Course

ES 382  China’s Environmental Studies, Planning and Management

Professor

Xiangrong Wang

CRN

15492

 

Schedule

Tu   1:30 – 3:50 pm  OLIN 107

Distribution

OLD: C

NEW: Social Science

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

Environmental protection in China began in the 1970s, and was declared a basic national policy in the 1980s. As economic growth, industrialization and urbanization have accelerated in recent years, China faces new challenges in balancing this growth with environmental protection and natural conservation, even as it has committed itself to a sustainable development policy. China’s environmental studies, planning and management have shifted towards new methods of eco-protection, eco-planning, eco-construction and eco-management. Chinese environmental policy has important consequences for the entire world. This course considers the new and extensive literatures on China’s environment and urban ecology. We address these key questions: What is the extent and variety of environmental pollution and ecological degradation in China? How have urbanization and industrialization affected China’s environmental quality? What is the framework of environmental protection policy in China? What are recent developments in eco-environmental planning, eco-city studies and actions? What strategies and actions are being used in China to promote sustainable development and international cooperation? This class is an Upper College seminar. Some familiarity with either modern China or environmental studies and urban ecological studies is valuable, but not required. Assigned reading and discussion will be in English, but students with Chinese language skills are encouraged to introduce additional materials from China into the class.

 

Course

ES 399   Environmental  Studies Research Seminar

Professor

Mark Lindeman

CRN

15148

 

Schedule

Tu               4:30 -5:50 pm       OLIN 107

Distribution

OLD: C

NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference

2 credits   This seminar is required for students moderated in Environmental Studies (formerly CRES). Students are expected to take ES 399 twice, during the Junior and Senior years, for four credits total. This two-credit core course meets one evening per week for 80 minutes every spring semester. The primary responsibility for conducting the seminar rotates annually among the core faculty of the Environmental Studies program, who also participate as frequent guests of the class. The seminar provides a forum for interdisciplinary contact among scholars who approach similar problems from diverse perspectives. Students and faculty will share tips on research methods and sources, academic writing, and strategies for designing and executing a successful project. The primary instructor will select a theme for the seminar each year. Students are expected to give a presentation based on a published journal article. Seniors will, in addition, present their senior project work.     Prerequisite: Upper College status. Space permitting, Upper College students not moderated in Environmental Studies may take ES 399 with permission of the primary instructor.

 

See also

 

·              ANTH  212           Historical Archaeology

·              ANTH 337            Anthropology of Animals

·              ECON 101           Intro to Microeconomics

·              ECON 226           Urban and Regional Economics

·              PSY 204               Research Methods in Psychology

·              SOC 120              Inequality in America

·              SOC 205              Intro to Research Methods