Overview
Description
Production and use of energy and their effects on society and the environment. (Designed for students in any major.)
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Core
CO9, CO11, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- generate a well-supported argument, based on credible, cited evidence, and then clearly and expressively communicate it to the entire class, orally and in writing, with logically organized viewgraphs and a detailed written report that directly articulate and support a thesis.
- apply mathematics to analyze a real-world situation, calculating important quantities, and soundly interpreting the results.
- find appropriate primary and secondary sources, differentiating and integrating information from books, governments, the popular press, peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, and/or the web.
- employ cogent reasoning methods to examine interdisciplinary issues, evaluating evidence and arguments, and distinguishing between sound and unsound interpretations of scientific information.
- explain science and technology connected to energy issues and associated economic, political, and/or environmental choices, identifying the historical, economic, and/or societal impacts of those choices.
- demonstrate an understanding of complex global issues surrounding energy acquisition and use, by placing them in a global historical context and identifying, analyzing, and articulating connections between local, national, and international events and/or perspectives.
- analyze complex, open-ended, interdisciplinary questions through research, calculations, and literature review, applying broad knowledge and skills from current and previous coursework to both obtain answers and identify gaps in knowledge.