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ES 1000 - Global Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives
Course description
This course fulfills the UST 1000 requirement.
This course explores the global cultural context of sustainability while facilitating the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD. Examine the topic of environmental sustainability through the context of global culture and affairs. Explore different cultural approaches to solving environmental issues, compare and contrast these approaches with those taken in the US. Investigate the concept of outsourcing with respect to the peoples and ecosystems that are impacted by the practice.
pre-req: less than 30 credits earned
This course explores the global cultural context of sustainability while facilitating the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD. Examine the topic of environmental sustainability through the context of global culture and affairs. Explore different cultural approaches to solving environmental issues, compare and contrast these approaches with those taken in the US. Investigate the concept of outsourcing with respect to the peoples and ecosystems that are impacted by the practice.
pre-req: less than 30 credits earned
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Lecture
Requirements
000115
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Global Perspectives
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Fall