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Advanced Placement Environmental Science is designed to be the equivalent of a one semester introductory college course in environmental science. It is a rigorous science course that stresses scientific principles and analysis, and includes a laboratory component. The course will provide students with the principles, concepts and methodologies needed to understnad the interrelationships of the natural world, and to identify and analyze environmental problems, with the goal of examining alternative solutions for resolving and preventing such problems. Areas of study include, ecology, population, energy, pollution, land use, waste management, and global climate change.
Students completing this course may take the Advanced Placement Exam in environmental science with the possibility of eliminating the first level college environmental science course.
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