REC 280 - Sustainability in Action: Physical and Recreational Activity

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-4; Sustainability
Critical examination of issues related to physical/recreational activity and sustainability.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-4 - Lower Division Social and Behavioral Sciences
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Cross-listed: KIN 280.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Investigate the environmental, social, political, and economic impacts of physical and recreational activities at the local, regional, and global level;
Identify ways for producers, manufacturers, regulators, educators, and participants to improve sustainability practices related to individual and group participation in physical and recreational activities;
Identify how management, policy, and education related to outdoor areas influence the relationship between physical/recreational activity and the natural/built environment;
Through active participation in physical/recreational activities apply principles and practices that reduce negative impacts (such as air quality, water quality, and ecosystems).

GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes

specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.

Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes

Discuss multiple dimensions of sustainability, including the scientific, social, cultural, and/or economic.
Analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems.
Describe strategies taken by individuals, communities, organizations, or governments for mitigating and/or adapting to key threats to environmental sustainability.