Environmental Studies Major Summer 2018 ENVS Topics Course Descriptions

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Summer 2018 Maymester Course ENVS/PCSI 3064: Environmental Political Theory Instructor: Steven Vanderheiden Email: [email protected] This is a course in environmental political theory, which examines the roles of ethical, social, and political norms in the understanding and evaluation of contemporary environmental issues and the conceptual framing of those issues within a variety of environmental discourses. Over the course of the semester, we shall examine how the construction of environmental goals or problems in terms of ecological limits, economic rationalism, and democratic pragmatism (among other discourses) affects the terms of their assessment, shaping the way that persons and social or political institutions are thought to properly address them. We shall also apply normative concepts such as justice, democracy, and citizenship to issues in environmental politics, considering the potential and limits of theorizing them in these terms, and examine several major schools of environmental political thought (including social ecology, radical environmentalism, and bioregionalism) in terms of their normative claims and potential to critically assess or reform environmental politics. Finally, we shall examine the roles that ethical, social, and political values play in major contemporary social movements, including those for environmental justice, North-South equity, and green consumerism.

Summer 2018 Maymester Course ENVS 3100-570: Topics in Applied Environmental Studies - Permaculture Design Instructor: Kelly Simmons Email: [email protected] This course follows the internationally accepted Permaculture Design Course curriculum leading to a Permaculture Design Certiﬁcate. Permaculture is the study and practice of the way human beings‐ as individuals and communities‐can participate in the creation of ethical and ecological perennial support systems. A whole systems design approach is presented that integrates plants, animals, buildings, people, communities, economies, and the landscapes that surround us through careful analysis and thoughtful design. Students in this course explore various food production, energy production, water management, waste management, and shelter systems, and assess their potential for integration to meet human needs while improving ecosystem health. The course includes field trips, active learning, a personal design project and group design project. Class takes place Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with homework in the evening. Fulfills ENVS Application requirement. Register through Continuing Education.

Summer 2018 Maymester Course ENVS 3525: Topical Cornerstones - Waste and Global Justice Instructor: David Ciplet Email: [email protected] Cancelled

Summer 2018 Maymester Course ENVS 4100-100: Humans and Wild Animals: Conservation, Conflict, & Coexistence Instructor: Joanna E. Lambert Email: [email protected]

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As human populations continue to increase on our planet, so too have our impacts on the habitat in which wild animals live, resulting in shifting and sometimes conflictual patterns of human-wild animal encounters. Some animal species such have adapted to these new, anthropogenic landscapes, while others are declining rapidly in number. In this course, we will explore the long history that humans have had with wild animals, with a particular focus on the conservation implications of human-wildlife interactions and the circumstances that result in conflict versus coexistence. Specific topics to be explored include the ecology and evolution of species coexistence, the biology of resilience and domestication, changing human attitudes towards wild animals, animal welfare and conservation, sources of conflict between humans and animals, competition between humans and animals for resources and space, urban animals and biodiversity in cities, animals as ecotourism subjects, and the role of protected space. Fulfills ENVS Specialization requirement.

Summer 2018 Session A Course ENVS 3100-100: Crowdsource Mapping (Online Course) Instructor: Joel Hartter Email: [email protected] This course will focus on the application of locational crowdsourced information as well as qualitative information (e.g., digital photos) to use real-world examples, where we can apply the technology and applications anywhere. The course will incorporate concepts from geography, history, anthropology, sociology, planning, information science, and disaster management. Students will learn about the ongoing process of data acquisition and problem conceptualization. Rather than work to produce a static result, students will be encouraged to think about how they will incorporate changes, update and refine their analyses, and successfully navigate a dynamic temporal and spatial setting. This course will be a hands-on and lab-based to introduce concepts of locational crowdsourced information, and teach them how to capture and use data. Fulfills ENVS Application requirement.

Summer 2018 Session A Course ENVS 4100: Globalization and the Environment (Online Course) Instructor: David Ciplet Email: [email protected] From climate change, to deforestation, to biodiversity loss, we face environmental crises that are truly global in scale. Globalization involves the spread of a common set of economic, political and social arrangements. In what ways is globalization to blame for the environmental challenges that we face? In what ways does globalization offer potential solutions to these problems? This distance-learning course engages competing theories of globalization to understand how power dynamics and processes of social conflict shape the ways in which humans interact with the environment. While addressing global issues and the impacts of wealthy nations, this course focuses on developing countries, where environmental impacts are experienced worst. From oil waste contamination in Indigenous communities in the Amazon, to political contestation of World Bank loans for coal projects in South Africa, to climate change impacts in Bangladesh, we will examine these issues through analysis of concrete case studies. Fulfills ENVS Specialization requirement.

Summer 2018 Session C Course ENVS 4100-800: Environmental Governance: Mekong Delta, Vietnam Instructor: Kimberly Rogers Email: [email protected]

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Spend two weeks in Vietnam this summer paddling through mangrove forests, exploring the culture of Cai Rang's floating markets, and experiencing life on an Asian river delta! In this new social- environmental synthesis course, students will integrate concepts from the natural and social sciences to examine a wicked problem: environmental governance in the Mekong Delta. Topics will include biophysical and climate processes, land cover change, social-cultural dimensions of resource governance, and conservation challenges associated with rapid development. Course activities and project development will take place on CU Boulder and Can Tho (Vietnam) University campuses, enabling cultural exchanges with Vietnamese students. For more information on this Global Intensive course and application procedures, please contact Dr. Rogers. Fulfills ENVS Specialization requirement. Extra tuition for travel component will apply.

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