Christopher G. Boone  Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change, School of Sustainability

SOS 532/ASB 591: Sustainable Urban Dynamics/City and Environment (3 credit hours)
TTh 3:00-4:15 p.m.
GIOS 201
Line# 87078
The course investigates major issues and themes on the urban environment. Topics of study include the urbanization process and urban sprawl, urban ecology as an integrated way to understand the urban environment, sustainable development and urban sustainability, hinterlands and the ecological footprint, urban agriculture, waste generation and management, water and energy requirements, urban transportation and alternatives, environmental justice and hazards, the application of GIS to the study of urban environments, public health and healthy cities, urban greenspaces, and green governance, planning, and design. The course format is lecture. Evaluation is based on two synthesis papers, a substantial research paper, and a final presentation. 

SOS 511: Research Methods in Sustainability (3 credit hours)
MW 3:30-4:45p.m.
GIOS 201
Line# 82760

Sustainability, in practice and theory, requires an integrated understanding of social, economic, and ecological dynamics. A conversation between disciplines rather than isolated research is necessary to understand and respond to the grand sustainability challenges. Over the last century, various scientific approaches have developed and honed sophisticated methodologies to formulate and answer fundamental questions of particular importance to their respective disciplines. Given the integrated imperative of sustainability science, scholars and practitioners must reach into multiple toolboxes, or at least understand how to collaborate with experts with critical methodological expertise. The primary purpose of this course is to introduce students to the multiple methods that may be employed in the realm of sustainability science. Strict instruction on how to do various methods (e.g. econometrics, simulations, analysis of dynamical systems, network analysis) is not the purpose of the course. After completing this course, it is strongly advised that you pursue one or more advanced methods courses in the field of your choice.

SOS 332

Human Dimensions of Sustainability (3 credit hours)

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