Recent SemestersSpring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023Class Size32 studentsCredits3 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5B · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5B · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B2DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the science of the environment with an emphasis on the natural environment, ecological processes, and the roles that humans assume as they change the environment and ecology of the areas from which resources are taken. Topics include ecological principles, biodiversity, climate change, renewable and non-renewable energy, water resources, pollution, and the role of science in finding sustainable solutions. This course includes field trips in Southern California. 