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Sep 27, 2024
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OPIE D708 - Ecology and the Environment
This course will help students further develop all language skills as well as learn about local ecology and worldwide environmental issues. Students will gather information from a variety of sources including newspaper and magazine articles, the Internet, videotapes, guest speakers, and field trips; they will use this information in discussions, presentations, and papers.
Requisites: Course is developmental
PERMISSION REQUIRED
Paper TOEFL: 451 minimum
IBT: 46 minimum
Composition: 36 minimum
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 24.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: F,CR,NC,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Student will comprehend lectures, panel discussion, interviews, and films by utilizing target listening strategies and will take notes while listening.
- Student will either give a major oral presentation or write a short research paper on an approved topic related to the environment or ecology.
- Student will engage in discussions, conduct interviews, respond to / ask questions about a discussion, and give an oral presentation about an environmental issue or problem.
- Student will read authentic academic texts, newspaper, and journal articles as well as poems and essays to learn about ecology and the environment.
- Student will take notes, write summaries, journal entries, and essays about the ecology of a specific region and about environmental issues.
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