Environmental Studies I

This class explores the foundations of the environmental justice movement, current and emerging issues, and the application of environmental justice analysis to environmental policy and planning. 

It explores that all people have a right to live in a clean environment free from hazardous pollution or contamination and the natural resources(air, soil, and water) necessary to sustain health and livelihood. This course will explore why, and through what social, political, and economic processes, some people are denied this basic right.

Environmental Studies II

This course introduces students to the theory, principles, and practices of sustainability. It will include discussions on maintaining ecological and environmental health, creating economic welfare, and ensuring social justice.

Sustainability was defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) in 1987 as “meeting the needs of society of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Achieving sustainability requires a multi-disciplinary approach that balances economic prosperity while providing equitable opportunities for all socio-economic classes and protects the viability of the planet’s natural systems. Emphasis on Renewable Energy: Solar, Wave Energy.

Environmental Studies III

This course explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation, and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, nutrient recycling, and the water cycle. Emphasis on Environmental Chemistry: Nutrient Recycling  

Environmental Studies IV

Develop students’ scientific and social literacy, consensus building, information management, interpersonal expression, creative problem solving, and critical thinking while providing skills training for identifying and solving problems objectively—individual research to be carried out under internship guidance.

Students will explore the materials in depth and organize around critical environmental issues in the communities where they live and work; in-class discourse, and out-of-class experience( guess speakers, virtual conferences with experts/leaders). Provide students exposure to and exploration of environmental concepts that could provide opportunities for stewardship and leadership in conservation, environmental, and community development. This course will create emerging environmental leaders that will campaign for better access, better representation, better and healthier spaces to live, work, and play. Finally, this course will create a strong network to learn and get support from community-based partnerships to improve student knowledge and insight about the field and post-high school employment.