ENVSCI 179G - First-Year Seminar in Sustainability

4 Credit(s) | Seminar | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This is a one semester four-credit First-Year Seminar in Sustainability. This course will focus on current issues in sustainability with a secondary emphasis on student success and professional development. Through case studies and two library-based informative and argumentative papers on sustainability, students will learn about the complexities of balancing the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economics, and social justice. Students also will be exposed to campus offices and professional development artifacts and technologies. Successful completion of this course will fulfill a students First-Year Seminar requirement which focuses on the capabilities of careful reading, clear writing, critical thinking, information technology, oral presentation, teamwork, and academic self-assessment.

Course Attribute(s):
First Year Seminar

Enrollment Requirements:
Degree students only, with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

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