EDUC 6101

This course will introduce students to an interdisciplinary inquiry into the complexities of sustainable development and sustainability. The course outlines sustainability and sustainable development using a balanced perspective as it is understood through the social sciences (people, cultures, empowerment, education and health), nature and the environment, and prosperity and the economy. The three pillars of sustainability (people, planet, prosperity) will form a core organizational strategy and a systems orientation will allow students to understand the fundamental reasons for unstainable practices. Students will inquire into positive local, national and international efforts in economic development , as it is related to social and enterprise entrepreneurship, in education, in health and in social justice by becoming familiar with the growing body of sustainability scholarship and by identifying future trends that will challenge existing paradigms, yet also open up opportunities for societal change and transformation.