2007-08 - Pitzer College

116 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
be placed on evaluating and understanding how peoples create and respond to change.
Global issues of ecology and intercultural communication will guide our inquiries. P. Faulstich.
[not offered 2007-08]
150. Critical Environmental News. [formerly Seminar: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.]
A seminar examination of how environmental issues are portrayed in the news media.
Specific issues will be determined by the current news, but general concerns include
representation of the environment, habitat destruction, consumerism, development,
environmental justice, politics and the environment, local and global topics, media bias,
and environmental perception. Fall, P. Faulstich.
Bio 159. Natural Resource Management. (See Science: Biology 159) Spring, E. Morhardt.
162. Gender, Environment & Development. Examines the intersection of theories of
environmental degradation, economic development and gender. Social theories to be
examined include: modernization theory, dependency and world systems, women in
development vs. women and development, cultural ecology, eco-feminism, political
ecology and feminist political ecology, gender and the environment, and population. Men
are warmly welcomed to enroll! Fall, M. Herrold-Menzies.
Anth 164. North American Archaeology. (See Anthropology 164.) S. Miller. [not offered 2007-08]
Anth 168. Humans and Their Environments: The Prehistoric Perspective. (See
Anthropology 168.) S. Miller. [not offered 2007-08]
Bio 169L. Marine Ecology. (See Science: Biology 169L.) Spring, S. Gilman.
Econ 172. Environmental Economics. (See Economics 172.) Fall, M. Federman.
179. Worldview and Natural History. This seminar strives to increase understanding of
how worldviews are situated in the landscape, and how indigenous cosmologies function
as storehouses of critical knowledge of the natural world. Students will engage in
substantive, collaborative research on a selected topic. Areas of focus include symbolic
systems, traditional ecological management, Aboriginal Australia, and Botswana. P. Faulstich.
[not offered 2007-08]
190. Environmental Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives. An advanced,
transdisciplinary course exploring the many dimensions of sustainability. We discuss
issues of environmental education, cultural change, ecological restoration, social justice,
and environmental tourism. Critiques of these ideas and practices provide a foundation
for the ultimate concern of this course: Whether it is possible to create modern socionatural
systems that are truly sustaining. P. Faulstich/L. Arguelles. [not offered 2007-08]
See also, at Pitzer and the other consortium colleges, appropriate courses in Anthropology, Biology,
Economics, Environment, Economics and Policy, Environmental Analysis, Geology, Government,
International and Intercultural Studies, Political Studies, and Science Technology and Society.