ESS210

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Environment, Society and Sustainability

Environmental Studies College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ESS

Course Number

210

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CBL: ProgCLA-Community Based Learn, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMPU: Major-Public Health Elective, IMCE, IMMX: GenEd-Immersive Experience, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, MPUB: Major-Public Health, ENEJ: Minor-Environ Justice Elective, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, NENJ: Minor-Environmental Justice, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies

Course Short Title

Environment, Society & Sustain

Course Long Title

Environment, Society and Sustainability

Course Description

Examines the relationship of human society to the natural environment from the perspective of sustainability, defined as meeting the needs of the present generation while preserving the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, students may consider how values, paradigms, policies, technologies, and their intricate interactions determine our current unsustainable relationship with nature, and students may also explore proposals for moving society in an environmentally sustainable direction.

Min

4

Repeatable

-

Course Restrictions

Level: UG (I),

Equivalent Course(s)

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