Undergraduate 2017-2018

ENST 315 Nature & Society

Analyze problems in nature-society relationships by exploring geographic theory surrounding environmental politics, surveying local and global actors in these conflicts, and addressing varied contemporary issues in resource management.

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ENST 320 American Environmental Worldviews

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An exploration and analysis of the historical development of perceptions and worldviews about the environment and the natural world using the United States as a case study.

3

ENST 326 Africa

Identify and analyze relationships between the physical and cultural patterns, including land use, resource development, social, political and economic problems.

3

ENST 331 Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

Anthropological perspectives and methods are used to critically examine the assumptions and actions underlying social and environmental contemporary human problems as well as those involved in efforts to address them.

3

ENST 335 Environmental and Resource Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 205. Students will examine the strengths and weaknesses of economic theory in analyzing the seriousness of resource and environmental issues facing society.

3

ENST 340 Agroecology and Food Sovereignty

Explore community-based approaches to designing sustainable food systems that draw from permaculture and urban agriculture principles and strategies.

3

ENST 341 Permaculture and Urban Farming

Explore community-based approaches to designing sustainable food systems that draw from permaculture and urban agriculture principles and strategies.

3

ENST 345 Environmental Geography: Earth at Risk

Prerequisite: GEOG 220 or GEOG 230. Examine selected environmental issues, including climate change, environmental degradation, and resource depletion, focusing on the physical processes underlying these problems and how human activities contribute to environmental problems.

3

ENST 355 Introduction to Environmental Health

Discussion of the relationships of environmental pollution to the ecosystem and health of humans. Analyze major areas of environmental pollution: water, air, solid wastes, pesticides, radioactive wastes and population.

3

ENST 356 Water Resource Economics

Examination of economic principles governing water planning, development and law. Discussion of supply and demand, quality and political issues. Relationship to Colorado and local situation. Can also be taken as ECON 356.

3

ENST 364 Leadership and Community Building

Concurrent prerequisite: ENST 100. Understand the leadership role of the individual and groups in building sustainable communities that enhance and capacity building for positive societal change.

3

ENST 375 Literature and the Environment

Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things?

3

ENST 378 Energy Policy and Economics

This course examines the dominant trends and challenges affecting energy systems and policy around the world, including the evolution and economics of fossil fuels, alternative energy technologies, and clean energy policies. Can be taken as ECON 378.

3

ENST 380 Sustainable Living

Examine the sustainability of contemporary living patterns. Explore alternative approaches to meeting transportation, domestic power and heating, food production and waste disposal needs on the personal and community levels.

3

ENST 385 Art and the Environment

Investigate and participate in the process of art as it relates to the different environments of human existence.

3

ENST 389 Human Perception of the Built Environment

Prerequisite: ENST 100 or ENST 215 or permission of the instructor. Exploration of human perception as it adapts to the built environment, including theories of environmental psychology.

3

ENST 390 Building Materials for a Sustainable Environment

Prerequisite: ENST 100 or consent of instructor. Exploration of materials used in the built environment including: Properties and characteristics of a material, sustainable features, history of use, fabrication process, common uses for the material, and installation methods.

3

ENST 391 The Built Environment and Sustainability

Prerequisite: ENST 100 or permission of the instructor. Exploration of the built environment including the characteristics of sustainability in: site selection, recyclable and renewable resources, embodied energy, building materials, and indoor air quality.

3