ESP 802: Human Systems and the Environment
ESP 802: Human Systems and the Environment
Spring | Th 9:10 a.m. - noon | 273 Giltner Hall
Dr. Emilio Moran (moranef@msu.edu, course coordinator), Drs. Jennifer Carrera, Joseph Herriges, Amber Pearson and Lucero Radonic
ESP802 “Human Systems and the Environment” has been redesigned to provide students who have disciplinary training in natural sciences with a broad overview of environmental policy from the perspective of the social sciences. ESP802 will include four modules: Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, and Geography that will be taught by four MSU instructors (see below). An environmental case study will be adapted as a crosscutting theme for the course and a common point of reference for learning in ESP801 and ESP802. As a counterpart course to ESP802, ESP801 will also be structured in a modular fashion but will focus on natural science aspects of environmental problems. ESP801 and ESP802 will build a foundation for an integrative experience in the capstone ESP804 course where students, having taken ESP801 or ESP 802, work on team-based projects that span the social/natural science spectrum. The new curriculum design reflects ESPP’s objective of providing an interdisciplinary preparation to a cohort of students from diverse background pursuing an interest in environmental science and policy.