Environmental Studies

ENVS 100 Ecology and Society

Introduction to environmental issues in an interdisciplinary matrix. Focuses on three issues at the intersection of ecological questions and social institutions: agroecology and sustainable agriculture; population growth, economic growth, and environmental degradation; and biodiversity conservation and land management. Reviews the important roles of disciplinary abstraction and of the application of that knowledge to context-dependent explanations of environmental problems.

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): ENVS 23 or CHEM 1A; ENVS 24 or BIOE 20C; ENVS 25; and STAT 7 and STAT 7L, or ECON 113 or OCEA 90; and one from: ANTH 2, SOCY 1, SOCY 10, SOCY 15, PHIL 21, PHIL 22, PHIL 24, PHIL 28, or PHIL 80G. Concurrent enrollment in ENVS 100L Is required.

Credits

3

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

Instructor

Gregory Gilbert, Madeleine Fairbairn