| Course ID: | FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271E/6271E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. |
| Course Title: | People, Planet, and Profit |
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. |
| Oasis Title: | People Planet and Profit |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FANR 4271, ANTH 4271, ECOL 4271, GEOG 4271, INTL 4271, FANR 4271W or FANR 6271, ANTH 6271, ECOL 6271, GEOG 6271, INTL 6271, FANR 6271W |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| 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 |