GEN 443 - Core III: Environment and Consumption (WI)

Semester Hours: 3
(Writing Intensive)

This course invites students to explore a web of issues surrounding the relationship between the health of our natural environment and the consumption of goods and services by North Americans. Drawing from numerous disciplines, the course helps students investigate the impact of North American consumerism on ecosystems worldwide, the various rationales behind calls to adopt or reject environmental policies, and concrete solutions to what students identify as specific dimensions of the problem.

Pre-requisites: Core II, junior standing or above, and GEN 112 - Composition II: Argumentation and Research.