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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | ENVSH101A001 |
| Course Title | Case Studies in Environmental Issues: Concepts, Contexts, & Conundrums |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Environmental Studies |
| Instructor | Young,Talia |
| Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:25am
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| Room Location | SHA410 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2664 The course offers a cross-disciplinary introduction to environmental studies. Tracing an arc from historical analysis to practical engagement, distinctive approaches to key categories of environmental inquiry are presented: political ecology, earth science, energy, economics, public health, ecological design, sustainability, policy, and environmental ethics. Basic concepts, such as thermodynamics, biodiversity, cost-benefit analysis, scale, modernization, enclosure, the commons, and situational ethics, are variously defined and employed within specific explorations of environmental challenges in the modern world.; Prerequisite(s): Not open to students who have taken ENVS 101 at Bryn Mawr or Swarthmore; Enrollment Limit: 40; Lottery Preference(s): Junior minors in ENVS; Sophomores; 5 spaces for Frosh , A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World, C: Physical and Natural Processes (; Hav: , A, B, C) |
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