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Catalog of Courses for Environmental Thought & Practice    
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Enviromental Thought and Practice
ETP 1559New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4)
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice.
Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022
ETP 2020Global Sustainability (3)
Earth's ecosystems are threatened by accelerated population growth, depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation, and loss of biodiversity. This interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand and lead efforts to address these challenges. It provides foundational knowledge and challenges participants to deepen their understanding by working collaboratively to develop and implement a real-world, local sustainability project.
Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
ETP 2030Politics, Science, & Values: Intro to Environmental Thought and Practice (3)
Offered
Spring 2025
What is our relationship to the environment? Physical, chemical, or biological phenomena can be described by environmental scientists but "problems" are defined by our response to them, contingent on culture, history and values more than measurements. Solving environmental problems lies in the political sphere, but our debates draw on discourses from philosophy, economics and ethics. Explore the basis for environmental thought and practice.
ETP 2500Topics in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 3)
This course explores a range of topics relating to Environmental Thought and Practice. Class descriptions and more information can be found at the ETP web site.
Course was offered Summer 2024
ETP 2559New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4)
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice.
Course was offered Spring 2021
ETP 3500Topics in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 3)
Offered
Spring 2025
This course explores a range of topics relating to Environmental Thought and Practice. Class descriptions and more information can be found at the ETP web site.
Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024
ETP 3559New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4)
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice.
ETP 4010Environmental Decisions (3)
Offered
Spring 2025
This capstone seminar for the Environmental Thought and Practice major supports students in integrating the broad range of ideas and perspectives they encountered during their course of studies. In addition, students will learn skills and practices for cultivating a strong purpose and for building the resilience and self-knowledge needed to be effective environmental stewards in their chosen future careers. Prerequisite: Declaration of ETP major.
ETP 4693The Business of Saving Nature (3)
Human activities are currently resulting in an unprecedented decline in the biological diversity of our planet. The conversion of natural lands for agriculture and urbanization, together with the alteration of wetlands and aquatic ecosystems, is resulting in the extinction of species that depend on these ecosystems as essential habitat. Recognition of the impacts of human activity on biological diversity has led to a growing international environmental movement to promote the preservation of natural ecosystems. The preservation of biological diversity is dependent on the integration of conservation objectives into the framework of regional economic development, which will require a blending of our scientific and economic understanding about these issues. This course focuses on the scientific and economic issues related to the conservation and preservation of natural ecosystems via an insitutional learning experience.
ETP 4810Class Race & the Environment (3)
Focuses on the intersections among class, race and the environment. The course goals are to achieve an understanding of central environmental policy issues, to consider what 'class' and 'race' mean, and to examine the distribution of environmental hazards across people of different classes and races. (Cross listed with PLAP 4810)
ETP 4995Supervised Research (1 - 3)
Offered
Spring 2025
Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in Environmental Thought and Practice under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.