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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Estu 371. Critical review of curricula that have been developed. The need for environmental education is assessed, learning objectives are examined and strategies for attaining these objectives studied. The qualities of the ideal environmental education curriculum are identified by students, based on their research into the matter.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: ESTU 369 or permission of instructor. Survey of the origins, development and significance of the planning movement in the United States and the profession that emerged from it. The seminal innovators, practices and achievements in American planning.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any of the following: Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, Estu 202. Uses sociological concepts to analyze human-environmental interactions. Topics include humans as part of the ecosystem, natural resource dependent communities, population growth and environmental quality, the environmental and anti-environmental movements, limits to growth and energy use, garbage and other wastes, sustainable development and economic growth, sociological and economic perspectives on alternative environmental futures. Also offered as Soc 385.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: EGEO 350; 12 upper-division credits in environmental studies or permission of instructor. Applied use of GIS software to existing databases for analysis and final outputs as maps, tables and charts. Mastery of the software will be at the beginner's level, mastery of GIS techniques will be at the thematic mapping level. Data will be drawn from electronic databases and include tabular, cartographic, and remotely sensed.
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1.00 Credits
Prereq: Huxley major status. Presentations by WWU faculty, researchers from other institutions, and Huxley College graduate students on a wide variety of topics in environmental studies. A written critique of selected presentations required. Questions, discussions and interactions encouraged. Informal brown bag lunch format. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 credits. S/U grading.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: senior status. Ecological concepts and principles applied to design and management of sustainable food production systems. Consideration given to social and economic components of an agroecosystem, as well as the experience of place. Includes case studies and field experience of sustainable agriculture and horticulture practices and principles. Offered alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: ESTU 410. Field and project work in agroecology and sustainable agriculture design that integrates ecological principles within sociocultural and economic frameworks. Consideration of soil and plant ecology, tillage systems and erosion control, resource cycling, and integrated nutrient systems that comprise best management practices. Required field trips. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: admission to the Sustainable Design minor or Huxley College or permission of instructor. Synthesis and application of principles, practices and policies in sustainable development and the design of projects, processes, and products using a systems approach to promote social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Students apply sustainable design techniques to local, regional and international community problems.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: Soc 210 and senior status and completion of analysis course work within major. Utilizing sociological findings and research methods, this course prepares the student to do social impact assessment separately and with environmental, technical, economic as well as other types of assessments. Working in teams, students do a Social Impact Assessment project of a proposed project or policy change. Focus is on measuring and understanding communitylevel social change in advance of the event. SIA is done within the framework of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A field trip and site visits are required.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: estu 202 or 304; PlSc 101 or 250. History of environmental problems and their cause. The administrative and political responses to them. Contemporary difficulties in formulating and applying environmental policy. Political and administrative changes needed to meet the environmental challenge. Offered alternate years. Also offered as PLSC 420.
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