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Courses whose instructors have notified us that they have sustainability related content. ECON 350 Sustainable DevelopmentTR 10:30-11:45 Instructor: James Roumasset. Transdisciplinary introduction to sustainable development. Interactions between environment, economy, and public policy, especially in Hawaii. Topics: curse of paradise, global warming, energy use, health, poverty, population, water resources, traffic congestion, biodiversity, pollution controls and more. ECON 638 Environmental Resource EconomicsTR 1:30-2:45 Instructor: J Roumasset (3) Principles of policy design and evaluation for environmental resources management, forestry and watershed conservation, and sustainable economic development. Pre: 604 or 606; or consent. ENG 100A (01): Composition I/Honors(MWF 10:30-11:20) Instructor: Frank Stewart Phone: 956-3059 E-mail instructor: fstewart@hawaii.edu Visit Course Website: http://www.english.hawaii.edu/courses/fall09/100f09.html During this course, you'll be writing all the time, including about seven essays, each based on readings that I’ll give you or are in the book I’ve ordered. The essays will often concern issues of the environment, sustainability/dynamic change, human nature, and our responsibilities to one another in a global community. However, you will have the freedom to pursue aspects of these topics in ways that interest you the most. Course goals are to give you the ability to 1) generate and present ideas precisely and effectively, 2) develop a central idea in a piece of writing and support it logically and clearly, 3) produce effective sentences and paragraphs that support a central idea, 4) present good questions provoked by an essay’s ideas and facts, 5) revise and proofread so that your sentences and grammar are technically correct, and, not least, 6) understand an essay's relationship to audience and how that relationship may influence style, diction, level of formality, and other aspects of the writing. Your last assignment will be an extended, unified research project. ENG 100 (10) Composition ITR 10:30-11:45 Instructor: Jim Caron Composition taught with a sustainability theme. ENG 100/101 (30) Composition ITR 7:30- 8:20 Instructor: Richard Nettell Phone: 956-3036 E-mail instructor: nettell@hawaii.edu Visit Course Website: http://www.english.hawaii.edu/courses/fall09/100f09.html This course aims to have students produce university-level writing and will involve discussion of notions such as style, register, fluency, and appropriacy, as well as consideration of the role and significance of Standard English, particularly within the context of the university. There will also be a substantial review of grammar. Core course elements are: an engaged reception of selected works of fiction, non-fiction, and film; an awareness of the varieties of English, their uses and significance; an ability to produce writing appropriate to a particular context and readership; a discussion of, and practice in, Standard English for Academic Purposes. The class will emphasize analytic and argumentative writing, but elements of creative and personal writing will also be encouraged. There will be several required conferences, and students will receive extensive instructor and peer feedback on as much of their writing as possible. The final research paper (on sustainability) will be presented orally (using PowerPoint). ENG 100 (24): Composition I(MWF 1:30 – 2:20) Instructor: Jim Henry_ Phone: 956-3074 E-mail instructor: jmhenry@hawaii.edu Visit Course Website: http://www.english.hawaii.edu/henry/100/2009/description.html This section of Composition I will focus on sustainability as part of an ACE cluster of courses that includes Ethnobotany and Hawaiian Studies. Our beginning writing activities will include a focus on where we are coming from, geographically and genealogically, so that we can get to know each other and establish relationships. From that point we will move to other course actitivies: watching films such as Manufactured Landscapes and Noho Hewa, and writing summaries and analyses; workshops at Hamilton Library to learn techniques for effective, valuable, responsible information retrieval on the Internet; a collaborative web site presenting research on sustainability; a number of outings in Honolulu such as the Water Works, the Tour de Trash, and K_ka‘_‘_ Heiau. In the final weeks of the course, you will study possible careers that would enable you to make use of a sustainability-focused undergraduate experience at UH M_noa and you will compose a futuristic nonfiction creative writing depiction of your work as a sustainably-focused "knowledge worker." ENG 100 (19): Composition I(MWF 11:30-12:20) Instructor: Phillip Drake Phone: 956-7619 E-mail instructor: pdrake@hawaii.edu Visit Course Website: http://www.english.hawaii.edu/courses/fall09/100f09.html This course is designed to help attune students to writing processes, to develop strategies for more successful writing inside and outside the university, and to engage with issues of sustainability. Major coursework will include three writing projects, each corresponding a unit in the course, several shorter essays, weekly postings, and a short presentation. Our focus on sustainability is intended to be a conceptual point of departure that will lead us through a variety of topics and discourses, including but not limited to discussions of health, agriculture, environmentalism, animal rights, poverty, disasters, gender, space, place, economics, the sciences, modernity, postmodernism, utopias, tourism, technology, and futurity. Through our course readings and discussions, we will think and write about the implications of sustainability on ourselves, on environments (particularly those we encounter on these islands), and the ways conceptions of nature develop over time. GEOG 101 (1) The Natural EnvironmentTR 9:00-10:15 Instructor: S Jorgensen (3) Survey of man’s natural environment; distribution and interrelationships of climates, vegetation, soils, landforms. DP GEOG 101 (2) The Natural EnvironmentTR 3:00-4:15 Instructor: D Beilman (3) Survey of man’s natural environment; distribution and interrelationships of climates, vegetation, soils, landforms. DP GEOG 326 Environment, Resources and SocietyTR 1:30-2:45 Instructor: K Suryanata (3) Human interaction with the environment. Changes in concept of conservation. Ecological, philosophical, and political aspects of present environmental dilemmas. Problems in Hawai‘i, U.S., and developing world. DS GEOG 401 Climate ChangeTR 12:00-1:15 Instructor: C Mandryk (3) Approaches to the study of past and future climate change. Pre: 101 or 300 or 401 or 402 or 405 or MET 101 or MET 200 or MET 302 or MET 303 or MET 310, or consent. DP IS 489 Environmental PracticumW 1:30-4:00 Instructor: John Cusick. Field experience in study and abatement of environmental problems under faculty direction. Project proposal, narrative activity log, and documentary report are required. Pre: upper division standing, courses in appropriate discipline, and consent. NREM 220 Agricultural and Resource EconomicsTR 9:00-10:15 Instructor: Linda Cox. The purpose of this course is to assist you in establishing an organized thinking pattern that will enable rational consideration of current and future issues relating to the tradeoffs between food production and alternative uses of natural resource endowments. Pre: none. Taught every fall. A-F only. DS NREM 302 Natural Resources and Environmental PolicyMW 3:30-4:45 Instructor C Ferguson Introduction to American government policy in natural resources and environmental protection at federal, Hawaii state and county levels. Policy principles, legal structure, governmental agencies, major statutes and programs, analytical techniques, program assessments. A-F only. Pre: 210 and either 220 or ECON 120 or ECON 130; or consent. DS,ETH,WI NREM 420 Community and Natural Resource ManagementTR 10:30-11:45 Instructor: Linda Cox. This course is designed to help students develop skills and obtain knowledge related to the human dimensions of natural resource management in order to become more sustainable. Issues related to working with and within groups and communities to address natural resource management concerns will be specifically addressed. The course will cover theory, tools and examples of working with individuals and communities in both the extension/development context. The course will explore theoretical and practical aspects of various concepts including: extension/development theory, the structure and attributes of groups and communities, working with individuals and groups, participation, and the role of the “outsider” in natural resources management planning and practice. Pre: six credits of social science, or consent. Fall only. DS PEPS/NREM 210 Environmental Resources: Issues and OptionsTR 10:30-11:45 Instructors: Carl Evensen (NREM), Brent Sipes and Janice Uchida (Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences). Analysis of our environment with emphasis on understanding relationships and interactions of physical, biological, technological, and political components using scientific methods of inquiry. Food supply and safety, water quality, pollution control, biodiversity, environmental policy. Writing Intensive and qualifies as a Biological Science Diversification Requirement. Pre: none. Open to nonmajors. OCN 201 (1) Science of the SeaMWF 10:30-11:20 Instructor: C Measures (3) Structure, formation, and features of ocean basins; seawater properties and distributions; currents; waves; tides; characteristics of marine organisms; marine ecological principles; man and the sea. Field trip required. DP OCN 201 (2) Science of the SeaMWF 12:30-1:20 Instructor: C Measures (3) Structure, formation, and features of ocean basins; seawater properties and distributions; currents; waves; tides; characteristics of marine organisms; marine ecological principles; man and the sea. Field trip required. DP OCN 310/OEST 310 Global Environmental ChangeMWF 12:30-1:20 Instructor: E Goetze (3) Global environmental change problems, such as carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect, acid rain, chlorofluorocarbons and the ozone layer, global deforestation and effect on climate, etc. Pre: one environmentally oriented science course. (Cross-listed as MET 310 and OCN 310) DP OCN 435 Climate Change and UrbanizationTR 10:30-11:45 Instructor: B Flament (3) How are cities impacted by, and impacting climate change? How do urbanization, alteration of atmospheric processes, and extreme weather events affect urban systems and populations? These topics will be addressed in this course. Pre: OCN 363 or consent. Fall only. PEPS 451 Environmental LawTR 1:30-2:45 Instructor: B Sipes (3) Policies, regulations, acts, and laws that govern our interaction with the environment are explored. Analysis of the legal system’s impact on the movement of invasive pests, control of agricultural and urban pests, agribusiness and property rights, endangered species protection and private land ownership rights, water resource management, and pollution effects. PHIL 438/WS 438 Gender and Environmental PhilosophyW 3:30-6:00 Instructor: V Dalmiya (3) Interdisciplinary approach to women’s perspectives and roles on ecological and environmental issues; critical analysis of eco-feminism as a social and political movement; cross-cultural comparison of women’s roles in human ecology. Pre: any course 200 or above in PHIL or WS or any course 200 or above with a DB or DP designation, or consent. (Cross-listed as WS 438) DH PHYS 100 Survey of PhysicsMWF 1:30-2:20 Instructor Michael Jones. Mechanics, electricity and magnetism, waves, optics, atomic and nuclear physics. Only algebra and geometry used. For non-science majors. DP This course focuses on physics concepts and their connection to society. Among these are energy efficiency, energy sources, climate change, and energy options. So aspects of sustainability are part of the course but not the primary focus. Only algebra and geometry used. For non-science majors. DP PLAN 622 Environmental Impact AssessmentMW 2:00-4:30 Instructor: B Szuster (3) Theory and practice of environmental impact assessment. Policy and planning frameworks supporting environmental assessment in the U.S. and abroad. Cumulative environmental effects and strategic environmental assessment. Pre: graduate standing. (Cross-listed as GEOG 622) DS PLAN 625 Environmental PlanningM 9:00-11:45 Instructor: M Coffman 3) Knowledge and skills needed to prepare environmental plans and impact assessments mandated by national, state and local governments. A-F only. Pre: 620 (or concurrent) or consent. POLS 301 Hawai'i Politics - Hawai'i's Future in an Era of ChangeTR 12:00-1:15 Instructor: Ira Rohter How Will the Islands Respond to the Three Mega-Challenges of the 21St Century Globalization & Over-development, Climate Change, and Peak Oil? Taking Action -- This course will consider major alterations in key institutions and behavior which could promote sustainable solutions that preserve Hawai`i's special biosphere and social identity. And especially, the role that each of us must take in creating new forms of political participation and leadership. Pre: sophomore standing or higher, or consent. DS POLS 672 Politics of the FutureW 5:30-8:00 Instructor Jim Dator. Introduction to political futures studies; images of future, theories of social change, methods of social forecasting and designing preferred futures. A graduate-level introduction to futures studies with a focus on governance issues. Pre: graduate standing. POLS 171 Intro to Political FuturesMW 3:00-4:15 Instructor: J Dator (3) Introduction to political future studies. Using science fact and fiction, shows how past and present images of the future influence people’s actions. DS TPSS 220 Organic Crop ProductionM 12:30-1:20 and 1:30-4:20 Instructor - Theodore Radovich. This lecture/laboratory is intended to provide a science-based overview of the ecological processes that are relied on in organic agricultural systems. Emphasis will be placed on management strategies for vegetable production. No prerequisites - open enrollment. Document Actions |
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