Environment and sustainability

Master

In Maynard (USA)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Maynard (USA)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Environment and Sustainability Minor (E&S Minor) provides an integrative foundation in the scientific, engineering, social, and humanistic dimensions of humanity’s interaction with the environment. The minor will equip students with knowledge and experience that will make it possible to understand, diagnose, and develop solutions to complex problems faced by society as it strives for social and environmental sustainability. Students who complete the minor will be prepared to apply the principles of sustainability in diverse workplace contexts, including business/industry, government, civil society, and academia. The E&S Minor combines a wide range of fields of inquiry to directly engage environmental and climate challenges facing ecosystems and populations around the globe. Fundamentally, these challenges affect both human systems and the earth systems on which we depend: people and the planet. Planetary challenges include global changes in the climate and oceans, degradation to both biodiversity and material resources, and fundamental transformations of biogeochemical cycles. Challenges facing society include (but are not limited to) widespread and intransigent environmental injustice, expanding urban and agricultural pollution, technological and economic lock-in of infrastructure and all manner of production and consumption systems, and a global dependence on carbon intensive energy. The minor prioritizes integrative, interdisciplinary learning that is critical for effectively understanding and addressing the complexities of environmental issues today and in the future, and is structured on four pillars: Earth Systems and Climate Science, Environmental Governance, Environmental Histories and Cultures, and Engineering for Sustainability. The E&S Minor is comprised of five subjects (a minimum of 57 units) . Students take two core subjects that address the fundamentals of each pillar, and select a minimum of 36 units of elective subjects to craft...

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Maynard (USA)
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Subjects

  • Climate
  • Writing
  • Engineering
  • Technology
  • Systems
  • Global
  • Design
  • Microbiology
  • Ecology
  • Governance
  • Hygiene
  • Politics

Course programme


People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science
People and the Planet: Environmental Histories and Engineering
36-39
57-60


Fundamentals of Ecology I
and Fundamentals of Ecology II
Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry
Environmental Chemistry I
and Environmental Chemistry II
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology I
New England Coastal Ecology
The Ancient Andean World 1
Physics of Energy
Solving Complex Problems 2
Introduction to Geology
Introduction to Geophysics and Planetary Science
Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics
Geobiology: History of Life on Earth
Earth Science, Energy, and the Environment
Environmental Earth Science
Geochemistry of Natural Waters
Environmental Earth Science Field Course
Essentials of Geology
Biogeochemistry of Natural and Perturbed Systems
Weather and Climate Laboratory
Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry
Mechanisms and Models of the Global Carbon Cycle
Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy 3
Systems Microbiology
D-Lab: Earth 2, 3

Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control
Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology
Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes
Geography of the Global Economy
Environmental Justice: Law and Policy
Politics of Energy and the Environment
Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy 4
Sustainability: Political Economy, Science, and Policy
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Globalization, Migration, and International Relations
Environmental Struggles
D-Lab: Development 1, 2
D-Lab: Energy I 2
D-Lab: Earth 2, 4
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 1, 2
D-Lab: Waste 2
D-Lab: Supply Chains 2
Global Environmental Negotiations

Design for Complex Environmental Issues: Building Solutions and Communicating Ideas 2
Materials in Human Experience 2
The Ancient Andean World 4
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization 2
Islamic Gardens and Geographies
A Philosophical History of Energy
Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment
The Once and Future City
Ethics of Energy Policy
Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food
Food, Culture, and Politics
The Anthropology of Biology
Cultural Geographies of Germany: Nature, Culture, and Politics
Environment and History
People and Other Animals
Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000
The Wilds of Literature
Writing and Rhetoric: Food for Thought
Science Writing and New Media: Writing and the Environment
Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues
D-Lab: Development 2, 3
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2, 3
Terrascope Radio
Evolution and Society
Energy, Environment, and Society

Big Engineering: Small Solutions with a Large Impact
Project Evaluation and Management
Design for Complex Environmental Issues: Building Solutions and Communicating Ideas 1
Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth
Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
Materials in Human Experience 1
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization 1
Environmental Technologies in Buildings
D-Lab Schools: Building Technology Laboratory
Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods
Solving Complex Problems 4
Alternate Energy Sources
Nuclear Systems Design Project
Social Problems of Nuclear Energy
Introduction to Sustainable Energy
D-Lab: Development 1, 3
D-Lab: Energy I 3
D-Lab: Earth 3, 4
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 1, 3
D-Lab: Waste 3
D-Lab: Supply Chains 3

Subject also counts toward Environmental Histories and Cultures.


Subject also counts toward Engineering for Sustainability.


Subject also counts toward Environmental Governance.


Subject also counts toward Earth Systems and Climate Science.


Environment and sustainability

Price on request