| Environmental Programs
Courses
Courses with * fulfill General
Education requirements
(A-AP) = Arts - Applied
(A-TH) = Arts - Theoretical/Historical
(A-AR) = Analytical - Abstract
Reasoning
(A-QR) = Analytical - Quantitative
Reasoning
(CP) = Comparative Practices
(D-D) = Diversity - Domestic
(D-I) = Diversity - International
(D-L) = Diversity - Language
(ES) = Earlham Seminar
(IP) = Interpretive Practices
(SI) = Scientific Inquiry
(W) = Wellness
(AY) = Offered in
Alternative Year |
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ENPR 104 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS
(4 credits)
Designed to develop an understanding of our national political system by examining its institutions and structures; by stimulating interest in its programs, processes and personalities; and by measuring its performance against the universal criteria of legitimacy, power, efficiency, responsiveness and representativeness. Also listed as POLS 104.
*ENPR 111 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
(4 credits)
Investigates the impacts humans have on the environment, and actions people and society at large could take that might help mitigate those impacts, leading to more sustainable living. (A-QR, SI)
ENPR 212 WILDERNESS ETHICS
(3 credits)
Explores the historical development and modern challenges of the wilderness ideal within the United States. International perspectives on wilderness also explored. Topics may include: environmental philosophy, conservation and land management models and conflicts, critical ecology and eco-progressivism. Also listed as EDUC 212. (AY)
*ENPR 242 ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING
(3 credits)
An introduction to the interdisciplinary application of biology, chemistry, geology and mathematics fundamental to the understanding and resolution of environmental problems; an introduction to life cycle assessment and industrial ecology. Prerequisite: One Scientific Inquiry (SI) course. (A-QR)
ENPR 280 ENVIRONMENTAL COLLOQUIUM
(1-3 credits)
Students read, discuss and write reflections on documents written by, and on lectures given by, visiting environmental experts. The primary purpose of the colloquium is to provide students from diverse academic majors with opportunities to discuss and reflect on important current environmental issues. Recent topics include sustainability and energy.
*ENPR 305 AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ECOLOGY
(4 credits)
A study of American environmental literature and its imaginative
forms in relation to environmental philosophy, including changing ideas
of nature and wilderness; representations of space and place; the deep
ecology, ecofeminism and environmental justice movements; and the overall
relation between human language and value and the non-human world. Attention
also to cultural issues of ecology, such as how our ecological understandings
affect our sense of identity and our social and economic practices. May
include writers such as Thoreau, Abbey, Muir, Snyder, Aldo Leopold, Terry
Tempest Williams, Leslie Marmon Silko and Mary Oliver. Prerequisite: An
Earlham Seminar, Interpretive Practices course, or consent of the instructor.
Also listed as ENG 305. (CP) (AY)
*ENPR 315 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF NEW ZEALAND (4 credits)
Provides an overview to the unique natural species and landscapes
of this island country as well as its many environmental challenges.
Topics vary and may include environmental history, island biogeography,
natural history, conservation and restoration ecology, environmental
policy and legislation, and sustainable development. Emphasizes
species, habitat and community identification, geologic processes and
the impact of human settlement on New Zealand's ecosystems. Lab. Prerequisite:
A previous Biology or Geology course or consent of the instructor. Also
listed as EDUC 315. (SI)
ENPR 320 FACULTY SEMINAR (4 credits)
Taught on the New Zealand semester by program faculty on an environmental topic of interest. Topics vary. Also listed as EDUC 320.
ENPR 485 INDEPENDENT STUDY (3 credits)
An investigation of a specific topic conceived and planned by the student in consultation with a faculty adviser. |
