Spring 2020 Update 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Spring 2020 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENV (0125) 350 - Pathways to Sustainability


Credits: 3.00

Students will investigate sustainability, from ecological balance to social and political stability to a flourishing economy. Students will analyze when these goals are in tension with each other and when they are symbiotic, as well as what types of planning and policies can ensure improvements in these realms. 

Free Note: No pre-reqs, but not recommended for first year students.

Students will:

● Students will write and speak knowledgeably about sustainability and the efforts to balance ecological, social, and economic needs on a variety of scales. 

● Students will clearly articulate the arguments in key contemporary sustainability debates. 

● Students will critically examine current and emerging theories, opinions, and strategies regarding sustainability.

● Students will examine how sustainability concerns or strategies of people may vary considerably depending on geographic location, class, gender, ethnic/racial category, religion, occupation, or other status.

● Students will discuss and analyze how environmental processes influence and are influenced by economic, political, social, and cultural processes. Students will reflect on the scale of interactions for both environmental problems and for sustainability initiatives.

● This course is intended to further the university’s learning goals especially in the areas of oral and written communication, critical and integrative thinking, and global citizenship.