UMass Boston

First-Year Seminar in Sustainability

Course #: ENVSCI 179G, Class #: 4532, Section #: 01

Description

This is a one semester four-credit First-Year Seminar in Sustainability. This course will focus on current issues in sustainability with a secondary emphasis on student success and professional development. Through case studies and two library-based informative and argumentative papers on sustainability, students will learn about the complexities of balancing the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economics, and social justice. Students also will be exposed to campus offices and professional development artifacts and technologies. Successful completion of this course will fulfill a students First-Year Seminar requirement which focuses on the capabilities of careful reading, clear writing, critical thinking, information technology, oral presentation, teamwork, and academic self-assessment.