MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6227N Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2014 Fall Last Admit Term: 2017 Fall Award: AC Total Credits: 18-24 CIP Code: 03.0201	Primary College: Initiating College: Phoenix College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific Field of Interest: Not Found Instructional Council: Sustainability (91) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 19-1031, 19-1032, 25-1043

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Environmental and Natural Resources Stewardship program develops knowledge and understanding of the environmental and natural resource issues, problems, and policies through the study of selected courses. Students will examine the ethical theories and moral principles of global environmental issues, explore methods of inquiry, and the human impact on ecosystems and human policy related to natural resources.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

BIO105 Environmental Biology (4) OR
BIO149AM Field Biology: Ecological and Environmental Field Experience (3) OR
+BIO181 General Biology (Majors) I (4) AND
+BIO182 General Biology (Majors) II (4) 3-8

+ECN263 The Economics of Natural Resources, Population and the Environment 3
PHI216 Environmental Ethics 3
POS110 American National Government 3
SSH111 Sustainable Cities 3

Credits: 15-20

Restricted Electives
AIS/HIS170 American Indian History of the Southwest 3 ASB245 Indians of the Southwest 3 BIO109 Natural History of the Southwest 4 CHM107 Chemistry and Society (3) AND CHM107LL Chemistry and Society Laboratory(1) 4 ECN212 Microeconomic Principles 3 ENH206 Nature and Environmental Literature 3 FSC110 Wildland Firefighter 3 HIS190 Environmental History 3 POS285 Political Issues and Public Policy 3 SUS110 Sustainable World 3 WED124 Environmental Wellness 3	Credits: 3-4

General Electives
	Credits: None

Program Competencies
1. Explain and demonstrate the process of scientific inquiry. (BIO105, BIO149AM, BIO181, BIO182, SSH111) 2. Describe and translate levels of organization and interactions within ecosystems. (BIO105, BIO149AM, BIO181, BIO182, SSH111) 3. Assess and test scientific knowledge and logic to understand and examine environmental problems. (BIO105, BIO149AM, BIO181, BIO182, SSH111) 4. Identify and measure human impacts on ecosystems and human policy on managing natural resources. (BIO105, BIO149AM, BIO181, BIO182, SSH111) 5. Develop students` skills using analytical tools such as supply and demand graphs to critically analyze environmental quality and natural resource problems. (ECN263, PHI216, POS110) 6. Describe the methods that policy makers use to evaluate improvements or modifications to environmental quality. (ECN263, POS110) 7. Describe appropriate techniques for evaluating efficient economic use of renewable, nonrenewable, and recyclable resources. (ECN263, SSH111) 8. Describe and critique appropriate techniques for distinguishing fact from opinion. (PHI216, POS110) 9. Apply ethical theories and moral principles to global environmental moral issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 10. Compare and contrast methods of inquiry used to determine environmental and natural resources issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 11. Compare and contrast the use of appropriate models applied to address natural resource issues. (PHI216, POS110, SSH111) 12. Outline the operation of a local policy making body. (POS110, SSH111) 13. Evaluate how policy is made in an agency of government or a nonprofit organization. (POS110, SSH111)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 10, 2013

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