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Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Introduction to Environmental Economics
Anna Klis, Northern Illinois University
This course offers an overview of economic analyses of environmental issues like pollution and resource management for non-majors. Students will receive an introduction to marginal thinking, market-based solutions, valuation techniques, and government intervention, with a focus on current issues and applying economics in an interdisciplinary manner to other environmental fields.

Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Policy:Environmental Economics, Economics:Micro, Macro
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in CHEM 305: Molecular Toxicology
Daniel Marous, Wittenberg University
This course will focus upon common environmental toxins and the biochemical processes by which they are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted from mammalian systems. Particular attention will be paid to understanding these processes at the molecular level.

Subject: Chemistry
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Nature in Society: Environmental Social Sciences and Humanities
Emily McKee, Northern Illinois University
Examination of how the social sciences and humanities contribute to our understanding of contemporary environmental problems and our efforts to solve them. Focus on how human communities and institutions respond to and serve as agents of environmental change. Practice in effective communication about environmental challenges.

Subject: Environmental Science, Anthropology
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Science of Sustainability
Melissa Hey, Bentley University
In this course, we investigate the science underlying a range of environmental sustainability topics. Specifically, this course explores issues pertaining to several planetary boundaries including global climate change, ocean acidification, nutrient loading, land-system change, and freshwater resource depletion.

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Bentley University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in History of Sustainable Design
Rebecca Houze, Northern Illinois University
History, theory, and criticism of design, sustainability, and the environment from the 18th century to the present.

Subject: Environmental Science, Fine Arts:Art History
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Religion, Nature, & the Environment
Travis Proctor, Wittenberg University
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the complex interactions between religion and "nature," including nature-based religions and spirituality, religious understanding of nature, the role of nature in religious practice, and the impact of religious traditions on the treatment of the environment.

Subject: Environmental Science, Religion
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Wittenberg University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Geomicrobiology
Wesley Swingley, Northern Illinois University
Role of microorganisms in diverse environments at and below the surface of the earth. Topics include life in extreme environments, biodegradation and remediation, biogeochemical cycling, and astrobiology examined from the perspectives of geochemistry, microbial ecology, molecular biology, and ecosystem studies.

Subject: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology:Microbiology, Biogeochemistry
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Senior Mechanical Engineering Design
Nicholas Pohlman, Northern Illinois University
Complete preparation of an engineering system design or project covering problem identification, conceptual design and analysis, prototyping and the development of a work schedule required to carry out the project.

Subject: Engineering
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in MG215 - Supply Chain and Operations Fundamentals
Euthemia (Effie) Stavrulaki, Bentley University
This course introduces the fundamentals of operations and supply chain management and discusses how coordinating supplier and internal processes creates value for the customer, the company, and society at large.

Subject: Business:Management
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
BASICS Institution: Bentley University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Green Technologies
Kevin Martin, Northern Illinois University
Introduction to environmentally friendly engineering and technological advances and new technologies that utilize green principles and green transportation. Course includes topics in new areas of green manufacturing and materials used today and planned for the future, including the operation and manufacture of solar cells and the production of wind, thermal, and hydroelectric power.

Subject: Environmental Science, Engineering
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University