Course Assignments and Schedule

Course Assignments:

Please read the syllabus in Canvas to ensure you understand the assignments due in this course! 

Typical Schedule of Weekly Activities:

Within any given week, most assignments can be completed on your schedule. Weekly materials on Canvas unlock every Friday at midnight and reading assignments will be due the next Sunday at midnight, giving you 10 days to complete them. Please check Canvas for specific due dates and announcements.

Topics by Week:

• Lesson 1 - Introductions
• Lesson 2 - Global Environmental Change and Planetary Boundaries
• Lesson 3 - Complex Social-Ecological Systems
• Lesson 4 - Environmental Governance
• Lesson 5 - Environmental Justice
• Lesson 6 - The Food-Energy-Water Nexus and Environmental Impacts of Agriculture
• Lesson 7 - Food (Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Agroecology)
• Lesson 8 - Energy
• Lesson 9 - Water
• Lesson 10 - Biodiversity Conservation
• Lesson 11 - Land Use Change
• Lesson 12 - Climate Change
• Week 13 to 15 - Course Wrap Up