NR 785 (01) - Systems Thinking for Sustainable Solutions

Systems Thinking

Durham   Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Natural Resources
Online Course Delivery Method: Rotational Attendance
Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2021 - Full Term (02/01/2021 - 05/11/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   30  
CRN: 50796
This course applies systems thinking as a problem-solving approach aimed at exploring possibilities for creating a future based on sustainable relationships between healthy human societies and their natural environments. Types of systems and systems tools are utilized to describe human-environment relationships and to emphasize their resiliency or vulnerability to future unsustainable events and/or practices. We explore how systems may be restructured to create more sustainable outcomes. Pre- or Coreq: NR 437 or NR 435.
Section Comments: You must have Senior standing at the start of this course. Other majors allowed with instructor permission.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Equivalent(s): EC 785
Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester
Only listed classes in section: Senior
Only listed majors in section: COMM&ENVIRPLN, ENV CONS STDS, ENV CONS SUST, WILDCONSBIOL
Instructors: STAFF

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
2/1/2021 5/11/2021 MW 10:10am - 12:00pm JAMS 144