BIO 355 Environmental Ethics
Prerequisites: BIO 112 and 8 hours of BIO courses applicable to BIO major. This course will examine the relationship between humans and their natural environment, addressing the problems confronting the necessity to balance conservation with human need and the use of natural resources. Topics to be explored include an ethical consideration for the urban environment and of wilderness preservation, the interplay of local and the global environmental ethics, and the ethics of sustainability. An overarching view of the scope of historical and modern bioethical issues will also enter into our discussions.