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3.00 Credits
3 credits/3 credits Examines the educational influence of an individual's environment. The environments that surround us educationally, from bathrooms to classrooms, are compared and contrasted to the learning environment of nature as experienced by Native Americans and A few individuals today. Students learn to select appropriate environments for themselves and their students and gain an understanding of the "lessons" taught by thevarious environments in which they live.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits/3 credits Seeks to use literature to develop A definition and understanding of the voice of nature. Focuses on allowing the individual to recognize his or her own feelings, which are congruent with the natural world. Attempts to determine the difference between cultural and natural feelings. Inquiry through accounts of personal observation of the environment with writings such as Touch the Earth, East to Katahdin, and On Yosemite and from there to A more formal analysis using Mike Cohen's Prejudice Against Nature: A Guidebook for the Liberation of Self and Planet.
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2.00 Credits
A Survey of Personal Growth 2 credits/2 credits Seeks to have individuals discover, analyze, and understand the intricacies of their personality in varying environmental settings. A major objective is for individuals to achieve personal awareness and definition of their motivations, desires, and needs and to make these congruent with the design and function of the planet.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits This advanced course investigates the role of self-sufficiency vs. institutional dependence, and their effects on individuals and community processes. Includes hands-on experience as A mode of education. Provides an overview of the energies and dynamics involved in the creation and maintenance of an expedition community. Students participate in expedition environmental education and gain an understanding of its workings and its long-term effects. Requires additional reading and independent understanding of the subject matter; knowledge demonstrated by A graduate-level project.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Explores the breadth of work affiliated with environmental education. The teacher, naturalist, lobbyist, journalist, park ranger, poet, and many others each can be involved at some level in educating. This course attempts to define environmental education, explore its expression through various jobs and activities, and assess the potential effectiveness of environmental education in its varied forms on people and the planet.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits Develops basic skills and explores field methodologies of scientific and taxonomic investigations. It studies the functioning of relationships among plants and animals and the physical and chemical factors of their environments. Observations, identification, and research incorporated through field investigations of local aspects such as climate, geology, ornithology, herpetology, and stream ecology are considered. Students gain practical knowledge necessary to develop A whole and constructive approach to the natural world.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits Designed to offer the student an in-depth investigation into A particular topic of ecological study. The focus of the course will vary from semester to semester depending on the area of expertise of the faculty. It could include such broad topics as ornithology, zoology, herpetology, or focused topics such as ungulates, snakes, or fire ecology. The faculty facilitating the course will write the course syllabus.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits Explores the motivating forces behind American culture's misuse of the natural world. The sources of environmental problems have not been adequately identified or resolved. The course's objectives are to develop an awareness and understanding about the human psychology underlying America's environmental issues and the resulting effect upon the integrity of the planet. This course also explores the needs of the planet and the person as A continuum that can help people reconnect with the rest of creation.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits This course focuses on the principles of conservation biology by drawing on ecology, evolution, genetics, philosophy, economics, sociology, and political science to investigate the science of preserving biodiversity. Through case studies, service projects, research assistance, and discussions with field biologists, land managers, research scientists, and volunteers you explore issues and challenges to preserving biodiversity.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Practicum experience in the field of environmental education. Students select A professional internship or employment opportunity in an area of their choice (with faculty and peer advisement).
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