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1.00 Credits
A seminar intended to integrate students into the Undergraduate College of Science and Society and into the University community by providing information about Stony Brook and a forum for discussion of values, intellectual and social development, and personal as well as institutional expectations. Required for all first year students. Not for credit in addition to ADV 101, ACH 101, LDS 101, GLS 101, HDV 101, ITS 101, SBU 101, SCH 101, or LSE 101.
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1.00 Credits
A seminar for all first year students in the Science and Society Undergraduate College. The seminar covers various topics under the general scope of science and related topics such as medicine, disease, and human impacts on the environment. Topics vary by section and may include: the traditional scientific disciplines (e.g. chemistry and physics), multidisciplinary scientific subjects (e.g., environmental science, global change), environmental conservation, and human biology, ecology, evolution, and medicine. Required for all first year students. Not for credit in addition to ACH 102, GLS 102, HDV 102, ITS 102, or LDS 102.
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1.00 Credits
Creates a curricular component for the second year of the Undergraduate College Experience. College fellows will enroll in SSO 275 in the spring semester of their freshman year and SSO 276 in the fall semester of their sophomore year. 275 (spring) engages students in four main content areas: student development theory, scholarship on mentoring and leadership development, concepts of teaching and learning, and programming and event planning. These areas prepare students for supervised learning and teaching experiences that will occur primarily in the fall 276 course.
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1.00 Credits
The second semester in the sequence following SSO 275. Students assume higher responsibility and are given opportunities to apply teaching theories and concepts as learned in SSO 275. Students act as a TA for SSO 101.
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1.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to allow upper-division students the opportunity to work with a faculty member as an assistant in one of the faculty member's scheduled Undergraduate College seminars. The student must attend all classes and carry out tasks assigned by the faculty member to assist in teaching the course. The student will meet with the instructor on a regular basis to discuss intellectual and pedagogical matters relating to the course. May be repeated up to a limit of 2 credits.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Students learn about contemporary issues in higher education, community building, and teaching at a research university through hands-on work with faculty mentors. Work assigned will include participation in the planning and operation of events and initiatives sponsored by the Undergraduate Colleges. Students are required to submit written reports on their experiences to the Undergraduate Colleges office and Faculty Directors. May be repeated up to a limit of 6 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Historically, ethical and moral notions have been concerned with the relations of humans to one another. How does the natural world fit into those traditional views about ethical and moral obligations? Do these views need revision? A selection from issues such as the following will be discussed: animal rights; the intrinsic value of nature; our obligations to nature; the "land ethic"; global environmental justice; "deep ecology", and ecofeminism. Readings will include both historical sources, and recent and contemporary authors.
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3.00 Credits
Use, evaluation, and development of integrated assessment models. These model typically integrate environmental concerns with variables from other disciplines for the purpose of providing policy advice to decision-makers. Students will learn about the most frequently used integrated assessment models and what we can learn from them. The models studies will include the World3 model, which was the basis of the famous book "The Limits to Growth."
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3.00 Credits
This course will assess the unprecedented demographic changes and diversity of the 21st century, through an interdisciplinary approach. It will explore themes such as population ageing and decline, migration in population replacement, demographic change and sustainable public health, social welfare programs, environmental degradation, and differential vulnerabilities (e.g., gender, poverty, age, education, ethnicity and race, empowerment and rights).
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3.00 Credits
This course will address the ways in which people act collectively to address social problems or to change social policy. The course will be divided into two sections: a general introduction to the study of collective action, and a set of case studies in environmental activism.
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