{"id":7944,"date":"2021-05-25T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2022-2023\/?page_id=7944"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:04:44","slug":"climate-change-sshs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2022-2023\/climate-change-sshs\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change, Policy, and Action (SSHS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Stefan Becker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/sanghamitra-padhy\/\">Sanghamitra Padhy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/emma-c-rainforth\/\">Emma Rainforth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current as of June 2022<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>The Climate Crisis has emerged as perhaps the major global crisis affecting current and future life on earth. Every institution of higher education should be addressing this crisis, but an interdisciplinary institution such as Ramapo should be taking the lead in doing so.\u00a0 \u00a0Toward this end, a five-course minor in Climate Change, Policy and Action is proposed. Climate Change has emerged as an existential threat to the health and habitability of the earth, affecting humans and all life on our planet. The resulting Climate Crises can no longer be classified as a future threat&#8212;it is very much upon us. With only a decade to address the crisis, we must try to mitigate it to slow it down by reducing the release of greenhouse gasses, but adaptation and resilience are also demanded. There is a fast-emerging interdisciplinary field addressing these challenges that unites the sciences, social sciences and human services with business and diplomacy. Â鶹´«Ã½ has engaged with this issue for decades, running major conferences and offering courses in multiple programs. It is well positioned to offer a minor program in Climate Change open to students in all majors that will rest on existing courses and primarily on existing sections and faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Outcomes of the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Outcome 1:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students will understand the basic science of global warming\/climate change including the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and all key climate documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 2:<\/strong>\u00a0 Students will understand the issues of climate policy and regulation, including climate advocacy, climate politics and climate communication, as well as the UN Climate Process and the Paris Agreement, and other global, national, state, local and civil society climate initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Students will understand the history of climate science and its acceptance or denial in the policy and public spheres, including the role of systematic distortion by fossil fuel companies and others of climate issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 4:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students will understand the core ethical issues surrounding the climate crisis,\u00a0including environmental injustice,\u00a0intergenerational equity and the rights\u00a0of non-human life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 5:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students will understand the human and non-human impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 6:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students will understand the issues of climate mitigation, including the transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Outcome 7:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong> Students will understand the issues of climate adaptation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 8:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students will understand the systemic, cumulative and secondary impacts of the climate crisis, including climate refugeeism and climate-induced war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome 9:\u00a0 <\/strong>Students will understand the concept of resilience, its role in sustainability, and how to enact it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Students are required to take 5 courses (20 credits) to complete this minor.<\/li>\n<li>At least half of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A School Core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>CLIMATE CHANGE MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li><strong>FOUNDATION COURSES: REQUIRED 2 COURSES<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21ca5cb\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21ca8bd\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST240\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 240 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>POLICY COURSE: SELECT 1 COURSE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cadd9\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST317\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cb067\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST326\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 326 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cb28e\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cb4bc\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST339\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 339 - SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cb771\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/LAWS328\" target=\"_blank\">LAWS 328 - COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<\/a>**<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCIENCE\/MITIGATION\/ADAPTION:\u00a0 SELECT 1<\/strong> <strong>COURSE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cb98a\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENSC305\" target=\"_blank\">ENSC 305 - CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cbbda\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cbe98\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST338\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 338 - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cc118\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC343\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 343 - ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>CLIMATE CRISIS-RELATED FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE: SELECT 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cc38d\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST331\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP<\/a>\u00a0<strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69e31d21cc61a\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST388\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 388 - CO-OP\/INTERNSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A comparable co-op, study abroad course or independent study offering a field experience related to the climate crisis may be approved by the Convener.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>* <\/strong>Because of the limit on double counting between a major and minor, Environmental Studies students will take a second field experience and two other courses not counted for the major itself.<\/p>\n<p>**Upon request to the instructor, prerequisites will be waived for minors in this program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Related Information <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services\u00a0Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website: School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7944","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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