GEOG 3060 SUS - Environmental Issues: Local to Global Impacts and Solutions

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course explores a range of environmental issues from local to global contexts, considering their root causes, impacts, and interconnections to social and economic factors. Topics typically include air and water quality, food production, forests, consumption and waste/resource management, and the overarching issue of climate change. The course also identifies solutions to these challenges toward the creation of a more sustainable, equitable and healthy world for all. When you finish this course, you will better understand how people have transformed the environment and your own ability to contribute to solutions.
Pre-requisite(s): GEOG 1000, or BTNY 1403, or the equivalent, or consent of the instructor.