Eco Art: Art, Architecture, and the Natural Environment

4 credits · Undergraduate

The course offers a global history of ecologically conscious art, architecture, cinema, sustainable design, and urban planning. Case studies range from North American indigenous arts, Asian gardens, colonial medicine, and Renaissance experiments in botany to eco-activism in the Global South, biotech, urban planning, and contemporary green infrastructure. Key ecological concepts such as energy, waste, sustainability, environmental justice, and conservation are considered alongside economic, political, religious, engineering, and scientific experiments with the ecosystem from the prehistory to the present. Designed for both humanities and science students. No prior courses in art history or environmental science required.