ENVR2350

Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal areas 3 and 10. This course is designed as an introduction to the chemical processes impacting global environmental issues. The course will use principles of chemistry to understand chemical reactions in five spheres. A major focus in this course will help students understand the human impacts of the environment's chemical processes on local and global scales. Students will examine the fate of organic chemicals by using equilibrium methods. The course will introduce the relationship between chemical processes and global cycles such as carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and mercury. Students will discuss the effects of toxicological chemicals on the environment and human health. Several experiments of sampling and analyzing environmental samples will be applied in this course.
Student Learning OutcomesApply chemical concepts to five environmental spheres including atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere,
geosphere, and anthrosphere.

• Identify the impacts of chemical processes on global cycles.
• Explain the influence and fate of organic and inorganic contaminants on the environment.
• Apply the theories of chemistry to the global model system.
• Design a model of human influence on natural capital.
• Use analytical skills to identify the impacts of chemicals on the bio-physiological system.
• Explain approaches of sustainable and alternative materials used for energy.
• Design practical analytical experiments to demonstrate the influence of chemical processes on the environment.