| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.77 |
| Liaison | Joe Herbst |
| Submission Date | Jan. 17, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Minnesota State University Moorhead
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Josh
Costello Intern Office of Campus Sustainability |
Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
MSUM offers at least two courses that are a sustainability-focused immersive experience. One is Tropical Field Biology the following are the outline of major content areas:
1. The concept of sustainability.
2. Pathways and trade-offs to a sustainable future.
3. The structure, function, and processes of tropical ecosystems (climatic, hydrologic, soils, social, and biological systems).
4. Understand how socio-cultural variables affect the ways in which environments are perceived and managed, and the ways in which people or societies react to environmental challenges.
Includes a 10 day class trip to Costa Rica over spring break.
The website URL where information about the immersive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The second class is Biology 308: Pacific Northwest Ecology. The major content areas are:
1. The concept of sustainability
2. Pathways and trade-offs to a sustainable future.
3. The structure, function, and processes of Pacific Northwest ecosystems.
4. Understand how socio-cultural variables affect the ways in which environments are perceived and managed, and the ways in which people or societies react to environmental challenges.
Includes a trip to the Pacific Northwest.
The second class is Biology 308: Pacific Northwest Ecology. The major content areas are:
1. The concept of sustainability
2. Pathways and trade-offs to a sustainable future.
3. The structure, function, and processes of Pacific Northwest ecosystems.
4. Understand how socio-cultural variables affect the ways in which environments are perceived and managed, and the ways in which people or societies react to environmental challenges.
Includes a trip to the Pacific Northwest.
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