Course Description
This combined lecture-lab course will include activities in the lab, field, or community that introduce students to NC State and to the available options for environmental majors and careers, such as geosciences, soil sciences, sustainable materials, and natural resources. Students will apply the standards of critical and creative thinking in their own work and the work of others. Students learn about the diversity and inter-relatedness of environmental issues, and understand the roles of science, research, technology, policy and socio-economic factors in addressing these issues. Finally, students will create a solid foundation on which they can build to enhance their success in college and especially in their studies within the environmental sciences.