ENVST3365

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ENVST3365 - Enviro Justice (3 cr)

Environment, Society, and SustainabilitySB - Coll of Soc & Behavioral Sci

Diversity (DV) - BD Course-Level Learning Outcomes

Students satisfy this requirement by demonstrating a foundational cross-cultural understanding, examining current and historical narratives of equality, justice, progress, and freedom. This requirement prepares students to engage in meaningful dialogue across social boundaries and to consider ethical and social decisions from multiple perspectives.

Upon successful completion of the Diversity Requirement, students will be able to:

Appreciate the culture, history, or current circumstances of one or more groups in the U.S.
Examine factors that support equality, justice, progress, and freedom among groups in the U.S.
Apply disciplinary methods to analyze real-world strategies for fostering a more equitable society.
Reflect on their own identities to apply meaningful dialogue across social boundaries and cultural interactions.

Learning Outcomes

Analyze the role of environmental sustainability in the promotion of comprehensive justice and equity.

Apply critical thinking skills to provide sustainable solutions and build resilient communities.

Articulate a comprehensive world view that integrates diverse approaches to sustainability.

Define sustainability and assess the ways that sustainability topics are approached by a diversity of academic disciplines.

Demonstrate an understanding of comprehensive systemic analysis across both physical and behavioral dimensions involving society, the environment, and the economy.

Identify how globalized processes impact socioecological systems.

Learn how to solve large-scale problems using a multitude of tools and approaches.

Understand the basic sustainability concepts of homeostasis, carrying-capacity, cradle-to-grave recycling, evolutionary processes, inter-generational debt, socio-political adaptation, climate change, ecosystem services, and environmental justiceand understand the relationships between them.

Understand the basic theoretical concepts and methodologies of both the physical and social sciences.

Utilize the appropriate methodological tools to analyze and address specific research questions.