GC 342 - Energy and the Environment

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: Contact department for information.

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
Prerequisites: Completion of MA 100 or higher, or math placement in MA 111 or DATA 109 or higher.

Modern society draws on their environment to provide low-cost, reliable energy; however each of the energy forms we use have societal and environmental costs. Students will examine our energy system, its development, and its future. Specific topics include the foundational science concepts of energy and power, the technology, availability, and socio-environmental impacts of fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and renewable energy sources, and the policy and economics of energy use. Students will become more informed citizens regarding the science, policy, and economics of energy use and the potential for a sustainable energy future.