Environmental Science Tentative Detailed Schedule

Week Content

Introduction to Environmental Science class rules and policies

Week 1
Introduction to Group Presentation assignment and grading scheme
Chapter 1: Humans and Sustainability: An Overview
Week 2
Chapter 3: Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

Week 3 Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution

Week 4 Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population

Control
Week 5
Chapter 6: The Human Population and Urbanization

Week 6
Chapter 6: The Human Population and Urbanization

Week 7 Chapter 10. Food, soil, and pest management

Week 8 Chapter 10. Food, soil, and pest management

Midterm examination
Chapter 11. Water resources and water pollution
Week 9
Presentation: Topic 1 Potential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
7/11/2022
on the Environment
Chapter 11. Water resources and water pollution
Week 10
Presentation: Topic 2 Biodiversity and threats to marine
14/11/2022
biodiversity in Vietnam
Chapter 13. Energy

Week 11 Presentation
21/11/2022 Topic 8 Case study of water resources and water scarcity in
Mekong Delta

Week 12 Chapter 13. Energy

28/11/2022 Presentation 9 Coal power plants in Vietnam
Week 13 Chapter 15. Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion

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 Presentation
5/12/2022
Topic 10 Climate change in Vietnam
Chapter 15. Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion
Week 14 Presentation
12/12/2022
Topic 11 Artificial intelligence and sustainable development
Week 15 Chapter 17. Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews
19/12/2022

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