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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) Sustainability and Community Resilience is an applied seminar on sustainability, justice, and communities. Topics include political ecology of health, housing and homelessness, migration, climate change, and community health and wellbeing. The course draws on multiple disciplines, including public health, environmental studies, geography, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The class is discussion-based and project-based, and includes experiential field experiences. Students design and complete a class research project on a local community social-environmental issue, and are introduced to enthnographic and qualitative social science research methods. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course introduces students to accepted methods by which sustainability is measured and assessed at scales from the individual to the planet. Students learn how to prepare and interpret sustainability reports and other data related to sustainability. This course assists students in preparing to obtain certifications in sustainability. F,S,Su
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
(0-3 credits) Students participate in public service with local agencies in order to understand the relationship between civic responsibility, sustainability, and higher education. In the classroom, students reflect upon the function and necessity of their service as well as its limitations in responding to specific community needs and general social problems. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This class is an introduction to the history of North American sustainable systems and thinking, exploring how humans have interacted with, imagined, transformed, and otherwise altered the natural world. We focus on traditional topics of significance: land use, capital accumulation, industrialization, national parks, conservation and environmental movements, food systems, and the role of wilderness. F,S,Syu
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4.00 Credits
(4 credits)(Restricted to Sustainability & Coastal Resiliance Majors only) A unique 3 + 1 credit field experience course in which students learn about sustainable landscape design and management on a college campus. The experience includes plant propagation and development in the campus greenhouse; garden design, installation, and maintenance across campus; tree care in the CCU Arboretum; and more. Fulfills the field experience requirement in the Sustainability and Coastal Resilience major.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) Reading and research on selected subjects in sustainability and coastal resilience. This course may be repeated for credit under different topics. F,S,Su
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0.00 - 12.00 Credits
(0-12 credits) Work experience related to Sustainability and Coastal Resilience or a related field, as part of an approved internship with primary supervision by a non-faculty member. Requires a minimum of 40 hours per 1 credit (up to maximum of 12 credits) of on-site, supervised, and evaluated student work experience over the term. This experience may be repeated up to 12 credit hours. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Prereq: SUST*310) This course is a capstone experience for sustainability majors and serves to integrate the knowledge and skills that students have developed over a college career. Students complete and report on an independent research project, service project, or off-campus internship in the field of sustainability. Students participate in readings, discussion, and a final paper that allows in-depth analysis of their selected project area. F,S,Su
Prerequisite:
Take SUST*310;
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1.00 Credits
(Prereq: Current Swain Scholar) Preparatory classroom experiences to improve the capacity of Swain Scholars to impact community health by engaging in health promotion outreach activities in conjunction with local health agencies. This class is automatically offered for honors credit.
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2.00 Credits
(Prereq: Current Swain Scholar) Second phase of Swain Scholars program to focus on implementation of community health outreach activities. Community health outreach will address an area of identified need with one or more community partners. Scholars provide outreach service and education at specified community sites and in the CCU community. This class is automatically offered for honors credit.
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