Seminars in environmental ethics. Topics range from animal rights/animal welfare to ecofeminism and deep ecology.

Research project under the direction of a faculty member done independently of regularly scheduled classes.

Discussion of selected books and articles pertaining to environmental ethics.

Ethical issues in agriculture. Topics include animal rights/animal welfare, agriculture as a business/agriculture as a way of life, sustainable agriculture, (bio)technology, migrant farm workers, foreign aid, world hunger, and related topics.

A general ecology course for non-science majors, which is a core course for the environmental ethics certificate. Based on lectures, readings, and laboratories. The course is designed to examine ecological phenomena from global patterns to individual interactions.

Major professional and nonprofessional writings in the field of environmental ethics.

Introduction to issues in environmental philosophy and policy. Issues include environmental law and policy evaluation, population, economic efficiency, and environmental flourishing. The focus will be on the relevance of environmental values for our choices, our lives, and for the kinds of persons we should strive to become.

Technology in its broadest human context, with emphasis on the mutual influence between means and ends and the impact of technology on shaping the beliefs and attitudes of a civilization. Includes alternative assessments of technology and illustrates with specific crucial issues of our time.

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.