CULTURES OF SUSTAINABILITY: CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Exploration of the ideals and realities of sustainability in Central, Northern and East European contexts. Cultural, historical, environmental and other perspectives on sustainability on a local and global scale.
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
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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Catalogue variants
- CULTURES OF SUSTAINABILITY: CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN EUROPE · 3 credits.