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ENV 450 - Urban-Suburban-Rural Environmental Nexus

3.00 credit hours
NCC’s Chicago metropolitan locale provides an ideal location to study urban, suburban and rural environmental issues such as regional environmental interdependence, urban ecology, sustainable cities, suburban sprawl, transportation, Chicago environmental history, restoration/reuse of brownfields, green spaces in urban, suburban and rural environments, and agriculture and the environment. This course explores these issues with particular attention to their relationship to the local history and politics of Chicago.  

Prerequisite(s): ENV 120  and Junior standing.


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