 Professor: Howard Drossman Linked Class: Chem 107 w/ Professor Sally Meyer Student mentor: Trish Thoms

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Class Description: This First Year Experience class combines one block of General Chemistry (CH 107) and one block of Topics in Environmental Science (EV 120). The descriptions of these individual courses are given in the Colorado College: Catalog of Courses. By linking these two courses you will be prepared to use the chemistry learned in the first block to better appreciate the complex environmental issues discussed in the second block. The catalog description of EV120 reads: Selected topics of current societal interest that relate to our environment offered when interest and opportunity arise. Without a one block limit, the topics covered this course could last an entire four years or even a lifetime! This first year experience will limit the environmental topics to those that involve issues of sustainability and The Colorado College campus. Class readings will be used to develop an understanding of sustainability through a systems approach. Short and frequent written and oral presentations will allow for reflection on one's personal connection with nature. The class research projects will focus on service projects that can make the campus more sustainable and involve an understanding of science (especially chemistry). Students are encouraged to continue pursuing this research throughout their four-year stay at Colorado College. This course is a unique opportunity to use chemistry to understand environmental problems. Students who need to take General Chemistry as a prerequisite for another course or as a requirement of the Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Neuroscience, Geology, or Environmental Science major as well as a pre-health professional program will benefit from this set of linked courses. We will have an opportunity to better understand how Chemistry is needed for an understanding of many other fields in science. These classes are a set of linked one-block courses that must be taken together, with two separate instructors. Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra and one year of high school chemistry or consent of instructor.