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Course ID: | GEOG 4290/6290. 6 hours. | Course Title: | Geography and Ethnoecology of Neotropical Mountains | Course Description: | Mountain ecological principles are applied in geographical
settings of Latin America and the Caribbean. Geographical
narratives of culture and nature emphasize human-environment
interactions on tropical mountains, cultural landscapes, ethnic
traditional knowledge, post-colonial political effects on
natural resources, Third-world development, rural/urban
dynamics, poverty alleviation, nature conservation, and
sustainable development. | Oasis Title: | Geog Ethnoecology Neotrop Mtns | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in GEOG 4290E or GEOG 6290E | Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | This course is designed to give students a broad overview of mountain geography as it
applies to how local cultures manage biodiversity conservation and sustainable
development. With case studies from ethnobotanical gardens, students will be
acquainted with the neotropical biota as well as the social implications of health
and progress in rural and urban settings of the Andean world. As a Study Abroad
course, students will be expected to develop a strong sense of independence and
satisfactory level of dexterity in multicultural and multilingual environments, as
well as to gain an appreciation of environmental ethics, indigenous traditional
knowledge, and biodiversity conservation.
This course meets the following General Education Abilities, by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:
Communicate effectively through writing. This is met by a series of writing
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
Communicate effectively through speech. This is met by oral presentations,
discussion leading, and classroom participation.
Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty
electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.
Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and are
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.
Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores
linkages among the biophysical environments of the neotropics, hazards, human
health and welfare, and appropriate technologies. Moral reasoning is developed
through lectures, writing assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based
learning activities. | Topical Outline: | Introduction to Mountain geography and ethnoecology
Introduction to Ecuador and the Andean world
Historical and Paleoecological overview of the neotropics
Indigenous knowledge and post colonial developments
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Current status of the mountain landscapes of Ecuador
Ecuadorian conservation system of protected areas
Traditional ecological knowledge of mountain ecosystems
Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal application of local flora
Visit to ethnobotanical gardens and nature reserves
Visit to field stations for mountain research
Interaction with local mountain scholars | Honor Code Reference: | This course will follow the University Honor Code and Academic Policy. | |
Course ID: | GEOG 4290E/6290E. 6 hours. |
Course Title: | Geography and Ethnoecology of Neotropical Mountains |
Course Description: | Mountain ecological principles are applied in geographical settings of Latin America and the Caribbean. Geographical
narratives of culture and nature emphasize human-environment interactions on tropical mountains, cultural landscapes, ethnic traditional knowledge, post-colonial political effects on natural resources, Third-world development, rural/urban
dynamics, poverty alleviation, nature conservation, and sustainable development. |
Oasis Title: | Geog Ethnoecology Neotrop Mtns |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in GEOG 4290 or GEOG 6290 |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course is designed to give students a broad overview of mountain geography as it applies to how local cultures manage biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. With case studies from ethnobotanical gardens, students will be acquainted with the neotropical biota as well as the social implications of health and progress in rural and urban settings of the Andean world. Students will be expected to develop a strong sense of independence and a satisfactory level of dexterity in multicultural and multilingual environments, as well as to gain an appreciation of environmental ethics, indigenous traditional knowledge, and biodiversity conservation.
This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the specific learning objectives listed below:
Communicate effectively through writing - This is met by a series of writing assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
Communicate effectively through speech - This is met by oral presentations, discussion leading, and classroom participation.
Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.
Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and are developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning efforts.
Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores linkages among the biophysical environments of the neotropics, hazards, human health and welfare, and appropriate technologies. Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to mountain geography and ethnoecology
Introduction to Ecuador and the Andean world
Historical and Paleoecological overview of the neotropics
Indigenous knowledge and post-colonial developments
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Current status of the mountain landscapes of Ecuador
Ecuadorian conservation system of protected areas
Traditional ecological knowledge of mountain ecosystems
Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal application of local flora
Visit ethnobotanical gardens and nature reserves
Visit field stations for mountain research
Interaction with local mountain scholars |
Course ID: | GEOG 4290/6290. 6 hours. |
Course Title: | Geography and Ethnoecology of Neotropical Mountains |
Course Description: | Mountain ecological principles are applied in geographical
settings of Latin America and the Caribbean. Geographical
narratives of culture and nature emphasize human-environment
interactions on tropical mountains, cultural landscapes, ethnic
traditional knowledge, post-colonial political effects on
natural resources, Third-world development, rural/urban
dynamics, poverty alleviation, nature conservation, and
sustainable development. |
Oasis Title: | Geog Ethnoecology Neotrop Mtns |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in GEOG 4290E or GEOG 6290E |
Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. |
Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
|
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to give students a broad overview of mountain geography as it
applies to how local cultures manage biodiversity conservation and sustainable
development. With case studies from ethnobotanical gardens, students will be
acquainted with the neotropical biota as well as the social implications of health
and progress in rural and urban settings of the Andean world. As a Study Abroad
course, students will be expected to develop a strong sense of independence and
satisfactory level of dexterity in multicultural and multilingual environments, as
well as to gain an appreciation of environmental ethics, indigenous traditional
knowledge, and biodiversity conservation.
This course meets the following General Education Abilities, by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:
Communicate effectively through writing. This is met by a series of writing
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
Communicate effectively through speech. This is met by oral presentations,
discussion leading, and classroom participation.
Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty
electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.
Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and are
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.
Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores
linkages among the biophysical environments of the neotropics, hazards, human
health and welfare, and appropriate technologies. Moral reasoning is developed
through lectures, writing assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based
learning activities. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to Mountain geography and ethnoecology
Introduction to Ecuador and the Andean world
Historical and Paleoecological overview of the neotropics
Indigenous knowledge and post colonial developments
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Current status of the mountain landscapes of Ecuador
Ecuadorian conservation system of protected areas
Traditional ecological knowledge of mountain ecosystems
Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal application of local flora
Visit to ethnobotanical gardens and nature reserves
Visit to field stations for mountain research
Interaction with local mountain scholars |
Honor Code Reference: | This course will follow the University Honor Code and Academic Policy. |
Course ID: | GEOG 4290E/6290E. 6 hours. |
Course Title: | Geography and Ethnoecology of Neotropical Mountains |
Course Description: | Mountain ecological principles are applied in geographical settings of Latin America and the Caribbean. Geographical
narratives of culture and nature emphasize human-environment interactions on tropical mountains, cultural landscapes, ethnic traditional knowledge, post-colonial political effects on natural resources, Third-world development, rural/urban
dynamics, poverty alleviation, nature conservation, and sustainable development. |
Oasis Title: | Geog Ethnoecology Neotrop Mtns |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in GEOG 4290 or GEOG 6290 |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
|
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to give students a broad overview of mountain geography as it applies to how local cultures manage biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. With case studies from ethnobotanical gardens, students will be acquainted with the neotropical biota as well as the social implications of health and progress in rural and urban settings of the Andean world. Students will be expected to develop a strong sense of independence and a satisfactory level of dexterity in multicultural and multilingual environments, as well as to gain an appreciation of environmental ethics, indigenous traditional knowledge, and biodiversity conservation.
This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the specific learning objectives listed below:
Communicate effectively through writing - This is met by a series of writing assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
Communicate effectively through speech - This is met by oral presentations, discussion leading, and classroom participation.
Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.
Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and are developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning efforts.
Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores linkages among the biophysical environments of the neotropics, hazards, human health and welfare, and appropriate technologies. Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to mountain geography and ethnoecology
Introduction to Ecuador and the Andean world
Historical and Paleoecological overview of the neotropics
Indigenous knowledge and post-colonial developments
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Current status of the mountain landscapes of Ecuador
Ecuadorian conservation system of protected areas
Traditional ecological knowledge of mountain ecosystems
Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal application of local flora
Visit ethnobotanical gardens and nature reserves
Visit field stations for mountain research
Interaction with local mountain scholars |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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