Experimental course.
- Subject
- ENV
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Semester Hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Westminster College Catalog
- Source
- catalog.westminster.edu
14 courses with the subject ENV, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Experimental course.
This course investigates complex, real-world environmental issues facing our world today. Students will use case studies to explore environmental issues from multi-disciplinary perspectives and contexts including scientific, economic, political, social, historical, and cultural. Stakeholder identification and analysis, environmental justice, and risk assessment are additional themes considered in this communication-intensive course. A major component of this course will be a project in which students will have the opportunity to engage in in-depth research on the many nuanced perspectives, positions, and stances of a specific environmental issue. Students will communicate findings and advocate for a particular viewpoint as well as suggest possible solutions. Research projects may include topics such as climate change, hydraulic fracking, loss of biodiversity, habitat destruction, deforestation, water and air pollution, natural resource distribution, and sustainable food supplies.
Students from all disciplines are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary, hands-on approach to entrepreneurial ventures associated with the environment. Students will be immersed in entrepreneurship activities such as evaluating business opportunities, developing a business plan with appropriate financials, executing market research, creating/implementing marketing strategies, developing new products, and planning/executing sales. The entrepreneurship activities will be completed in the context of a real-world environmental business venture and will often include cross-campus collaborations. Students will learn the science and management of the associated environmental issue in order to better understand and promote the business and will analyze business aspects based on the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit). Communication with stakeholders, collaborators, and customers is an essential aspect of this course.
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This travel course offers hands-on exploration of key environmental issues in diverse ecosystems. Students will engage in field studies at various locations, analyzing the interplay between ecological systems, human communities, and environmental policies. Through site visits, discussions with experts, and immersive experiences, students will gain practical insights into sustainable development and the challenges of managing natural resources. The set of topics covered and region of travel may vary with each offering. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).
The Environmental Studies Seminar is an integrative experiential and project-based course that is a capstone experience for ENV majors and minors. Students are expected to bring their disci-pline-specific expertise to the group and collaborate on a class project that identifies a problem, examines it from a multidisciplinary perspective and provides practical solutions.
Source: Westminster College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59