High Environmental Management AS
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Number of Credits
1
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Estimated Completion Time
2 Semesters
Description
Cambridge International AS Level Environmental Management develops a set of transferable skills including handling data, practicing practical problem-solving, applying the scientific method, and evaluating strategies for a sustainable future. Learners develop relevant attitudes such as objectivity, integrity, inquiry, initiative, and inventiveness to take on the global issue facing humanity and the balance of Earth's systems. They acquire the essential scientific skills required for progression to further studies or employment. Our approach in Cambridge AS Environmental Management courses encourages learners to be confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged. The key concepts for this course are sustainability, interactions, pressure on the environment, global dimensions, and research methodology.
https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/557262-2022-2024-syllabus.pdf
This course meets the criteria of Group 1: Math and Sciences or Group 3: Arts and Humanities for students seeking a Cambridge AICE Diploma.
Follow the link below for the Department of Education description for this course: https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewCourse/Preview/4356
Segment One
Earth's structure, composition, systems, and spheres
- World's continents and major oceans
- Distribution of the Earth's water
- Income groups the World Bank uses to classify countries
- The major components and structure of the Earth's atmosphere
- Ozone layer, greenhouse effect, and greenhouse gases
- Photosynthesis, respiration, and the water and carbon cycles
- Ecosystems, biotic interactions, trophic levels, and food chains and webs
- Sustainability and the tragedy of the commons
Environmental research and data collection
- The scientific method
- Reliability and bias in scientific investigations
- Historical data, limited data, and unreliable data
- Sampling strategies and techniques to collect data
- Big data and data collection with the use of technology
Human Population
- Population density, distribution, structure, and composition
- Population dynamics, demography, and demographic transitions
- Dependency ratio and the aging population
- Population strategies and policies
Ecosystems
- Terrestrial biomes and succession
- Productivity, energy efficiency, and ecological pyramids
- Population size, biodiversity, percentage cover, and abundance estimation calculations
- Types of species and biodiversity
- Strategies, programs, legislation, and protocols for conserving biodiversity
- Human impacts on and management strategies for rainforests and Antarctica
Segment Two
Food, energy, land, and water resources
- Food security: threats to, impacts of, and management strategies for it
- Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources
- Energy security: threats to, impacts of, and management strategies for it
- Waste disposal, treatment, and management strategies
- Water security: threats to, impacts of, and management strategies for it
The atmosphere
- Formation and impacts of acid deposition and photochemical smog
- The Dobson unit, ozone hole, and impacts of ozone depletion
- Strategies for managing air pollution and ozone depletion
Climate change
- Enhanced greenhouse effect and global warming
- Monitoring and predicting climate change
- Impacts of climate change on the environment and human populations
- Strategies for managing or counteracting climate change
- Scientific calculator
- Cambridge International AS Level Environmental Management 8291 syllabus
Courses subject to availability.
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