ENVR 344 - Environmental Chemistry

CR: 3
Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and one ENVR or CHEM lab course at the 200-level or above. Application of the fundamental principles of chemistry to solve environmental problems, focusing on environmenal quality. Both global and local phenomena will be examined from a chemical perspective. We will cover natural and anthropogenically perturbed aspects of the Earth’s hydrosphere and its interaction with surface rocks, sediments, soils, the biosphere, and the atmosphere. We will conduct chemical analysis on sediments, soils, and water in the field and in the lab. A class project will apply environmental chemistry tools to a local environmental question.