MAST 402
Senior Seminar: Perspectives on Environmental Studies Spring 2013
No divisional credit
Cross-listed ENVI 402
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The Environmental Studies and Maritime Studies programs provide students with an opportunity to explore the myriad ways in which humans interact with diverse environments at scales ranging from local to global. As the capstone course for Environmental Studies and Maritime Studies, this seminar will bring together students who will have specialized in the humanities, social studies and/or the sciences and will provide an opportunity for exchange across these disciplinary streams. Readings and discussion will be organized around the common theme of complexity theory, paying particular attention to means of strengthening the resilience of socio-ecological systems. Over the course of the seminar, students will develop a sustained independent research project on a topic of their choice.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 20
Expected: 15
Class#: 3810
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation is based on active participation, discussion leading, several smaller assignments & research paper
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 302 or MAST 351 Maritime Policy or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: limited to senior Environmental Policy and Environmental Science majors and Environmental Studies and Maritime Studies concentrators
Unit Notes: required course for students wishing to complete the Environmental Policy & Environmental Science majors and the Environmental Studies or the Maritime Studies concentrations
Distributions: No divisional credit
Notes: no division 1, 2 or 3 credit
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 402 No divisional credit MAST 402 No divisional credit
Attributes: ENVI Core Courses
ENVP Core Courses
ENVS Core Courses
SCST Elective Courses

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