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Forestry
Description: Now more than ever, the world needs ethical, enlightened, committed and strong leadership for tackling the environmental and developmental challenges of our times. While the world has made tremendous economic and technological progress, this human prosperity and wellbeing have come at the cost of significant damage to our planet. This in turn has started to affect the wellbeing of marginal communities across the world. Leadership that understands interconnectedness and complexity of our world and is driven by the sustainability of our planet while maintaining social and environmental justice is pivotal for survivability of humanity. This course will introduce students to the key concepts of leadership within the context of environment and development. The course will help understand different styles of leadership. The course will teach problem solving to relevant environmental challenges of our time through the use of critical thinking, systems thinking approaches. The course will highlight the key issues of leadership within current environmental challenges and finally, the course will provide tools to envision transformative and sustainable futures and ways to manage change. Co-convenes with FOR 434. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: Graduate Status
Forestry
Term : Winter 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
FOR 534 - Leadership And Environmental Problem Solving
Description: Now more than ever, the world needs ethical, enlightened, committed and strong leadership for tackling the environmental and developmental challenges of our times. While the world has made tremendous economic and technological progress, this human prosperity and wellbeing have come at the cost of significant damage to our planet. This in turn has started to affect the wellbeing of marginal communities across the world. Leadership that understands interconnectedness and complexity of our world and is driven by the sustainability of our planet while maintaining social and environmental justice is pivotal for survivability of humanity. This course will introduce students to the key concepts of leadership within the context of environment and development. The course will help understand different styles of leadership. The course will teach problem solving to relevant environmental challenges of our time through the use of critical thinking, systems thinking approaches. The course will highlight the key issues of leadership within current environmental challenges and finally, the course will provide tools to envision transformative and sustainable futures and ways to manage change. Co-convenes with FOR 434. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: Graduate Status