Tues. and Thurs. The course prepares students to participate in the cooperative resolution of complex environmental issues. It concentrates on problem solving, integration, group decision making, leadership, writing, and speaking skills. The course emphasizes collaborative learning. Therefore, a student's success in the course requires cooperation and initiative.
Students work as teams, and individually, to understand and resolve two major environmental issues.
The first issue involves spotted owls, old-growth forests, and timber harvesting in the Pacific Northwest. The second issue involves tropical rainforests, deforestation, and indigenous people in Amazonia, Brazil. Students must be able to use a word processor. The ability to use presentation software also would be helpful, but it is not required. The professor will operate other software used to conduct the class.