{"id":3143,"date":"2024-10-11T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T20:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/mais\/?page_id=3143"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T01:19:23","slug":"environment-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/mais\/area-of-study\/environment-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment & Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The following courses are offered online and worth 3 credits unless otherwise indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note: some courses may have prerequisites or conditions.<\/strong> For example \u201cpermission required\u201d means you\u2019ll need to send us a copy of your resume for assessment of fit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\r\n \r\n\t\tCMDV500: Core Principles of Sustainable Community Development\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/i><\/span><\/div>\r\n
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Environment & Sustainability<\/a>Introductory<\/a>Online<\/a>Stand-Alone Course<\/a><\/div>\n
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Familiarizes students with the history of the concept of sustainable development and its core principles. Discusses innovations happening on the ground in Canadian communities. Grounded in systems thinking, emphasis will be placed on new models of collaboration, integrated decision-making and planning, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. Examines key issues to provide a deep understanding of the complexities of solving and implementing such \u2018messy, wicked\u2019 problems. Emphasis will be placed on \u2018making a difference through research\u2019, learning and using modern research dissemination tools including social media channels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\r\n \r\n\t\tEECO500: Developing Environmental Understandings\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/i><\/span><\/div>\r\n
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Environment & Sustainability<\/a>GC in Environmental Education and Communication<\/a>In-Person Residency<\/a>Introductory<\/a>MA in Environmental Education and Communication<\/a>Stand-Alone Course<\/a><\/div>\n
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Explores how personal environmental identities, values, beliefs, feelings and attitudes are formed. Considers how environmental education and communication programs approach building a sense of place and wonder; offer direct experience in the environment; help develop responsible environmental behaviours; and build the capacity to implement meaningful environmental actions that resolve environmental problems and issues. Students examine the historic evolution of environmental education and communications, and various theories of environmental learning and literacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Co-Requisites: <\/span>