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Published on: 6/19/2006
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"For a film on global warming like An Inconvenient Truth to be as successful as it has means that people are becoming more engaged in their environment," says Tomball College Dean of Instruction Dr. Frank Willingham."Global warming, oil, energy, construction - they all are topical environmental science issues which the courses we offer will explore."
Willingham says the environmental science courses will fill a science requisite and he hopes they will one day be synonymous with those other essential sciences: chemistry, physics, biology and geology.
"I think that most people just assume that when you are in college you will have to take a one of those four courses," says Willingham."We would like for environmental science to join that group and with the issues that we face today, it couldn't be more timely or important."
Environmental Science I, which, accompanied by a lab, will be a study of both natural - biology, chemistry, geology - and social - economics, politics, ethics - sciences as they apply to the environment, says Willingham.
"The focus is on the role of science in addressing global environmental concerns," says Willingham."Concepts will include ethics, policy, matter, energy, species biodiversity, ecology, human populations, food and agriculture."
Environmental Science II, which will be offered beginning Spring 2007, will continue studying natural and social sciences as they apply to the environment, but will focus in-depth on energy issues, global warming, ozone loss, land use, conservation and management of resources, deforestation, biodiversity, waste, and sustainable practices.
"A good example of what we will cover is the current issue of whether or not to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge so as to lessen our dependency on foreign oil," says Willingham.
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It won't be like geology or biology where that is the only subject they will study," says Willingham.
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