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Details	This is a writing intensive course and meets the diversity requirement. This course focuses on the holistically integrated relationship of humans with their environment - both social and natural. The course examines cultural conflicts over land, water, food, wildlife and pollution on a local to global scale. Concepts to be explored include, but are not limited to: biophilia; carrying capacity, deep ecology; diversity; ecofeminism; environmental community, ethics and justice; Gaia Hypothesis; property rights; sustainable agriculture and development; and individual responsibilities regarding the environment. The full spectrum of American cultural identity delineations including race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, rural/urban, and others will be used to demonstrate how various cultural groups value, use, and share and/or control the social and natural environment. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. (F, Sp)