spring 2006
ARC 386M / CRP 383:
Topics in Sustainable Development
ARC 386M-00945, MAN 385, LAW 379M, CRP 383, PA 388K
Course Description
This course is a trans-disciplinary graduate level seminar designed to critically explore the concept and practice of sustainable development from a variety of vantage points. The class will be composed of students representing business, architecture, planning, law, and public policy, and will be taught by UT faculty as well as distinguished outside speakers representing the full range of interest and experience with sustainable development. Topics for potential exploration include, the philosophical origins of sustainability; systems thinking; sustainable food systems; commerce in a sustainable world; government and market solutions to social and environmental problems; role of international governing institutions; sustainable community initiatives; sustainable architecture and planning; industrial ecology; and the question of "equity".
Enrollment will generally be limited to five students from each of the five disciplines. Students from other disciplines may be admitted with the instructor's consent. Assignments will include weekly critical reading reviews and a major paper completed by interdisciplinary research teams constituted of one member from each department.