CNR 250: Diversity and Environmental Justice (3)
Differences between people can impact how they see one another and engage with one another. In this class we talk about those differences and address numerous facets of diversity to pique the curiosity of the students. As we learn together, we investigate content that can influence dynamics [how we feel] and we explore different ways to investigate environmental justice issues. This course is designed to create a safe learning environment for reflection, engagement, risk-taking, and the development of personal awareness while looking at how each individual can improve environmental justice. 75% of the seats will be restricted for CNR students.
Instructor: La’Meshia Whittington
Fall Semester: W 3:00 – 5:45pm
NR 406: Conservation of Biological Diversity (3)
Population biology concepts fundamental to understanding the properties of the objects of conservation. Genetic diversity in agriculture, forestry, and animal breeding; the ethical and international policy issues in preservation and management.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
GEP: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Instructor: Erica Rieder
Fall Semester: T/TH 3:00 – 4:15pm
NR 460: Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy (3)
The interaction of legal principles and governmental institutions in the development and implementation of natural resource policy and management. Legal principles, constitutional provisions and the location and organization of governmental programs. Examples from both historic and current case studies.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
GEP: Social Science
Instructor: Fred Cubbage
Fall Semester: T/TH 8:30 – 9:45am
PRT/IPGE 295: Nature, Health and Wellness (3)
This course explores the many ways that parks, greenspace, and nature contribute to human health and well-being from multiple disciplinary perspectives, focusing on benefits associated with direct and indirect exposure to the natural environment, methods for assessing health behaviors and outcomes, and innovative initiatives that elevate the role of nature in personal and community-level health promotion.
GEP: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Instructors: Aaron Hipp and Lincoln Larson
Fall Semester: T 9:35 – 11:25am
PRT 491/SSGK 295: Race & Space: Gentrification, Segregation, and Displacement (3)
The course is the close domestic and global examination of the right to the city and the rights within a city. The conceptualization of geographies utilizes the social construction of Race and the political construction of space to 1) identify populations and organize them within the spatial arrangements of a city; 2) identify threats within racially selective representations of those populations in order to justify policies of racism, dispossession, and extraction, and 3) identify the levels of access, resource allocation, and future growth of populations and the spaces that they inhabit. The park, the stadium, the event, and the trail are but some of the examples that the effects of this social construction and political construction can be seen. This is done through and
within the public and private space of a city.
GEP: Social Science and Global Knowledge
Instructor: Rasul Mowatt
Fall Semester: M 4:10 – 6:55pm
PRT/USDEI 295: Grooming vs Development: Coaching at the Crossroad (3)
This course will broadly examine the landscape of the current coaching and sport culture within the United States. It will utilize socio-psychological theories of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, disability and/or age identity formation and development to deeply examine several high-profile cases that have received international attention including but not limited to: the Penn State Child Sex Abuse Scandal, the USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Scandal, Ohio State University Abuse Scandal, Cheating at the Paralympic Games, the overall question of -Is Slavery’s Legacy in the Power Dynamics of Sports?, and the NWSL scandal. In focusing on these cases, the dilemmas of coaching and social development through sports will be in question.
GEP: USDEI
Instructor: Kim Bush
Fall Semester (First 8 weeks): MW 1:30 – 2:45pm
SMT 202: Anatomy and Properties of Renewable Materials (3)
Formation, cell morphology, cell wall, structure of softwoods, hardwoods, and other renewable materials; variability, naturally occurring defects, biological deterioration, and basic physical and mechanical properties of renewable materials in relation to products utilization. Techniques on hand lens and microscopic identification of renewable materials.
GEP: Natural Sciences
Instructor: Ilona Peszlen
Fall Semester: MW 4:30pm – 5:20pm (Lab section required)
SMT 310: Introduction to Industrial Ecology (3)
In this course, students will explore the main concepts of industrial ecology for sustainable materials. Students will learn about environmental supply chain, manufacturing of products from sustainable materials such as wood and agricultural materials, and how we can learn from nature to close the manufacturing loop. To support the activities in these technical areas, students will also learn how to better manage time, how to work efficiently in teams, and how best to interact with their co-workers.
GEP: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Instructor: Daniel Saloni
Fall Semester: T/TH 10:15 – 11:30am