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Class number:
2898
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Title: Environ Psyc & Sustain |
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Department: Psychology |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 35 |
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Current enrollment: 24 |
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Available seats: 11 |
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Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LSC - 134 |
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Instructor(s): Outten, Robert |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
Course Description:
This course examines questions of how environments affect humans, as well as what factors motivate people to act in pro-environmental ways. It also serves to introduce students to a range of environmental challenges faced by contemporary humans, while presenting theory and research that can be applied to our understanding of environmental sustainability. This class is very much interdisciplinary. While psychological perspectives are abundant, the content is also informed by other areas of study like human factors, ecology, geography and sociology, just to name a few. Some important topics include: environmental stress, the health benefits of nature, constructing environments that promote well-being, risk perception, social influence, norms, persuasion, consumption, environmental inequality and environmental justice. |