All classes are:
Taught by NRES faculty
Online, asynchronous, 3 credit hours
Approved to fulfill one or two General Education categories
Part of one or more NRES Minors or Certificates
NRES 100 – Fundamentals of Environmental Science
Format: online, asynchronous
General Education: Nat Sci & Tech – Phys Sciences
Description: Introduction to environmental sciences and current environment issues. Topics include population growth, world food supplies, agriculture and the environment, biodiversity, fossil fuels and "green" energy issues, endangered and threatened species, water use, conservation and pollution, global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, waste management and reduction, recycling, toxins and health, mineral resources, and environmental policies and regulations. Course addresses the complex relationships between the human race and the natural systems that contain our air, water, energy, and biotic and food resources.
NOTE: For students who may be interested in changing majors to NRES, this course will fulfill the NRES 102 major core requirement.
Certificate: Natural Resource Conservation
NRES 101 – Wildlife Conservation 21st Century
Format: online, asynchronous
General Education: Nat Sci & Tech – Life Sciences
Description: This course is an introduction to the conservation, diversity and ecology of animals. The diversity of fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds both around the world and in Illinois will be explored. The course will have a strong conservation component where students are introduced to a variety of threats facing animals. The students will be introduced to how to manage sustainable wildlife populations. The students will be exposed to current issues in Illinois to illustrate how people and animals can co-occur and a broad overview of the management, restoration, and conservation techniques.
Certificate: Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
NRES 105 – Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems
Format: online, asynchronous
General Education: Nat Sci & Tech – Life Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning II
Description: Examines the response of ecological systems to climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence from the past and present. Topics include species range shifts, timing of biological events, ecosystem function, and feedbacks. The implications for conservation, as well as approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change, are also explored. Computer-based exercises are used to enhance quantitative reasoning skills and build climate and ecological literacy.
Certificate: Wicked Environmental Problems
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