BRIDGE

What you'll learn

• ✔ At the end of this course, students will be able to: • apply the principles of green chemistry to chemical processes
• ✔ • understand sustainability in a chemical context
• ✔ • describe important chemical reactions in the atmosphere, including those connected with smog formation, ozone chemistry, and acid rain chemistry
• ✔ • outline the molecular basis for the greenhouse effect
• ✔ • apply basic principles of water chemistry and the effects of water pollution
• ✔ • describe the carbon cycle and environmental problems connected to the use of fossil fuels
• ✔ • compare and contrast traditional and alternative energy sources
• ✔ • know the major pesticides and their environmental fate
• ✔ • describe toxicity and fate of pollutants such as PCBs, PAHs, CFCs, PCDDs and PCDFs
• ✔ • provide an overview of compounds with hormone disruptive effect
• ✔ • develop a framework for understanding chemicals and their effect on the environment
• ✔ • understand how business and government policies toward chemicals in the environment effect the planet