The student will gain a comprehensive understanding of how key global challenges such as population growth and consumption are resulting in a need to develop and promote methods and practices to foster sustainability in society. This will include a study of the interaction between the human society and the natural environment. Using a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach, the course will explore the most important global issues of our time. These concepts include sustainability, urban ecology, land use, agriculture, pollution, energy, climate change, water scarcity, habitat loss/species endangerment, and desertification/deforestation. The course will evaluate the detrimental effects of rapid and unplanned urban growth on the global issues concepts if society does not embrace sustainability. The student will learn how education, public awareness, technology, economics, policy, and social issues must be integrated to address and reverse adverse environmental impacts facing society today. Fulfills requirement: Connective Experience. Prerequisite: FYE-112. 3 credits. |