[bioundgrd] Fwd: Core subject for *new* Environment & Sustainability Minor: 12.387 Fall F10-1

[Janice Chang]

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From: Emily Martin <egmartin at mit.edu<mailto:egmartin at mit.edu>>
Subject: Core subject for *new* Environment & Sustainability Minor: 12.387 Fall F10-1 - Pls spread the word
Date: August 21, 2017 at 1:48:07 PM EDT

We’re delighted to announce a new interdisciplinary minor<https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/environment-sustainability-minor/> administered by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI).  We’d truly appreciate your help spreading the word about one of the minor’s two core subjects that’s starting this fall (for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors pursuing ALL majors) - poster and details for students are below.

Thank you!
Emily

Emily G. Martin
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

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Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors:

Register for People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science (12.387<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m12a.html#12.387>, 15.874<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m15c.html#15.874>, IDS.063<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/mIDSa.html#IDS.063> [J]) Fridays 10am-1pm this fall, with star faculty: S. Solomon (Course 12), J. Sterman (Course 15), and N. Selin (IDSS and Course 12).  People and the Planet is one of two core subjects for the *new* interdisciplinary Environment & Sustainability Minor<https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/environment-sustainability-minor/>.

Email the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) with questions: esi at mit.edu<mailto:esi at mit.edu>
12.387[J] People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science
(New)
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[Undergrad] ([Fall])
(Same subject as 15.874[J]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m15c.html#15.874>, IDS.063[J]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/mIDSa.html#IDS.063>)
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-6
[Add to schedule]<http://student.mit.edu/catalog/editcookie.cgi?add=12.387> Lecture: F10-1 (36-112<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=36>)
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Introduces governance and science aspects of complex environmental problems and approaches to solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to analyze environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of in-depth case studies of environmental governance and science problems. Students develop writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing solutions. Through experiential activities, such as modeling and policy exercises, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of governance in complex, interacting systems, including biogeophysical processes and societal and stakeholder interactions.
N. Selin, S. Solomon, J. Sterman

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