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Environment and Society

Environmental Studies 101

Usual Description

An interdisciplinary exploration of environmental challenges, causes, solutions and underlying power dynamics. This course provides an introduction to social, economic, and ecological perspectives on relationships between humans and the rest of the natural world. The course emphasizes design options to transition communities towards sustainability and resilience with respect to food, energy and shelter in the face of local and global change. ENVS 101 provides an introduction for non-majors and a foundation for Environmental Studies majors.

Themes

Languages Used

English

Course Listings

These are all of the listings of this course recorded in the Oberlin course catalog since the fall of 2007.

Listing	Semester	Professor
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2017	Taught by Karl Offen or Swapna Pathak
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2016	Taught by Karl Offen or Md Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2016	Taught by Karl Offen
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2015	Taught by Swapna Pathak or Md Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2015
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2014	Taught by Darrick Evensen or Swapna Pathak
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2014	Taught by Swapna Pathak or John Petersen
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2013	Taught by Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2013	Taught by Michael Maniates
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2012	Taught by Michael Maniates or Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2012	Taught by Michael Maniates or Camille Washington-Ottombre
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2011	Taught by Janet Fiskio or Michael Maniates
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2011	Taught by Rumi Shammin or Camille Washington-Ottombre
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2010	Taught by Janet Fiskio or Camille Washington-Ottombre
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2010
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2009	Taught by Janet Fiskio or Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Spring 2009	Taught by John Petersen or Rumi Shammin
Environmental Studies 101	Fall 2008	Taught by Rumi Shammin

Related courses

Rumi Shammin

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Environmental Studies
Courses Taught	Energy and Society Environmental Analysis in Social Science Environment and Society Local vs. Global: Environmental Issues Beyond Borders Sustainable Cities: Theory, Analysis and Design
Geographic Expertise	South Asia Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Khulna, Bangladesh
Languages	Bengali (Native speaker)
Thematic Interests	Climate Change Ecological Economics Environmental Policy International Environmental Issues Sustainability Sustainable Human Behavior

Local vs. Global: Environmental Issues Beyond Borders

Course

Listed As	Environmental Studies 222
Taught By	Rumi Shammin
Themes	Global Environmental Issues Human Nature Interaction Sustainability Sustainable Human Behavior

Md Rumi Shammin

Faculty/staff member

Courses Taught	Energy and Society Environment and Society Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Sustainable Cities: Theory, Analysis and Design

Swapna Pathak

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Environmental Studies
Courses Taught	Environmental Policy Environment and Society Seminar: Global Environmental Politics Seminar: Natural Resources and Conflict

Janet Fiskio

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Comparative American Studies Environmental Studies
Courses Taught	American Agricultures American Agricultures Climate Change Community Engagement and Public Humanities Environment and Society Nature Culture Interpretation (Humanities) Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Seminar: Environmental Justice Literature
Thematic Interests	Agrarianism Climate Change Environmental Humanities Environmental Justice Urban Farming

John Petersen

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Biology Environmental Studies
Courses Taught	Environment and Society Practicum in Ecological Communication & Oberlin Project Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (NSMA) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Reserach ENVS (NSMA) - Full Systems Ecology Systems Modeling
Thematic Interests	Architecture Building Monitoring Built Environment Ecological Design Ecological Engineering Environmental Dashboards Environmental Education Feedback Control Mechanisms Microcosms Renewable Energy Resource Use Restoration Ecology Simulation Modeling Sustainability Sustainable Systems Systems Ecology Systems Modeling

Swapna Pathak

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Politics
Courses Taught	Environmental Policy Environmental Policy Environment and Society International Environmental Politics Introduction to International Politics Politics of South Asia Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (NSMA) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Reserach ENVS (NSMA) - Full Seminar: Global Environmental Politics Seminar: Natural Resources and Conflict
Geographic Expertise	South Asia
Thematic Interests	Environmental Policy International Environmental Issues International Relations Peace And Conflict Studies South Asian Politics

Environment & Sustain Develop

Course

Listed As	Environmental Studies 414
Taught By	Anteneh Tesfaw

Karl Offen

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Environmental Studies
Courses Taught	Environment and Society Political Ecology Political Ecology Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (ARHU) - Full Research ENVS (NSMA) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Research ENVS (SSCI) - Full Reserach ENVS (NSMA) - Full Soc & Env Latin Amer & Caribbe
Geographic Expertise	Latin America and the Caribbean Central America Colombia Honduras Nicaragua
Time Periods	1492 - 2015
Languages	Spanish (Advanced)
Thematic Interests	Africa Archival Research Atlantic World Colonialism Cultural Geography Cultural Landscapes Environmental History Historical Geography History Of Cartography Latin American History Political Ecology Social Justice

Kenneth Liao

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Economics
Courses Taught	Environmental Economics Environmental Economics Natural Resource Economics Natural Resource Economics Principles of Economics