9125-50 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6B2H3
Contact: Peter Mahaffy
Acting Academic Vice President
Tel # 403-465-3500
e-mail: pmahaffy@kingsu.ab.ca
Biol 250 Biology & the Modern World (3)
Enter the "university of creation", making a start on a lifelong
education. Review and reflect upon environmental principles that have already
been discovered from direct observation of the natural world. Evaluate
the extent to which society lives in accord with these principles and how
this relates to lifestyles and worldviews. Discover the importance and
means of living in harmony with the creation. Note: This course does meet
the lab science distribution requirement for the B.A. but does not meet
concentration requirements in biology.
Biol 331 Ecology (3)
Relationships among animals, plants, and the non-living environment, energy
flow, nutrient cycles, ecological succession, communities, populations;
applicaton of ecological principles to the modern world. Laboratory work
focuses on using basic techniques.
Biol 360 Humankind and the Biosphere (3)
The environmental movement is now about thirty years old! It has spawned
environmental science, a new interdisciplinary field of studies that is
gaining interest as humankind moves towards the 21st century. Biology 360
aims to study in depth the topics that have occupied environmental scientists
over the last decade: population, pollution, resources, and land-use. As
we study these topics, we will see that there are scientific and theoretical
sides to this new discipline. There is also a side that seeks to define
our responsibilities toward a creation that is in need of human care.
Biol 464 Limnology (3)
Learn the details of ecological relationships in fresh waters. Understand
the diversity of forms of inland waters. Become familiar with the chemical
and physical processes that control lake dynamics. Recognize the extent
of human caused alterations in fresh waters. Investigate the means of lake
and stream ecosystem restoration. Topics include phytoplankton dynamics,
biogeochemical cycles, and results of natural and cultural alterations.
Prerequisite: BIOL 261, 262 & CHEM 200, 201. Corequisite: BIOL 331.
Chem 290 Concepts of Chemistry (3)
A survey of the science of molecules and their transformations, with emphasis
on demonstrating the importance of chemical phenomena to the everyday experiences
of the student. Examples will be drawn from the chemistry of the environment,
the marketplace, plastics, pharmaceuticals, nutrition and living systems.
Lecture sessions will include demonstrations of chemical systems and transformations.
An emphasis will be placed on the development of creative and critical
thinking skills and cooperative decision-making activities. A major objective
is to give you some tools to develop confidence in your ability to sort
through controversial scientific topics that affect your life every day,
such as food additives, ozone depletion and skin cancer, and alternative
sources of energy. By looking at examples from chemistry, you will receive
an introduction to the nature of science, with a glimpse at where ideas
and theories come from, how science grows, and how scientific and societal
values intersect and influence each other. Laboratories will introduce
important chemical techniques as well as representative chemical transformations
important in everyday life. Note: This course meets lab science distribution
requirements for the B.A. but does not meet concentration requirements in
chemistry.
Chem 440 Environmental Chemistry (3)
An introduction to the chemistry of the environment and chemical toxicology.
A study of chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere, natural and
wastewaters and soils. Mechanisms for the introduction of pollutants to
the environment and methods for the removal of pollutants are studied.
The focus is on anthropogenic sources of pollutants and their speciation,
transport and interaction with natural processes. Prerequisite: CHEM 201,
351 (pre- or co-requisite), CHEM 311 strongly recommended.
Theo 310 Biblical Theological Themes (3)
The important issues of life in our time must also become the subject of
Christian reflection and response. This course aims to train students in
the skills required to think and act in Christian ways regarding some of
these issues. In particular, we will learn how questions of politics, gender
and environment might be approached from a Christian perspective shaped
by the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Bible. Prerequisite: THEO 250.
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