Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4G · IGETC Area 4E · CSU GE Area D7 · CSU GE Area D5DescriptionGEOG 302 Environmental Studies & Sustainability Units: 3 Hours: 54 hours LEC Prerequisite: None. Transferable: CSU; UC General Education: Local GE L4; Local GE L5; Cal-GETC Area 4 This introductory course offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the major environmental problems confronting society and explores solutions directed toward producing a more sustainable future. Course topics include an introduction to environmental issues, and related values, ethics and politics; a primer on Earth system science -- the interconnected nature of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere; a global survey of natural resources and exploitation; changing global climates; the world water crisis; the demography of human population, and contrasts between less- and more- developed countries; agricultural and food supply challenges; renewable and nonrenewable energy resources; and land use patterns and related issues. Throughout the course, human impacts on the environment, environmental impacts on human societies, and the sustainability of economies and practices at local, regional, and global scales are investigated. A field trip may be required to relate class discussions to the real world.Usually HeldMon Wed 1:30pm–2:50pm, Tue Thu 1:30pm–2:50pm 