BIOL 1513 Introduction to Environmental Studies with Lab

This is an interdisciplinary introduction to ecology through the study of contemporary environmental problems of renewable and nonrenewable resources. The socioeconomic and political concerns of resource shortages, pollution, conservation, and management will be discussed. Field trips are required to certain local points of geological interest. The student may opt to receive credit in only one of the following courses: Biology 1503 or Biology 1513. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC.