Course Description
Focuses on the intersection of people (human culture), planet (natural environment), and profit (business community) in our global efforts to create a more sustainable and progressive society. Case examples of some of the world’s wicked problems are addressed.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate credit requires both of the following: (1) the quality of the presentations, written exam material, and project assignments will be of a higher quality than at the undergraduate level (accordingly, written material and project assignments will receive more rigorous grading than at the undergraduate level); and (2) an integrative essay on the meaning of progress that clearly demonstrates an ability to synthesize course concepts and material using real-world scenarios and local (i.e., country-specific) research.
Athena Title
People Planet and Profit
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FANR 4271E, ANTH 4271E, ECOL 4271E, GEOG 4271E, INTL 4271E, FANR 4271W or FANR 6271E, ANTH 6271E, ECOL 6271E, GEOG 6271E, INTL 6271E, FANR 6271W
Non-Traditional Format
The course will include an extended field experience and series of lectures combined with seminars, presentations, and/or student projects.
Undergraduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
a. Demonstrate knowledge of the intersection of the natural, cultural, and business environments through global case studies b. Apply this knowledge to understand the complexity of sustainability c. Critically evaluate this knowledge by developing a moral framework and an understanding of how societies can progress
Topical Outline
a. Introduction to sustainability b. Conservation and preservation c. People, planet, and profit d. The meaning of progress e. Wicked problems f. Socio-scientific issues g. Global case studies of progress
Syllabus