CULTURES OF SUSTAINABILITY: CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN EUROPE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European by demonstrating a humanistic understanding of sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of working respectfully with stakeholders from different cultural, geographic, and political backgrounds to sustain culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts using a humanistic approach and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Use sustainability principles for developing personal goals and professional values. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European by demonstrating a humanistic understanding of sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of working respectfully with stakeholders from different cultural, geographic, and political backgrounds to sustain culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of culture in Central, Eastern and North (CEN) European contexts using a humanistic approach and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Use sustainability principles for developing personal goals and professional values. Audience: Undergraduate