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May 3rd, 2016, 12:50 PM
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Needs of Sustainable Development
Can you tell me about the course requirement for Sustainable Development program offered by Earth Institute of Columbia College of Columbia University?
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May 3rd, 2016, 12:51 PM
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Re: Needs of Sustainable Development
The Earth Institute—in collaboration with Columbia College, the School of General Studies, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Departments of Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology; and Earth and Environmental Engineering—offers a major and a special concentration in sustainable development. Course Requirement The sustainable development foundation courses should be taken first and students should then work with the program adviser on further course selection and sequencing. The major in sustainable development requires a minimum of 15 courses and a practicum as follows: Sustainable Development Foundation SDEV W1900 Introduction to Sustainable Development Seminar SDEV W2300 Challenges of Sustainable Development EESC W2330 Science for Sustainable Development Basic Disciplinary Foundation Select one of the following science sequences: PHYS V1202 General Physics II - PHYS V1202 and General Physics II CHEM W1403 General Chemistry I (Lecture) - CHEM W1404 and General Chemistry II ( Lecture) EEEB W2001 Environmental Biology I: Elements to Organisms - EEEB W2002 and Environmental Biology II: Organisms to the Biosphere EAEE E2100 A better planet by design - EESC W1600 and Earth Resources and Sustainable Development EESC V2100 Earth's Environmental Systems: Climate - EESC V2200 and Earth's Environmental Systems: Solid Earth EESC V2100 Earth's Environmental Systems: Climate - EESC V2300 and Earth's Environmental Systems: Life Systems Select two of the following social science courses: SOCI W1000 The Social World ANTH V1002 The Interpretation of Culture ECON W1105 Principles of Economics POLS V1501 Introduction to Comparative Politics POLS V1601 Introduction to International Politics SDEV W2000 Introduction to Environmental Law SDEV W3400 Human Populations and Sustainable Development Select one of the following quantitative foundations courses: STAT W1211 Introduction to Statistics (with calculus) MATH V2010 Linear Algebra STAT W2024 Applied Linear Regression Analysis STAT W2025 Applied Statistical Methods STAT W2026 Statistical Applications and Case Studies EEEB W3005 Introduction to Statistics for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EESC BC3017 Environmental Data Analysis STAT W3026 Applied Data Mining STAT W3105 Introduction to Probability STAT W3107 Introduction to Statistical Inference STAT W4105 Introduction to Probability STAT W4107 Introduction to Statistical Inference STAT W4315 Linear Regression Models STAT W4606 Elementary Stochastic Processes Analysis and Solutions to Complex Problems Select two of the following courses: EESC BC3032 Agricultural and Urban Land Use: Human-Environment Interactions EESC BC3045 Responding to Climate Change PUBH W3100 Fundamentals of Global Health SDEV W3200 Global Food Systems CIEE E3260 Engineering for developing communities SDEV W3330 Ecological and Social Systems for Sustainable Development SDEV W3355 Climate Change and Law SDEV W3360 Disasters and Development SDEV W3366 Energy Law SDEV W3410 Urbanization and Sustainable Development URBS V3565 Cities in Developing Countries: Problems and Prospects ECIA W4100 Management and development of water systems EAEE W4304 Closing the carbon cycle PLAN A4579 Introduction to Environmental Planning EESC W4600 Earth Resources and Sustainable Development The Summer Ecosystems Experience for Undergraduates (SEE-U) * Skills/Actions Select two of the following courses: SDEV W2320 Economic and Financial Methods for Sustainable Development SOCI W3010 Methods for Social Research SDEV W3390 GIS for Sustainable Development SDEV W3450 Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Development SDEV W4015 Complexity Science EESC W4050 Global Assessment and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing SUMA K4100 Sustainability Management EAEE E4257 Environmental data analysis and modeling The Summer Ecosystems Experience for Undergraduates (SEE-U) * Electives Select one of the following courses: SUMA K4310 Practicum in Innovation Sustainability Leadership INAF U4420 Oil, Rights and Development SUMA K4734 Earth Institute Practicum Select two of the following: Additional courses from analysis and solutions to complex problem Additional courses from skills/actions Upper division courses from the list approved by program adviser EESC W3901 Environmental Science Senior Seminar - EESC BC3800 and Senior Research Seminar Capstone Workshop SDEV W3280 Workshop in Sustainable Development or SDEV W3550 Bangladesh: Life on a Tectonically Active Delta |