This course aims to introduce environmental Science as a discipline and a way to define Sustainability: a

complex and contested concept. A holistic and interdisciplinary approach is needed to understand both

local, as well as global environmental issues. The course will initially introduce the fundamentals and the

processes that are important to environmental Science. With the basic understanding offered within the

Field of Environmental Science, this unit will serve as a prerequisite for most papers required in

Environmental Science major. Furthermore, Environmental education provides an individual the ability to

bring about development in a sustainable manner. As such the environmental science graduates have

ample employment opportunities in both the Governmental, as well non-Governmental Sectors.