CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND EDUCATION
Provides an overview of diverse theories and models of human-earth relations, and the causes and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. Centering a global ecological justice lens, develops a critical approach to examining how different people around the world learn about and experience the climate crisis. Provides a range of tools to use in responding to the climate crisis, including learning about and engaging with Teejop and Traditional Ecological Knowledge frameworks, exploring how increased diversity can sustain human survival, and examining the concept of sustainability.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Social Science or Natural Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of various conceptualizations of human-earth relations, and the consequences of these understandings on human actions and educational responses Audience: Undergraduate 2. Utilize existing scientific evidence to recognize the shape and scope of anthropogenic climate change and its extensive impacts on human and planetary health. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine educational and knowledge-generation approaches that appear to hold promise for a more sustaining global future. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of addressing climate change and justice through education. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenges of educating for sustainable development. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of climate change and environmental justice and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of various conceptualizations of human-earth relations, and the consequences of these understandings on human actions and educational responses Audience: Undergraduate 2. Utilize existing scientific evidence to recognize the shape and scope of anthropogenic climate change and its extensive impacts on human and planetary health. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine educational and knowledge-generation approaches that appear to hold promise for a more sustaining global future. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of addressing climate change and justice through education. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenges of educating for sustainable development. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of climate change and environmental justice and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027