406. Conducting II: Band ( 1/2) - Environmental Studies 261. Topic: Environmental Issues

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Cornell College

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Recommended for students interested in Environmental Studies and everyone else, this introduction to Environmental Studies addresses the breadth of environmental issues and represents a novel classroom model. While professors Freeman and McCollum will provide the day to day continuity to the course, a number of faculty from other departments will visit to lead discussions and bring out the _ner points of issues from their disciplinary perspective. The course will be organized around one or a few themes. One such theme is salmon _sheries. Most of us eat _sh, which is still mostly harvested from the wild by _shermen. But what are the environmental issues associated with our patterns of harvest and consumption of these natural resources? Faculty from geology, biology, chemistry, philosophy, sociology, politics and economics can all provide perspectives on _sheries of the Paci_c Northwest. The course is not a _sheries course; we will explore environmental issues such as food and agriculture, pollution, climate change, population growth, waste, energy and loss of biodiversity from the perspectives of science, politics, ethics, arts and literature, economics and social justice. Our goal is to introduce students to the diverse connections that many disciplines have to environmental issues and the contributions that each can bring to complex environmental issues. G. FREEMAN/McCOLLUM

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6.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cornellcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(319) 895-4000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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