| Course ID: | FANR 1500. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Fundamentals of Sustainable Development |
Course
Description: | The principles of sustainable development and various applied
tools which are typically used for measuring social, economic,
and environmental impacts of a policy initiative at any level.
Human-environment interactions are also emphasized along with
real-world applications of sustainability principles and tools
at various levels. |
| Oasis Title: | FUNDS OF SUST DEV |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course will help students in:
a) augmenting their understanding about philosophy of
sustainability;
b) defining importance of sustainable development in
modern settings;
c) acquiring knowledge about application of principles of
sustainable development in different sectors of the economy;
d) developing some basic skills needed to analyze economic,
environment, and social components of sustainable development
for local, regional, national, and global policy analysis;
e) evaluating a particular problem from sustainable
development perspective; and
f) applying knowledge learned and skills developed in
practical settings. |
| Topical Outline: | Class # Topic
1 Course Introduction
2 Environmental Tragedies and Social Disparities
3 Sustainability and Sustainable Development
4 Sustainability and Sustainable Development
5 Tragedy of Commons
6 Land Resources
7 Water Resources
8 Air Resources
9 Energy Resources: National and International
10 Energy Resources: Non-renewable energy
11 Energy Resources: Renewable energy; Announcement of
First Assignment
12 Climatic Change
13 Climatic Change
14 Forest Resources/Wood Products
15 Forest based Ecosystem Services
16 Biodiversity: National and International; Submission of
First Assignment
17 Environmental and Resource Economics
18 Life-cycle Assessment
19 Life-cycle Assessment
20 Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients
21 Abatement Cost Curves
22 Midterm Exam
23 Valuation of Ecosystem Services
24 Valuation of Ecosystem Services
25 Sustainable Agriculture
26 Food Security
27 Adaptive Ecosystem Management
28 Adaptive Ecosystem Management
29 Sustainability Examples. Announcement of Second
Assignment
30 Sustainability Examples
31 Sustainability Examples
32 Ethics and Sustainability
33 Special topics; First Group presentation; Submission of
Second Assignment
34 Special topics; Second Group presentation
35 Special topics; Third Group presentation
36 Special topics; Fourth Group presentation
37 Special topics; Fifth Group presentation
38 Special topics; Sixth Group presentation
39 Special topics; Seventh Group presentation
40 Special topics; Eighth Group presentation
41 Special topics; Ninth Group presentation
42 Special topics; Tenth Group presentation
43 Special topics; Eleventh Group presentation and Twelfth
Group presentation
44 Final Exam; Submission of Detailed Summary of Project
Works |
| Honor Code Reference: | All academic work must meet the standards contained in the
University’s academic honesty policy – “A culture of Honesty”
(www.uga.edu/honesty). Each student is responsible for informing
themselves about those standards before performing any academic
work. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and
ignorance is not an acceptable defense. |