Course:

EUS 101  Introduction to Environmental and Urban Studies

Professor:

Monique Segarra  

CRN:

15593

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 102

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 20

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:

Elias Dueker  

CRN:

15594

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    5:10 PM – 6:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 115

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 20

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. This is an Engaged Liberal Arts & Sciences (ELAS) course. In this course you will be given the opportunity to bridge theory to practice while engaging a community of interest throughout the semester. A significant portion of ELAS learning takes place outside of the classroom: students learn through engagement with different geographies, organizations, and programs in the surrounding communities or in collaboration with partners from Bard's national and international networks. To learn more please click here.

 

Course:

EUS 205  Planetary Conseq/Food Product

Professor:

Gidon Eshel  

CRN:

15595

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Olin Languages Center 115

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 30

“Can one produce local, organic food with relative environmental impunity?”  Life cycle analyses show that  on a national average level transportation is relatively unimportant in the overall environmental footprint of food production. While this may cast serious doubt on the “local food” notion, the picture may change significantly when organic food production is addressed because of the absence of environmentally adverse agrochemicals from the organic life cycle. In the northeast, vegetable production must be housed in environmentally demanding greenhouses in the winter months. In this course, we strive to  answer the question above quantitatively, using an on-campus innovatively designed greenhouse. This is a practicum course, with out of class and weekend participation, which emulates (in miniature) a commercial setting. Preference will be give to juniors and seniors from all fields of study with scientific and math skills in manipulating numbers, with no more than addition and multiplication of numbers.

 

Course:

EUS 220  The Dust Bowl

Professor:

Gidon Eshel  

CRN:

15596

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Hegeman 106

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 30

The Dust Bowl―the prolonged, sustained and widespread drought that ravaged the southern Great Plains throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, and the blowing sand and soil that accompanied it―is arguably the single most devastating environmental catastrophe in U.S. history.  It emptied the Southern Plains of a full one third of their pre-drought population, turned one of the most rapidly expanding regions (in both population and economic activity) of the then still principally rural nation into sterile, deserted wasteland, and inflicted almost unimaginable physical and personal suffering on those who stayed. It is also a nearly perfect example of how a natural, entirely expected, human-impacting phenomenon can be turned into the unmitigated regional catastrophe that it was by ill-conceived human action. The Dust Bowl is thus a classic case study in human–environment interactions that holds invaluable lessons for the future. In this class, we will review, in mechanistic details, the physical (climatological, hydrological, agroecological, geomorphic) elements of the Dust Bowl, and place them in historic/economic context wherever appropriate.

 

Course:

EUS 224  Climate Change Science and its Human Dimensions

Professor:

Beate Liepert  

CRN:

15883

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    9:10 AM – 11:30 AM Hegeman 107

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 16

Understanding the scientific facts of a changing climate in the past and present will guide our decision making today for a climate future 20, 50 and 100 years from now. In this course we will explore how greenhouse gases and other man-made disturbances impact Earth’s climate, how ongoing and projected future anthropogenic changes compare to natural variability, and discuss implications of climate change to human and natural systems. Climate policies, pathways and strategies for adaptation and mitigation are further topics of this course. This course has a lab component in which physical principles are explored in hands-on experiments, climate data analyses using computer models (including climate simulations). Climate issues you care about can be explored in group projects. The course has no prerequisites but basic knowledge of spreadsheets and some physics and math is advantageous.

 

Course:

EUS 226  Environmental Modeling

Professor:

Gautam Sethi  

CRN:

15597

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 101

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: Economics; Mathematics

This course will expose students to a variety of modeling techniques used in environmental decision-making. The inclusion of these techniques in this course is motivated by their relevance in generating useful answers to current policy issues. For example, how rapidly should the switch to renewable energy generation be made? The answer to this question depends on, in part, the rapidity with which fossil fuels are being depleted. This course will introduce the concept of peak oil and use statistical methods to estimate the timing of peak global crude oil production. As another illustration, international development agencies have introduced new varieties of rice in Laos in a bid to make rice yields less susceptible to climate change. The impact of this intervention on livelihoods of small landholders, however, is uncertain due to inherent fluctuations in many factors such as the market price of rice. In this course, we will use data collected by the UNDP to conduct a Monte Carlo simulation and develop a probabilistic answer to this issue. Other examples of relevant policy issues discussed in this course include developing simple predator-prey models to predict changes in populations of keystone species, and modeling the sustainability of fisheries under various regulations of regional fisheries councils in the United States. Students are expected to have some basic knowledge of regression analysis and be proficient in Calculus I. While it is desirable that students have some prior coding experience, the course will begin with a three-week primer on MATLAB programming. Prerequisite: MATH 141, Calculus I

 

Course:

EUS 311  Climate and Agroecology

Professor:

Jennifer Phillips  

CRN:

15598

Schedule/Location:

  Wed  Fri   10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Albee 102

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 8

In this course we will examine the linkages between agroecosystems and the climate system. We begin by looking at projections for climate change impacts on crop production, with a focus on crop simulation models, their applications and limitations. We then look at expectations for the influence of elevated CO 2 on yield, and controversies involved. We then turn to a discussion of the role that agriculture can play in climate change mitigation, given the large greenhouse gas emissions associated with farming systems. This takes us to an in-depth discussion of soil carbon management, and trade-offs between emissions from various reductions strategies. Finally, we will investigate the various strategies being put forth regarding climate change adaptation, including the role of genetically modified crops, biodiversity, and system resilience, with major implications for future food production. This is a graduate course offered to a limited number of undergraduates. Interested students should contact Jennifer Phillips.

 

Course:

EUS 327  Leading Change in Organizations Practicum

Professor:

Aurora Winslade

CRN:

15962

Schedule/Location:

  Tue  Thurs   10:00 AM – 11:30 PM Henderson Computer Annex 106

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 16

This is a collaborative, cross-institution course in leading change in organizations where student teams develop and advance proposals for organizational innovation within the university. Examples might include carbon footprint analysis, expansion of local food offerings, improved daycare or transportation for students and workers, or improved recycling system. Bard students will work with classes from Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh and Lithuania through a mixture of synchronous on-line learning, and in-person labs. The course will culminate in a “shark tank for sustainability” between teams from the different universities. Topics include understanding why change fails more often than it succeeds, the key factors that drive successful organizational change, the role of the change facilitator, and tools for designing and facilitating processes that bring forth the group intelligence. This is an OSUN class and is open to Bard students as well as students from multiple OSUN partner institutions.

 

Course:

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

Professor:

Peter Klein  

CRN:

15961

Schedule/Location:

   Every Other Fri     10:10 AM – 12:30 PM Olin 202

Distributional Area:

SA  Social Analysis   D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 2

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: 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 10:10-12:30, but students must be available from 9:00-1:00, in order to allow for off-campus trips. Please note that this is the second semester of a two-semester course. Students must have taken the first section of the course in fall 2021 to enroll.

 

Cross-listed courses:

Course:

ANTH 216  The Modern Dinosaur

Professor:

Yuka Suzuki  

CRN:

15572

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Science, Technology, Society

 

Course:

ANTH 290  Archaeology of African American Farms, Yards, and Gardens

Professor:

Christopher Lindner  

CRN:

15578

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Hegeman 201

          Fri   1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Hegeman 201

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ANTH 324  Doing Ethnography

Professor:

Maria Sonevytsky  

CRN:

15580

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 302

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

ANTH 349  Political Ecology

Professor:

Yuka Suzuki  

CRN:

15525

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      9:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 301

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights; Science, Technology, Society

 

Course:

ARCH 111  Spatial Subjects: Architecture as Media

Professor:

Michael Robinson Cohen

CRN:

15866

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Garcia-Renart House

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

ARCH 130  Perspectival speculations: Open Practices Workshop I

Professor:

Betsy Clifton

CRN:

15871

Schedule/Location:

  Wed     3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Garcia-Renart House

       Fri   1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Garcia-Renart House

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 2

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Studio Art

 

Course:

ARCH 221  Institutions for Planetary Fictions

Professor:

Ross Adams  

CRN:

15870

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      10:10 AM – 1:10 PM Garcia-Renart House

Thurs    10:10 AM – 12:10 PM Garcia-Renart House

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

ARCH 240  Architectural Entanglements with Labor

Professor:

Ivonne Santoyo Orozco  

CRN:

15869

Schedule/Location:

 Tue   Fri   1:30 PM - 2:50 PM Olin 204

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 18

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights

 

Course:

ARTH 126  Situating Architecture

Professor:

Olga Touloumi  

CRN:

15505

Schedule/Location:

  Wed  Fri   10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 102

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 25

Crosslists: Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

ARTH 234  Of Utopias

Professor:

Olga Touloumi  

CRN:

15506

Schedule/Location:

  Wed  Fri   3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Olin 204

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

AS 101  Introduction to American Studies

Professor:

Peter L’Official  

CRN:

15570

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    1:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 205

Distributional Area:

MBV Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 22

Crosslists: Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Literature

 

Course:

AS 221  Origins of the “Black Cookout”

Professor:

Joshua Livingston  

CRN:

15655

Schedule/Location:

Mon       10:20 AM – 1:00 PM Olin 307

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities

 

Course:

BGIA 301  Non-State Actors in International Affairs

Professor:

Richard Harrill  

CRN:

15650

Schedule/Location:

        -  

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 8

 

Class cap 18

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies

 

Course:

BIO 202  Ecology and Evolution

Professor:

Felicia Keesing  

CRN:

15322

Schedule/Location:

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

Distributional Area:

LS Laboratory Science  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 16

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

BIO 244  Biostatistics

Professor:

Kathryn Anderson  

CRN:

15324

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 115

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 16

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Global Public Health; Mathematics

 

Course:

ECON 203  Game Theory

Professor:

Aniruddha Mitra

CRN:

15992

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Aspinwall 302

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 18

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Economics and Finance;  Global & International Studies; Political Studies

 

Course:

ECON 227  The Right to Employment

Professor:

Pavlina Tcherneva  

CRN:

15588

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Campus Center WEIS

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 20

Crosslists: Africana Studies; American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights; Sociology

 

Course:

ECON 229  Introduction to Econometrics

Professor:

Sanjay DeSilva  

CRN:

15589

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Hegeman 106

Distributional Area:

MC Mathematics and Computing  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 18

Crosslists: Economics & Finance; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies

 

Course:

ECON 319  Developing Cities

Professor:

Sanjay DeSilva  

CRN:

15591

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    3:10 PM – 5:30 PM Olin 303

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies

 

Course:

HIST 136  Surveying Displacement and Migration in the United States

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

15601

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    6:40 PM – 8:00 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

HIST 298  Making Silicon Valley Histories

Professor:

Jeannette Estruth  

CRN:

15662

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    5:10 PM – 6:30 PM Olin 201

Distributional Area:

HA Historical Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights

 

Course:

HR 376  Housing Justice

Professor:

Kwame Holmes  

CRN:

15612

Schedule/Location:

Mon       12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 309

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: American Studies; Architecture; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

HR 384  The Great Divide: Human vs. Nature in the Question of Human Rights

Professor:

Oscar Pedraza Vargas

CRN:

15673

Schedule/Location:

Mon       3:10 PM – 5:30 PM 

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 6

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Philosophy

 

Course:

LIT 259  American Literature III: What Does it Mean to Be Modern?

Professor:

Peter L’Official  

CRN:

15705

Schedule/Location:

 Tue  Thurs    11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Reem Kayden Center 102

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 22

Crosslists: American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

LIT 3251  Climate Fiction

Professor:

Daniel Williams  

CRN:

15733

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    3:10 PM – 5:30 PM Olin 309

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies

 

Course:

LIT/MES 303  Petroculture

Professor:

Elizabeth Holt  

CRN:

15725

Schedule/Location:

    Fri   12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 308

Distributional Area:

MBV Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice

Credits: 4

 

Class cap: 15

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Literature, Science, Technology, Society

 

Course:

PS 314  Political Economy of Development

Professor:

Sanjib Baruah  

CRN:

15644

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    9:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 306

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 15

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

SOC 333  Tricks of the Trade: Qualitative Research Practicum

Professor:

Allison McKim  

CRN:

15649

Schedule/Location:

   Thurs    12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 303

Distributional Area:

SA Social Analysis  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: American Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights

 

Course:

WRIT 231  Reading and Writing the Birds

Professor:

Susan Rogers  

CRN:

15759

Schedule/Location:

 Tue      9:30 AM – 10:50 AM Olin 308

Thurs    7:30 AM – 10:50 AM Olin 308

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts  

Credits: 4

 

Class cap 12

Crosslists: Environmental & Urban Studies