ENGR 302 - Energy and Environment: A Global Perspective

(3 units)

Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing.
Renewable/nonrenewable energy sources, including fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, wave, geothermal, hydroelectric and biomass. Available resources, market, trends, and technology. Energy conservation, balance, alternatives, social, cultural, and political impacts. Ecosystem, human-induced climate changes. Environment and power generation, pollution, ozone depletion. Recycling.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-Problem 3 hours)

General Education: Upper Division B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning, Upper Division D - Social Sciences