Intro to Human Ecology

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the study of the diverse and complex relationships between humans and their natural, social, and technological environments across place and time. Students will be introduced to the key concepts and principles of Human Ecology-including adaptation, food webs, energy flows, climate change, the Anthropocene, cascade effects, adaptive management, complex systems thinking, and resilience design-which will provide them with a foundational toolkit for analyzing pressing 21st century environmental and social problems. Exploring a wide range of contemporary examples drawn from news, culture, science, planning, and technology, throughout the course we will also focus on the practical design of resilient, just, and adaptive human-environment systems for living in the age of climate change.