| Approved Site(s): |
| | Approved for Mission Bay High School. This course is specific to the school’s International Baccalaureate magnet program and is not available to other sites.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 11–12 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | Biology, Chemistry, or Physics |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: |
| | Science |
| UC subject area satisfied: |
| | d - Laboratory Science |
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| Course Description: |
| | Environmental Systems and Societies is an interdisciplinary course that is grounded in a scientific exploration of environmental system in their structure and function, and in the exploration of cultural, economic, ethical, political and social interactions of societies with the environment. Students will be required to perform research and investigations along with problems solving discussions. Resource management topics are explored and students are encouraged to use environmental systems model to analyze issues and develop solutions. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | State Course code not defined or retired. |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | Rutherford, Jill and Williams, Gillian. Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Environmental Systems and Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. |