Courses of Study 2013-2014 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NTRES 4320 - Human Dimensions of Coupled Social - Ecological Systems


(SBA)
Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: senior standing and at least one past course that applies a social science perspective to the study of natural resources/environment. Examples include NTRES 2201 , NTRES 2320 , NTRES 3311 , NTRES 3320 , NTRES 4300 ; AEM 2500 ; HIST 3150 ; DSOC 3240 ; COMM 2850 , COMM 3210 ; or permission of instructor.

R. C. Stedman.

Most environmental problems are complex, multi-scalar (in time and space), and bring together social-economic and ecological systems.  Responding to these problems requires both disciplinary expertise and the ability to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries.  This course is taught as a ‘senior seminar’ with strong emphasis on application of theory/method to current cases that integrate ecological and social sciences. Students (1) become familiar with the language and theory of coupled social-ecological systems thinking; (2) gain exposure to social science methods, including hypothesis development, research evaluation, and causal inference; (3) apply the above to the analysis of multiple environmental issues; and (4) as a result, become familiar with the process of integrative research.



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