Course:

EUS 101  Introduction to Environmental and Urban Studies

Professor:

Monique Segarra  

CRN:

90165

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Reem Kayden Center 101

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

20

Credits:

4

Humans have profoundly altered the character of Earth's biosphere since the advent of agriculture and urbanization 10,000 years ago. This course explores how global problems such as climate disruption, species extinction, and depletion of fossil soils, fuels, and waters are interlinked with one another but also with social problems such as financial instability, widening economic inequality, food insecurity, intensifying conflict and militarization, and declining public health. We review the empirical evidence of major environmental problems; consider which academic disciplines and practical skills are required to tackle them; and contemplate alternative political options open to governments and communities.  Issues will be considered at a variety of scales—from the level of individual responsibility to the local, regional, national, and global dimensions. EUS 101 and 102 are the foundational courses of the EUS program and are required for moderation. No prerequisite.

 

Course:

EUS 102  Environmental System Science

Professor:

Christopher Bowser

CRN:

90166

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    5:40 PM – 7:00 PM Hegeman 102

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

21

Credits:

4

The science needed to understand and address our complex socio-environmental challenges comes from a broad range of disciplines. In this course, we introduce and integrate core concepts and methodologies from physical, biological, and social sciences and practice system modeling to build your capacity to think critically about the causes and solutions to complex environmental problems and sustainability challenges. We will practice the scientific method as we develop mechanistic understanding of the drivers of climate change and the consequences for the hydrological cycle, ecological processes, and people.

 

Course:

EUS 305E   Social Entrepreneurship Practicum

Professor:

Alejandro Crawford & Eliza Edge

CRN:

90564

Schedule:

Mon  Wed    8:30 AM - 9:50 AM Barringer House 104

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

This is a collaborative, global course in social entrepreneurship, where student teams ideate and develop models for social enterprises. Bard students will engage with classes from Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Taiwan and other countries, through a mixture of synchronous on-line learning, and in-person labs. Social entrepreneurship is the process of building new organizations that offer scalable solutions to social and environmental challenges. Social enterprise can be either for-profit, or non-profit, but key is the ambition to address societal problems at scale. The practice of social entrepreneurship explores the full suite of liberal learning: critical analysis, persuasive writing, oral communication, quantitative reasoning, design thinking, and group social dynamics. The course will culminate in a “shark tank for sustainability” among and between teams from the different universities, with winning teams then competing at the Bard MBA’s annual Disrupt to Sustain pitch competition in December. The teaching and learning collaboration will be made possible through the use of Bard MBA Professor Crawford’s cloud-based teaching tool, RebelBase, which supports project-based learning embedded in a collaborative, online entrepreneurial ecosystem. The course will include readings and discussion focused on social issues related to entrepreneurship: drivers of change, from decarbonization to AI; delinking growth from material throughput; urban-based innovation ecosystems; social obstacles to risk taking; working on multi-disciplinary teams; language, power, race and gender dynamics in entrepreneurship; deconstructing the archetypes of entrepreneurship.

 

Course:

EUS/AS 309  Environmental Justice: Art, Science, and Radical Cartography

Professor:

Elias Dueker and Krista Caballero

CRN:

90169

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM New Annandale House

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights

We generally assume maps are objective, accurate representations of data and the world around us when, in fact, they depict the knowledge, experience, and values of the humans who draft them. As a hybrid EUS practicum + colloquium, this course will explore ways in which ecological issues are entangled with colonial histories of racism and supremacy, resource extraction and expansion through mapping. Native American scholarship will ground our exploration as we consider the impact and consequences of mapping as a tool used historically to claim ownership and invite exploitation. We will also investigate the evolution of radical cartography to counter these practices and imagine alternative mapping for more just ecological futures. A series of Indigenous scholars and activists will provide an opportunity for students to learn from experts working at the forefront of their fields to address environmental injustices locally, nationally, and internationally. These guest lectures will be paired with hands-on projects that explore mapping as a tool for environmental advocacy alongside artistic and counter-mapping approaches that experiment with ways we might communicate scientific and humanistic knowledge to a wider audience. In both theory and practice this team-taught course aims to reconsider and transform ways of engaging community science and community action through collaborative inquiry, interdisciplinary experimentation, and meaningful cross-cultural dialogue. This course is part of the Racial Justice Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaboration among students and faculty to further the understanding of racial inequality and injustice in the United States and beyond.

 

Course:

EUS 321  GIS for Environmental Justice

Professor:

Susan Winchell-Sweeney  

CRN:

90170

Schedule:

  Mon Wed   10:20 AM - 12:40 AM Henderson Comp. Center 101A

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

12

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Historical Studies; Human Rights

Using ESRI GIS software and associated apps, students will receive formal instruction in the fundamentals of using spatial information, conducting spatial analysis, and producing high-quality cartographic products. Students will learn how GIS may be used as a tool for identifying and assessing environmental justice (EJ) issues at the local, regional and global scale. Students will apply these GIS skills and knowledge base to a team-based research project focused on an environmental justice problem. The course culminates in a presentation session, where students show their analysis and results to their peers, professors and the greater Bard community. This course is part of the Racial Justice Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaboration among students and faculty to further the understanding of racial inequality and injustice in the United States and beyond.

 

Course:

SOC/EUS 361  Hudson Valley Cities and Environmental (In)Justice

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

90534

Schedule:

  Every Other Fri     10:20 AM - 12:40 PM Olin 101

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap:

15

Credits:

2

Cross-listed:  American Studies

How do urban processes of growth, decline, and revitalization affect different groups, particularly along dimensions of race, class, and gender? This place-based research seminar course looks closely at this question by examining the historical, political, and social landscape of Kingston. We will use this nearby city as a case to explore theories on urban transformation and the contemporary challenges that face small urban centers. In particular, the course will use the lens of environmental inequality to examine the effects of historical processes, as well as to investigate how residents and government officials are addressing pressing problems. The course will look specifically at issues of food justice, pollution, access to resources, environmental decision-making processes, and housing security. We will visit Kingston as a class, and students will develop and carry out their own project with a community partner. (This course fulfills the practicum requirement for moderated EUS students.) Admission by permission of the instructor. This course will usually meet every other Friday from 10:20-12:40, but students must be available from 10:00-1:30, in order to allow for off-campus trips. Please note that this is the first semester of a two-semester course. Students who take this first section will be expected to enroll in the second two-credit section in the spring 2022.

 

Cross-listed courses:

 

Course:

ANTH 211  Ancient Peoples before the Bard Lands: Archaeology Methods and Theory

Professor:

Christopher Lindner  

CRN:

90188

Schedule:

   Thurs    3:50 PM - 5:10 PM Rose Laboratories 108

          Fri   2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Rose Laboratories 108

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science

Class cap

12

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ANTH 218  The Rift and the Nile

Professor:

John Ryle  

CRN:

90189

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Bard Chapel

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

20

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Historical Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

ANTH 219  Divided Cities

Professor:

Jeffrey Jurgens  

CRN:

90190

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Reem Kayden Center 102

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

20

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ARCH 130  Landscape Devices for a Changing Climate: Open Practices Workshop

Professor:

Montserrat Bonvehi-Rosich

CRN:

90327

Schedule:

Fridays 10:10am to 5:00pm with 1 hour break    Garcia-Renart House

Mondays 10:10am to 1:10pm         Garcia-Renart House

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

12

Credits:

3

Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

4 week intensive class.

 

Course:

ARTH 125  Modern Architecture

Professor:

Olga Touloumi  

CRN:

90244

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    3:50 PM - 5:10 PM Olin 102

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art

Class cap

20

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ARTH 352  Cities and Photography

Professor:

Luc Sante  

CRN:

90712

Schedule:

  Tue     2:00 PM – 4:20 PM Fisher Studio Arts ANNEX

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies   

 

Course:

BGIA 301  The Core Seminar: Non-State Actors in International Affairs

Professor:

TBA  

CRN:

90010

Schedule:

        -  

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

15

Credits:

8

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

BIO 202  Ecology and Evolution

Professor:

Cathy Collins  

CRN:

90058

Schedule:

  Wed  Fri   8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Reem Kayden Center 114/115

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science

Class cap

16

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ECON 114  Economics for Planet Earth

Professor:

Kris Feder  

CRN:

90175

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Campus Center Weis Cinema

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ECON 221  Economic Development

Professor:

Sanjaya DeSilva  

CRN:

90180

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     5:40 PM - 7:00 PM Olin 202

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Africana Studies; Asian Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights; Latin American/Iberian Studies; Science, Technology, Society

 

Course:

ECON 226  Survival of the City

Professor:

Kris Feder  

CRN:

90182

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 122

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ECON 229  Introduction to Econometrics

Professor:

Sanjaya DeSilva  

CRN:

90183

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Olin 102

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing

Class cap

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Economics & Finance; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies

 

Course:

HIST 129  Urban American History

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

90147

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    5:40 PM - 7:00 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

HIST 180  Technology, Labor, Capitalism

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

90150

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    7:30 PM - 8:50 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights; Science, Technology, Society

 

Course:

HR 311  Food, Labor and Human Rights

Professor:

Peter Rosenblum  

CRN:

90578

Schedule:

Thurs    2:00 PM - 4:20 PM Olin 307

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

LIT 2213  Building Stories

Professor:

Peter L'Official  

CRN:

90270

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Olin 309

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English

Class cap

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

LIT 2311  St. Petersburg: City, Monument, Text

Professor:

Olga Voronina  

CRN:

90271

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Albee 106

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies; Russian Studies

 

Course:

LIT 258  American Literature II: The Struggle for a Democratic Poetics

Professor:

Matthew Mutter  

CRN:

90257

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     3:50 PM - 5:10 PM Olin 204

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

PHYS 124  Global Warming and Climate Change

Professor:

Gidon Eshel  

CRN:

90168

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Avery Film Center 110

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science

Class cap

30

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

SOC 138  Introduction to Urban Sociology

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

90003

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

SOC 205 A Introduction to Research Methods

Professor:

Yuval Elmelech  

CRN:

90005

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Henderson Comp. Center 106

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing

Class cap

12

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 205 B Introduction to Research Methods

Professor:

Yuval Elmelech  

CRN:

90006

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Henderson Comp. Center 106

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing

Class cap

12

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 269  Global Inequality and Development

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

90008

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Olin 101

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis

D+J Difference and Justice

Class cap

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

WRIT 354  Plundering the Americas: On Violence Against Land and Bodies

Professor:

Valeria Luiselli  

CRN:

90293

Schedule:

Mon       2:00 PM - 4:20 PM Olin 304

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

14

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights