Learning Outcomes
Key Knowledge Areas
- Anthropogenic drivers of environmental problems in our existing social, political, and economic frameworks and institutions
- Science of Earth’s systems and the physical processes, chemical reactions, and feedback loops behind modern environmental crises
- History of societies’ complex relationship with built and natural environments
- Social systems at the root of environmental inequality.
- Sustainable futures forged through new scientific knowledges, public policies, and collective efforts to enact change
Acquired Skills
- Applying systems-thinking to solve complex socio-environmental problems
- Communicating knowledge and ideas through critical writing, academic presentation, and constructive dialogue
- Conducting scientific research, making use of mixed analytical methods
- Working collaboratively as members of effective teams