This course focuses on physical and ecological principles that shape water-carbon-energy cycles and vegetation dynamics in natural terrestrial ecosystems. Students will learn the fundamentals of how hydrology and plant activity regulate each other, and how the plant-water interactions feedback to surface energy and carbon budgets.
Explores best practices for hands-on environmental education. Explores theory and methods for developing environmental education activities that improve outcomes for various habitats or resources while also meeting academic education standards. Prereq: 3611, or 3612; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor for undergraduate students outside of ENR.
This course makes a cross-disciplinary examination of theories of human values and related phenomena (e.g., value orientations, worldviews, moral foundations), explores their use in explaining conservation-related judgments, decisions, and behaviors, and discusses their implications for sustainability.
This is an applied graduate-level course that will provide students with the skills to implement, diagnose, and interpret hierarchical models fit in a Bayesian framework.
Foundational concepts of citizenship in historical, current, and social science contexts; definitions, benefits, and responsibilities of citizenship. Citizenship and community participation in rural, urban, or suburban locations, differing perspectives, community institutions and civic engagement. Impacts of agricultural and environmental issues locally, nationally, and globally. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
This course helps students expand their understanding of the psychological bases of environmental problems. It focuses on leveraging psychological tools to address such problems. Students learn about theories and methods relevant to behavior change, explore the applicability of these approaches to changing environmental behaviors, and gain practical experience doing this with real-world problems. Prereq: 3400, 5400, or Psych 1100, or permission of instructor.
Introduction to the theories and methods for evaluating collective action in environmental governance contexts. Prereq: Grad standing.
This course provides an overview of frameworks, theories and methods used in the interdisciplinary study of social-ecological systems, including complex adaptive systems, resilience, institutional analysis, cultural evolution, ecosystem services, and coupled human and natural systems. Students will also learn how to effectively collaborate in interdisciplinary studies of social-ecological systems. Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 7004. Cross-listed in Anthrop.
This course introduces best practices for environmental education and communications, including approaches for direct instruction in formal (e.g., K-12 schools) and informal settings (e.g., parks and museums), as well indirect communications with a general audience (e.g., blog posts, social media). We will also focus on strategies for addressing complex and/or controversial environmental topics. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 3611.
Introduces students to principles from various disciplines related to social, economic and environmental sustainability. Students will evaluate key concepts and examine tradeoffs that are a part of sustainability action using case studies representing diverse perspectives. Team-taught course with faculty member in AEDE. Prereq: Soph standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2500, AEDEcon 2500, or AEDEcon 2501. GE theme sustainability course. Cross-listed in AEDEcon.
