1. Welcome to Advanced Studies in
Environmental Science!
• Why are you taking
this course?
• Commitment to
the environment?
• Get outdoors?

2. A Couple of Requests...
• Maintain your
focus all year
• Be engaged all
year

3. What is the format
of this course?
• Information/
Discussion
• Think-Pair-Square-
Share)
• Field work/Photo
• Video/Discussion of
outside reading

4. What will we do for
assignments?
• High value reading
• Papers (rarely more
than 2 pages)
• Oral presentations
• Quizzes and a
Semester Exam

5. But wait there’s
more...
• Perhaps most
important:
• IP’s and...
• The
Environmental
Thesis

6. Speakers, Field Trips, and
The High Point of The Year
• Pine Tree Solid Waste
• Hawk Mountain Trip/Brandywine
Creek
• Odessa Water Treatment Facility
• Harper’s Ferry and Antietam
Weekend

7. A Few Key Topics
Global Environmental Issues
Ecology and Biodiversity

8. Freedom to Choose...
• We are free to skim
some topics
• We are free to really
focus on others