Syllabus

          Course Description and Hours

          As described in the HSU catalogue:
           
            ENGR 410. Environmental Impact Assessment (3). Enabling legislation to establish environmental impact statements; EIS preparation; risk analysis; collecting environmental impact report data; evaluating adequacy and accuracy of data; interpreting data and predicting impacts associated with proposed activities. Engineering design applications. Prerequisites: ENGR 313 Systems Analysis, ENGR 350 Introduction to Water Quality, ENGR 435 Solid Waste Management, ENGR 440 Hydrology I.
             
          (Yes, I think this description reads a little strangely, but it's been in the catalogue for years!)
           
            Section 1: CRN No. 24370, MWF 1200-1250 Sci A 460

          Schedule

           
          Week
          Starting Monday
          Topic
          1
          18 January(1) 
          		 NEPA and CEQA: Historic and overview
          2
          25 January
          		 NEPA process
          3
          1 February
          		 NEPA/CEQA processes
          4
          8 February
          		 CEQA process
          5
          15 February
          		 Environmental setting
          6
          22 February
          		 Indices and indicators
          7
          1 March
          		 Simple impact identification methods
          8
          8 March
          		 Establishing thresholds of significance
          9
          15 March(2)
          		    ---
          10
          22 March
          		 Predicting impacts (I)
          11
          29 March
          		 Predicting impacts (II)
          12
          5 April
          		 Evaluating alternatives (I)
          13
          12 April
          		 Evaluating alternatives (II)
          14
          19 April 
          		 Mitigation Measures / Monitoring
          15
          26 April
          		 Public Participation / Documentation
          16
          3 May
          		 Team project presentations
          17
          10 May
          		 Finals week

          (1) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday) is a holiday
          (2) Spring Break
           

          Readings

          Readings from the required textbook are assigned weekly.  This is not an optional item.  In addition, readings from Web pages are assigned from time to time.  When I do this, I verify that the URL is current the week before the reading is required, and make it a link on this Web page.
           

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