GEOG 3710 - Local & Global Sustainability

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and 75 credit hours.
This course is a critical review of the concept of sustainability and sustainable development in theory and practice. Students analyze ideological arguments, sustainability indicators and other tools, and case studies of sustainability projects worldwide. Students examine different interpretations of sustainability across the globe with special attention given to how sustainability is viewed and implemented in both the developed (core) and developing (periphery) regions.