LARTS 466 - Ecology:The Study of our Environment

Institution:

The New England Conservatory of Music

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Description:

This course examines the discipline of Environmental Studies, including the history, economics, sociology, politics, and philosophy of the "green movement" overthe last hundred years. The class focuses on and develops four crucial issues in environmental studies: the continuing debate between "wise use" and "preservation?he larger international debate between "development" and "nature"; teconomic debate between capitalism and its rival value systems; and, finally, the philosophical debate about whether ecology is rooted in human philanthropy or "the rights of living beings." (2 credits) Klein

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

necmusic.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 585-1100

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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