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Nov 08, 2024
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PHIL 311 - Environmental Ethics Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Sustainability Philosophical conceptions of nature and the environment, and human responsibilities towards it, drawn from different historical and cultural traditions.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Equivalent Quarter Course: PHIL 3151. Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Sustainability Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: - read complex texts, create original arguments, analyze the arguments of others, and express these criticisms orally and in writing
- demonstrate knowledge of the study of environmental ethics, including relevant concepts, theories, methods, and historical contexts
- write clear, academically rigorous, argumentative essays
UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes - demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
- analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
- demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes - identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
- analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
- describe key threats to environmental sustainability; and
- explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.
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