Sep 22, 2024  
University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
University Catalog 2024-2025

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  • ES-7270: Research Strategy I - Quantitative

    The Research Strategies course is divided into two parts, e (Research Strategies I) and (Research Strategies II). Graduates of our program will be able to create new knowledge and understanding through the process of research and inquiry. This course helps students develop the skills needed to achieve this goal. The emphasis during Research Strategy 1 course is on positivist research and quantitative approaches to research: how to develop hypotheses, evaluation of research designs, sampling approaches, introductory statistics, and validity. In this class we focus on positivist research studies. Applications will come from both the social and natural sciences. Attention will be given to defining variables, designing experiments, and interpreting statistical analyses. Additional contact hours will be met by specific course work designed to be completed online.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7280: Research Strategy II - Qualitative

    Qualitative inquiry has a unique capacity to describe social behavior and process, uncover causal linkages, interpret meaning and significance, and build robust, empirical theory. Doing qualitative research involves more than mastering technical aspects of methods. It also requires grounding methodological decisions in a theoretical perspective and engaging ethical and political dimensions of doing research with others in social settings. This course offers an introduction to qualitative inquiry as it applies to environmental studies and related phenomena. It explores the philosophical underpinnings of particular traditions (e.g., ethnography, grounded theory) and builds practical competence with specific research skills (e.g., interviews, observation, field notes, analysis). Additional contact hours will be met by specific course work designed to be completed online.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7310: Doctoral Learning Domain Project I Learning Domain Project I

    Students will register for a Learning Domain Project in order to conduct an in-depth exploration of an area of scholarship integral to their dissertation work. This independent study may be used to master a body of literature crucial to a student’s future research, although conducting primary research, learning research methods, or writing are also possible. Each student consults with his or her advisor and their Learning Domain Plan in preparing this project. Projects could include readings, discussions with an advisor or mentor, formal course work, or research work. The project must be designed and described in detail to indicate objectives, specific activities, weekly and monthly readings, assignment due dates, products, and methods of evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7320: Doctoral Learning Domain Project II

    Students will register for a Learning Domain Project in order to conduct an in-depth exploration of an area of scholarship integral to their dissertation work. This independent study may be used to master a body of literature crucial to a student’s future research, although conducting primary research, learning research methods, or writing are also possible. Each student consults with his or her advisor and their Learning Domain Plan in preparing this project. Projects could include readings, discussions with an advisor or mentor, formal course work, or research work. The project must be designed and described in detail to indicate objectives, specific activities, weekly and monthly readings, assignment due dates, products, and methods of evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7330: Doctoral Learning Domain Project III

    Students will register for a Learning Domain Project in order to conduct an in-depth exploration of an area of scholarship integral to their dissertation work. This independent study may be used to master a body of literature crucial to a student’s future research, although conducting primary research, learning research methods, or writing are also possible. Each student consults with his or her advisor and their Learning Domain Plan in preparing this project. Projects could include readings, discussions with an advisor or mentor, formal course work, or research work. The project must be designed and described in detail to indicate objectives, specific activities, weekly and monthly readings, assignment due dates, products, and methods of evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7340: Doctoral Learning Domain Project IV

    Students will register for a Learning Domain Project in order to conduct an in-depth exploration of an area of scholarship integral to their dissertation work. This independent study may be used to master a body of literature crucial to a student’s future research, although conducting primary research, learning research methods, or writing are also possible. Each student consults with his or her advisor and their Learning Domain Plan in preparing this project. Projects could include readings, discussions with an advisor or mentor, formal course work, or research work. The project must be designed and described in detail to indicate objectives, specific activities, weekly and monthly readings, assignment due dates, products, and methods of evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7350: Learning Domain Project V

    Students will register for a Learning Domain Project in order to conduct an in-depth exploration of an area of scholarship integral to their dissertation work. This independent study may be used to master a body of literature crucial to a student’s future research, although conducting primary research, learning research methods, or writing are also possible. Each student consults with his or her advisor and their Learning Domain Plan in preparing this project. Projects could include readings, discussions with an advisor or mentor, formal course work, or research work. The project must be designed and described in detail to indicate objectives, specific activities, weekly and monthly readings, assignment due dates, products, and methods of evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7360: Candidacy Prep & Service Lrng Seminar

    Competency Area: Dissertation Required ES PhD 3 who have completed all requirements for Phases 1 & 2 The Candidacy Preparation and Service Learning Seminar is designed for assisting students to critically review their learning domain projects, writing skills, and preparing for the Qualifying Exam and Dissertation Proposal phases of their doctoral work. It provides students with an opportunity to discuss the meaning of scholarship and service as they prepare for and engage in their service projects, and to examine their research interests in the context of the community setting. Students propose and develop their service learning goals and objectives, considering the moral and ethical dimensions of their work. In addition, the seminar poses questions regarding the theoretical and practical dimensions of service learning, with selected readings about the philosophy, sociology, and experience of service. Through the seminar, students engage with questions about claims to knowledge, the role of the expert, the relationship between scholarship and political action, the political context of environmental research, and issues of professional identity and public scholarship. What are the special problems encountered by the environmental researcher who is actively involved in community projects? What is the role of scholarship for the activist? How might research contribute to social change and environmental action?
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7520: Doctoral Service Project

    The Service Learning Project is an intensive practicum project that involves a form of environmental or social service in a community context. The project may occur at any time during the third year of the program. Students should register for Service Project during the semester in which the bulk of the work will be done. For more specific information about the service project, please see the Doctoral Program Guide. Note: The Service Project does not meet as a course. The project is discussed in the Service Learning Seminar. The student receives credit upon satisfactory completion of the Service Project essay. Students must arrange meeting time with instructor.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7710: Doctoral Qualifying Exam

    The Qualifying Exam is the culmination of the learning domain. It is an opportunity for students to organize, interpret, and amplify their core scholarly interests. The essay is essentially a literature review which demonstrates the ability to synthesize and conceptualize knowledge, to contribute new ideas to an emerging field of study, to express the theoretical and practical significance of these ideas, and to consider their consequences of scholarship, research and/or professional practice. The purpose of the Qualifying Exam is to cultivate those insights, by exploring them in depth, tracing their formulation, development, and application. The Qualifying Exam does not meet as a course.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7740: Dissertation Proposal Seminar

    This seminar allows students to devote themselves to developing and refining the research questions that are the foundation of a dissertation, and to exploring, analyzing and critiquing methods specific to their research interests with the purpose of selecting the methods they will employ. Upon completion of this seminar students should have completed or be very close to completing a draft research proposal, which sets forth the nature of their dissertation inquiry and a detailed account of the methods to be used. Since the proposal also contains material supporting the relevance of the dissertation topic and the appropriateness of the chosen methods, the seminar will also focus on the organization of literature surveys and the identification of key references that serve as models for the specific dissertation work. Additional contact hours will be met by specific coursework designed to be completed online.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7750: Candidacy Continuation

    The Candidacy Continuation semester is designed for students who need additional time to complete their doctoral candidacy projects. During this semester they continue to work independently with faculty as needed to complete their Doctoral Service Project/Service Learning Seminar, Integrated Essay/Qualifying Exam, and/or Dissertation Proposal.
    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-7760: Dissertation Seminar

    This year-long seminar is designed to provide support and consultation for students in the process of formulating and carrying out their doctoral dissertation research. Topics to be addressed during the year include: ongoing evaluation and assessment of research methods, research ethics, dilemmas of working in the field, analysis, writing the dissertation, making formal presentations, dissemination of research results, and transformations you experience in your growth as a scholar. Students along with the instructors are intended to serve as a peer community, providing support, advice, and critique. Each semester, students will make a formal presentation to the class documenting the current state of their research and bringing to the class the expertise they have developed. Additional faculty may be brought in as needed to provide input in special topic areas. Additional contact hours will be met by specific coursework designed to be completed online.
    Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-8900: SIS-Doctoral Elective

    Student and instructor design an individualized course of study to enable exploration of topics not generally available in the established curriculum. Syllabus contains specific course learning outcomes, assignments and grounds for evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 4.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-8990: Doctoral Dissertation

    Students who are actively engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation are required to register for these credits. You cannot register for this class unless your dissertation proposal has been approved by your committee.
    Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ES-8990X: Doctoral Dissertation Continuation


    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Thesis / Dissertation
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESAF-5000: Financial Administration

    This course focuses on the practical application of financial statement analysis and the use of financial information to make decisions in nonprofit organizations. Students will explore financial definitions, concepts and key nonprofit accounting principles, financial statements, and basic tools for interpreting financial information. Ultimately, students will develop confidence in reading and interpreting the financial position of an organization and use financial statements, along with knowledge of an industry and information about the marketplace, to make informed budget and financial decisions.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5440: Leadership for Change

    Leadership for change is the art of structuring organizations and collaboration, building morale and vision, and facilitating group deliberation and decision-making to guide effective policy-setting and organizational work that makes a positive difference at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, field, and societal levels. This course will help students’ develop the skills and understandings that support leadership that is adaptive, inclusive, participatory, collaborative, culturally competent, and effective. Participants in this class will be challenged to explore 1) personal leadership competencies and styles; 2) group dynamics, inclusion, and team facilitation; 3) strategies for engaging diverse stakeholders; and 4) the capacity of creative leadership to facilitate large-scale systemic change.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online Meeting (synchronous),Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5500: Community Ecology/New England Landscape

    This course examines the diversity of plant communities found in central New England with special attention to the impact of topography, substrate, and disturbance regimes on community composition and structure as a means to understand ecological community dynamics in any part of the world. As a largely field-based course, both qualitative and quantitative means will be used to describe community composition and structure, as well as the reasons for community placement. Ecocindicator species will be used to delineate specific topographic and edaphic sites, while evidence of various disturbances will be used to interpret successional patterns as a means for reading the landscape. The course will have a strong grounding in concepts related to community ecology including dominance, diversity, niche structuring, and succession. Skills in plant community sampling, soil interpretation, and plant identification will also be developed. A number of outstanding representatives of community types in the central Connecticut River watershed will be visited.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5501: Community Ecology: the Natural History of Lake Superior

    Field Naturalists explore and focus at both organism and system levels. Throughout the year via personal projects, guided mentoring, workshops, field trips, and select readings, we will collect data and stories relevant to the North Woods in the Lake Superior Region. Though our efforts will be narrowed to this region, we will develop natural history skills and knowledge applicable in any region. Ultimately we will explore and develop observation, study, and documenting habits necessary for professional naturalists in any place or time.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5501X: Community Ecology: the Natural History,of Lake Superior Continuation

    This course is a continuation of ESC 5501. Field Naturalists explore and focus at both organism and system levels. Throughout the year via personal projects, guided mentoring, workshops, field trips, and select readings, we will collect data and stories relevant to the North Woods in the Lake Superior Region. Though our efforts will be narrowed to this region, we will develop natural history skills and knowledge applicable in any region. Ultimately we will explore and develop observation, study, and documenting habits necessary for professional naturalists in any place or time.
    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5520: Applied Ecological Principles

    The course examines and applies ecological principles to each student’s local landscape, wherever they are in the world. Students will explore the ecology in their local environment, learn to observe patterns and processes, ask ecological questions, apply theory, complete field sampling, and share and compare results with their colleagues in an online forum. Students will explore the geomorphological template (e.g., latitude, climate, topography, ecoregion, geology, hydrology) and cultural processes (e.g., anthropogenic land-use history) that help to explain the species they see in their locations. Using citizen science-based tools like iNaturalist and eBird, students will learn the local flora and fauna of their landscape. We will study and apply ecological principles across ecological scales: from the genetic and organismic to the population, community, and ecosystem, and explore ecological theories at each of these levels of biological organization in ways that are transferable across environments.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online Meeting (synchronous),Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5720: Earth Systems & Climate Change

    This course employs a systems approach to understanding earth’s physical and biological environment by examining the large-scale components and processes of the earth system. Understanding the interaction of these elements and their natural variability in space and time is critical for assessing the rates, drivers, and consequences of environmental change. Content will emphasize climate change dynamics, biogeochemical cycles, and land use patterns and their feedback relationships with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, pedosphere and biosphere.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5725: Earth Systems & Climate Change I

    This course will examine in detail the natural and anthropogenically-driven modes of variability in the global climate system at multiple scales of space and time. This course will prompt and allow students in the ISDCC concentration to focus specifically on the challenges, opportunities, and successes of addressing climate change at the international field-based sites and courses.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5727: Earth Systems & Climate Change I

    This course (Summer 2024 ESC-5727 Part 1, followed in Fall with ESC-5728 Part 2) employs a systems approach to understanding and appreciating earth’s physical environment by examining the large-scale components (cycles) and processes (flows of energy and matter) of the earth system. Natural variability in space and time is critical for assessing consequences of anthropogenically-driven climate and environmental change. Emphasis will be placed on biogeochemical cycles and their feedback relationships with the exosphere, lithosphere, pedosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Examples of proxy data use are infused in this course.
    Min. Credits: 1
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom, Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5727: Earth Systems & Climate Change I

    This course (Summer 2024 ESC-5727 Part 1, followed in Fall with ESC-5728 Part 2) employs a systems approach to understanding and appreciating earth’s physical environment by examining the large-scale components (cycles) and processes (flows of energy and matter) of the earth system. Natural variability in space and time is critical for assessing consequences of anthropogenically-driven climate and environmental change. Emphasis will be placed on biogeochemical cycles and their feedback relationships with the exosphere, lithosphere, pedosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Examples of proxy data use are infused in this course.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-5728: Earth Systems & Climate Change II

    This course will support, and build on, the 1 cr Summer intensive Earth Systems and Climate Change course. It will examine the linked interactions between and among the geologic, atmospheric, hydrologic (marine and terrestrial), and pedologic global-to regional- to local dynamics of environmental change, through a student-based focus on global and local bioregionalism.
    Min. Credits: 2.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESC-6010: Political Economy & Sustainability

    Political economy seeks to explain how political institutions, the economic system, applied sciences, and social movements interact over time. This course will focus on how these dynamics generate varied outcomes in relation to the goals of sustainability, justice, and economic well-being. Students will examine the political and economic roots of the global sustainability crisis. Students will assess political and economic reforms, policy processes, and policy tools that might yield better outcomes. Students will also develop a greater understanding of possible action strategies from within civil society, the business sector, government, and/or international bodies for creating a transition toward a more sustainable society. *Doctoral students will explore theories, evidence, and controversies associated with the political, social, cultural, and/or economic dimensions of a specific topic relevant to their doctoral interests. Additional contact hours will be met by specific coursework designed to be completed online.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5020: Foundations of Environmental Education & Sustainability

    This course will provide a broad overview of the Environmental Education movement by constructing a working definition of its goals and the various manifestations of those goals within local, regional, state, national and international organizations. We will explore the personal values that drive people to choose environmental education as a profession and look at the implications of that choice on lifestyle, civic participation, relationships and work-life. Students will predict possible future scenarios for environmental educators and their role in the organizations that support their efforts.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5020X: Foundations of Environmental Education,& Sustainability Continuation

    This course is a continuation of ESE-5020. This course will provide a broad overview of the Environmental Education movement by constructing a working definition of its goals and the various manifestations of those goals within local, regional, state, national and international organizations. We will explore the personal values that drive people to choose environmental education as a profession and look at the implications of that choice on lifestyle, civic participation, relationships and work-life. Students will predict possible future scenarios for environmental educators and their role in the organizations that support their efforts.
    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5060: Program Evaluation for Environmental & Conservation Education

    Program evaluation is an essential (& marketable) skill among environmental education and conservation professionals. Evaluation can help stakeholders make informed decisions, gain insights into the merit of a given initiative and contribute to continual program improvement. students’ design an evaluation of their choosing and work together to complete an evaluation with an external client. In conjunction with these practical applications, this course will explore such topics as: evaluation purposes, using logic models to inform evaluation strategies, design considerations, data sources and collection, limitations and sources of bias in evaluation, data analysis, interpretation and use of evaluative findings. Having such expertise sets the stage for success by enhancing course participants ability to make informed evaluative decisions in a variety of contexts.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5070: Storytelling as Pedagogy: Story-based Learning for Environmental Education

    Everyone can tell a story! This course will explore the use of storytelling in outdoor learning and environmental education for all ages, for both beginner and experienced storytellers. We will look beyond picture books to see how important it is to continue the tradition of oral storytelling to inspire imagination, create community, teach ecology, build relationships, celebrate cultures and belonging, inspire a sense of place, and learn land stewardship ethics. We will consider how we can respectfully incorporate storytelling into our sessions, acknowledging that Indigenous pedagogies often include teaching through oral storytelling. As Jan Hare states in Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education (2018),”Story is important to processes of reconciliation.” There is an extensive “hidden curriculum” in storytelling which also includes literacy, science, social skill development, and emotional regulation. We will explore how to find stories, how to create and co-create stories with your learners from the inspiration of place, and explore natural materials for storytelling props. Join this course for an active, collaborative journey designed to show how nature and place-based storytelling can nurture students, educators, and the land.
    Min. Credits: 1
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom, Online Meeting (synchronous), Workshop
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5070: Storytelling as Pedagogy: Story-based Learning for Environmental Education, Community, and Nature Connection

    Everyone can tell a story! This course will explore the use of storytelling in outdoor learning and environmental education for all ages, for both beginner and experienced storytellers. We will look beyond picture books to see how important it is to continue the tradition of oral storytelling to inspire imagination, create community, teach ecology, build relationships, celebrate cultures and belonging, inspire a sense of place, and learn land stewardship ethics. We will consider how we can respectfully incorporate storytelling into our sessions, acknowledging that Indigenous pedagogies often include teaching through oral storytelling. As Jan Hare states in Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education (2018),”Story is important to processes of reconciliation.” There is an extensive “hidden curriculum” in storytelling which also includes literacy, science, social skill development, and emotional regulation. We will explore how to find stories, how to create and co-create stories with your learners from the inspiration of place, and explore natural materials for storytelling props. Join this course for an active, collaborative journey designed to show how nature and place-based storytelling can nurture students, educators, and the land.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online Meeting (synchronous),Workshop
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5140: Program Planning & Design

    This course introduces program development techniques for youth and adult environmental education activities in non-formal contexts. Designing educational programs is an extremely creative process, filled with controversies and dilemmas. It is a political, philosophical, and theoretical process. In this class, we will analyze, critique, and redesign both the explicit and hidden curriculum of a variety of materials as we attempt to resolve our conflicting conceptions of program planning and develop our own philosophy of curriculum design. Consider this course as a way to help you move further along with your own questions and concerns about curriculum design and as an opportunity to twist, stretch, and flip your current understanding of what it means to design educational programs.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5170: Urban Environmental Education

    Cities are home to the vast majority of citizens around the world and hold great potential for sustainable living. Urban areas offer environmental educators the unique opportunity to reach large masses of people, utilize a vast array of rich human/cultural resources, and study interesting ecological dynamics. We are also witnessing a global crisis, as many youth and adults are living in urban poverty. At the same time, evidence suggests that connecting with the natural world positively affects emotional, physical, psychological and communal well-being. A healthy built environment and strong social networks also impact quality of life and intersect with issues of justice. This class explores the theory and practice of environmental education efforts in various urban contexts. We will investigate different aspects of urban living and sustainability, such as building design, energy, transportation, waste and food. Identifying and applying skills for effectively engaging learners across the lifespan in different urban learning contexts will be examined. Field trips, guest speakers, case studies and class projects explore the challenges, opportunities and skills necessary to be effective educators in urban settings.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5200: Science Teaching Methods

    Science Teaching Methods is designed to help prepare students to effectively teach science at the middle or high school level. The course takes place at Compass School, an independent middle and high school in Westminster, VT (25 minutes from Antioch). Participants will have the opportunity to observe experienced teachers in action and to interact with middle and high school students, using these interactions as a forum for discovery, growth, and practice of teaching methods. We will practice classroom management strategies, communication techniques, curriculum design, lesson planning, assessment, and lab methods and safety. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their learning through discussion, written reflections, and optional videotaping of teaching experiences.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5210: ProbSolv/Inq Basd Sci Teach

    If I told you the answer, those of you still thinking about the problem would probably stop… In the spirit of Catherine Fosnot’s remark, we will explore teaching science in middle and high schools from a problem-solving and inquiry-based orientation. We will experience problem solving and inquiry from the perspectives of learners and teachers. Therefore, whether you are trying to figure out how to lift a classmate with one arm, the engineering of a pneumatic pump, or how to sustain multiple generations of life in a sealed container, we will reflect about the teaching of and learning through problem-solving and inquiry based approaches. Most, if not all, of our classes will meet at the Brattleboro Area Middle School and Brattleboro Union High School, two of our three lab schools, where you will have opportunities to observe, assist, and teach science lessons using problem solving approaches. Although this class will meet on Fridays, its exact time will be determined by the Brattleboro School system school schedule, in particular, the start of their school day.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5220: Teaching Exceptional Children

    Adolescent children and those with special needs present the classroom teacher with a wide variety of challenges in terms of management, motivation, and relationships. This course is designed to familiarize the student with special educational needs of adolescents who have a range of cognitive, physical or emotionally handicapping conditions. Related topics that will be covered include: Special Education (legal) requirements within school systems; developmental issues; the Individual Education Plan (IEP); curriculum adaptations; and issues in mainstreaming and normalization.
    Min. Credits: 2.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5280: Exhibit Design and Interpretation

    Exhibit design combines a range of interpretation techniques to make the natural and cultural world relevant to the public. This course presents an overview of interpretive planning and exhibit development and design. Through readings, discussions, practical exercises and site visits, we will examine places of free-choice learning - like nature centers, zoos, aquariums, and museums - and analyze how exhibits are used to engage and educate visitors. These interpretive centers are pushing the boundaries of the traditional diorama or static display to tackle contemporary environmental concerns through interactive, experiential interpretation. Students will apply evaluation methods to measure the effectiveness of these exhibits and become familiar with visitor research techniques. As they proceed through the design of their own exhibit, students will gain competency in all phases of the process, from conceptual plan to interpretive writing to installation. The result will be a greater understanding of interpretive exhibit development, which is relevant to all environmental professionals. This course has a field trip component; plan for admission fees to interpretive sites.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5350: Conceptual & Human Development

    An understanding of human development is the foundation for effective teaching. Developmental processes, the intersection of biology and cultural context, are the blueprint upon which the educational objectives and curricula of schools should be built. We will explore the entire life span, focusing on cognitive development throughout, with primary emphasis on middle childhood and adolescence. The course will offer a survey of theories of human development, an overview of the potential conceptual abilities of children and adults, and a framework for creating effective curricula. Because students will participate in this course remotely, each student must have a quiet space, reliable power and internet connection, and an electronic device (tablet size or larger, not a cell phone) for class in order to fully participate each week. (Additional contact hours will be met by specific course work designed to be completed on-line).
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5360: Foundations Science/Environmental Educ

    The goals of this course are to explore a range of historical and contemporary methodologies of science and environmental education, to consider the relationships between the social contexts of science, environmental studies, and educating for sustainability and how they are taught in the classroom, and to examine science as an evolving knowledge system. With emphasis on philosophy and theory as well as practice, we will consider questions regarding the nature of science and environmental education and how we distinguish between them. You will reflect on your own personal experiences as a learner and a teacher as you study trends of the past 150 years and ponder how these trends will apply to your practice as an educator.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5370: Place-Based Environmental Education

    In this course we will study the relationships between placed-based environmental education, sense of place, and community. We will consider a variety of questions as we explore the value and challenges of place-based environmental education, using Keene and its neighborhoods as our place of study. For example: What do the phrases “place-based environmental education” and “sense of place” mean? What is the role of place in learning: Its histories, present-day realities, and futures? How can we, as environmental educators, work together with our students in developing sense of place? How do we develop sense of place in the face of globalization and homogenization of cultures? We will learn through individual self-reflection, collaboration with classmates, as well as experiencing a range of place-based learning experiences in the Keene community.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5440: Curriculum Design

    Designing curriculum is a creative process, filled with dilemmas, uncertainties, excitement, and anticipation. Crafting what people do for an extended period of time, figuring out what we need to learn, how, and when, is a practical, political, philosophical, and theoretical experience. It’s demanding, time-consuming, and rewarding. You will have opportunities to craft an original 1-month curriculum (that explicitly addresses the NH DoE Science Teacher Licensure standards and requirements) for the context in which you plan to teach or for a practicing science teacher who has requested assistance in the development of an existing curricular unit; and to collaborate on each other’s science curriculum under development. We will experience first-hand, practically and theoretically ideas and approaches like critical exploration, experiential learning, authentic learning, constructivism, situated learning, problem-based and inquiry-based curriculum, standards-based and layered curriculum, embedded assessment, postmodern curriculum development, and the other curriculum design themes that you will bring to our attention. I think of curriculum design as jazz composition. We create frameworks, points of entry, and directions in which our students are invited to engage and improvise with the subject matter. I look forward to creating with you, opportunities to think critically and creatively in designing powerful science curriculum.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5442: Transformative Teaching and Leadership

    This course explores fundamental questions in education while practically and experientially embedding this inquiry in concrete teaching-learning situations and school organizational contexts. It views teachers and administrators not as passive inheritors and recipients of an institutional ethos but rather as agents of systemic change. It provides educators with opportunities to review and reflect upon their practices and to envision new and coherent alternatives. The course has two complimentary components: (1) The course explores the philosophy, aims, scope and culture of education and schooling and current practical challenges to educators and students. Dialogue, as a meaning-making activity, is used to provide tools for reflective enquiry. Both the course content and its process develop shared understandings about attention, learning, goodness, intelligence, excellence, social justice, leadership, and transformation, equipping each stake holder with experiences and understandings to act creatively in developing a cooperative learning community. (2) The course content addresses educational practices and their application in various settings including a focus on qualitative research. Participants engage in teaching and leadership as a self-reflective learning process with hands-on/ minds-on experiences to develop the craft of teaching and educational leadership. The course explores the following questions: What is the organizational culture of a school? Can it be otherwise? What is educational leadership? What is teaching and learning? What is the role of the teacher? What is the relationship between the teacher, the student and the subject matter? What are the daily practical concerns of teachers and educational administrators and how can they be addressed? What brings about change and transformation in teachinglearning environments and organizational cultures as a whole?
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online Meeting (synchronous),Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5470: Environmental Education Methods: the Nature of Teaching and Learning

    Environmental Educators engage in the learning process across disciplines, with extremely varied learners, and in all sorts of environments. Considering the complex, emerging conditions, success is defined by both intentionality and improvisation. Throughout the year via experience, observations, narrative feedback, seminars, and guided conversations, we will explore the science and art of learning and teaching. While necessarily centered on the world of Residential Environmental Education, we will explore connections with traditional schooling, day-use programming, and informal zoo, nature center, aquarium, and park education. Ultimately we will explore and develop habits of practice and thought necessary for environmental educators in any place or time
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5470X: Env Ed Methods: Nature Teaching Continua

    This course a continuation of ESE-5470. There’s a saying If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. (Lewis Carroll). Where should Antioch’s Environmental Education (EE) Program go next? This course is a combination of independent study and research seminar. We will explore trends in EE to inform your practice and influence the future direction of the EE Program in support of a just, sustainable future. What trends should this field be paying attention to? How do media, technology, environmental communication and social marketing impact EE? How do we ensure EE is inclusive of difference and a lifelong endeavor? We will explore these and other relevant questions through a diversity of means, such as readings, interviews, individual research, and focus groups, among others. While exploring cutting-edge EE trends, you will gain action research and program evaluation skills, facilitate class discussions, and hone your group process skills, which can be applied in any community or professional setting. The Special Topics courses change from term to term according to student and program interests.
    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESE-5480: EE Adv Topics: EnvEd & Built Environmt

    From homes, workplaces and schools to towns and cities, the design of our built environment impacts human health, community well-being, social equity, economies and environmental sustainability. This course will: (a) examine the historical and policy context of modern design and planning practice, (b) explore more sustainable design approaches, such as natural and green building, smart growth, low-impact development, native landscaping, urban agriculture, and healthy transportation, (c) consider educational strategies for various audiences involved in design and planning decisions (e.g., residents, planning board members, architects, contractors, youth), and (d) focus on participatory engagement methods for creative and inclusive community planning.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5100: Cons/Ecol/Sust Sonoran Desert

    The ecology, conservation, cultural history, environmental justice, and political economy of the wider Sonoran Desert region of northwestern Mexico and southwestern Arizona, including the Sea of Cortez are the focus of this course. The trip traverses an ecological and cultural gradient from the low desert of central Sonora gaining latitude and elevation to the boundaries of both the desert and Hispanic and native American cultures in Arizona. The trip will begin in Kino, Sonora, MX, on the coast where we will focus on the juxtaposition of coastal and desert ecology, inland desert ecology, ecotourism and Native American culture, and human political economies. From Kino, we will pass through desert grasslands in north-central MX to evaluate plant community changes across elevational and climate gradients while traveling to the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in northern MX. We will end the trip at Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona. In the course of the program students will be expected to complete a field research project, interact with various stakeholders, and understand, analyze, and engage with a complex ecological, cultural, and political context for biodiversity conservation and understand the implications of these factors for building sustainability Course fee includes airfare, food and lodging. This fee does not include personal expenses (e.g., souvenirs, beverages, snacks) or traveler insurance in the case of disruption due to a major weather event, health, or cancellations of another nature. Pre-trip and post-trip meetings are mandatory.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5110: Vertebrate Ecology: Herpetology

    Amphibians and reptiles are among the most vulnerable taxa on earth, and 41% of amphibians and 21% of reptiles are considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Throughout the northeastern states, many species of amphibians and reptiles are of conservation concern, and they are the focus of both broad-scale and local conservation efforts. In this course, we will review the ecology, phylogeny, morphology, biogeography, and habitat and spatial needs of amphibians and reptiles and learn and implement methods used to study these animals in the field. We will use this information to investigate threats facing amphibians and reptiles in the Northeast, evaluate conservation and monitoring efforts currently underway, and investigate the potential for amphibians and reptiles to direct landscape-scale conservation efforts in the region.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5120: Vertebrate Ecology-Mammalogy

    This course explores the class Mammalia and the diversity, phylogeny, morphology, physiology, biogeography, and ethology of mammals worldwide, with an emphasis on the species of the Northeast and their ecology and conservation. Students will learn the diagnostic characteristics and habitat associations of mammals of the northeastern U.S., and we will evaluate and implement methods that are used to study mammals in the field. Students will design a field-based research project and apply quantitative techniques to analyze data collected in the field. Through a combination of lectures, class discussions, student presentations, field trips, lab exercises, and delving into the scientific literature, we will investigate threats facing at-risk mammals as well as conservation and management efforts currently underway in the region and across the globe.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5140: New England Flora

    The flora of New England is one of the best studied and well known in the world. Over 4000 species of plants can be found in this region. Because of the unique topographic, edaphic and successional diversity of central New England, the greatest collection of species in the northeast can be found within a 50 mile radius of the shared borders of VT, NH, and MA. This course focuses on the identification and taxonomy of woody and herbaceous vascular plants of central New England through the examination of the plants? anatomical and physiological characteristics. The course will begin with the study of evergreen woody plants, followed by deciduous woody plants (both winter and summer characteristics), and ending with spring wildflowers. Lectures and local field excursions will be used to convey information. Students will utilize plant characteristics (e.g., twig, bud, bark, leaf, and flower characteristics) in conjunction with taxonomic keys to assist with identification of the flora.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5150: Vertebrate Ecology: Ornithology

    This course explores the class Aves and the diversity, phylogeny, morphology, physiology, biogeography, and ethology of birds worldwide with an emphasis on the species of the Northeast and their ecology and conservation. We will investigate these topics through a combination of class discussions, student presentations, guest lectures, field trips, lab exercises, and delving into the scientific literature. Using birds as a focal group, we will evaluate and implement analytical methods used to monitor and study vertebrate animals, and we will examine conservation measures that have been put in place to conserve bird species locally, nationally, and across the globe. An all-day Saturday field trip will occur, and three early morning (6am) class start times will be required (dates to be determined on the first day of class).
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5340: California Marine Ecology Field Course: Ecology and Conservation

    In this 5-day field study course we will examine marine ecology along the west coast of the United States in Santa Barbara, CA. We will evaluate the importance of marine habitats and the interconnections between land and sea visiting a slough, sandy beach, rocky intertidal zone, and the open ocean exploring the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary by boat. Students will complete surveys in the various habitats and participate in monitoring efforts in the intertidal and sandy beach habitats. Students will also evaluate threats to the marine ecosystem, including plastic pollution, oil extraction, and cruise ship dumping, advocating for ocean conservation. We will also explore the maritime history of the area and learn about the Indigenous Chumash People’s deep connections to and generational knowledge of the marine environment. Trip cost $1,285 plus airfare (if needed).
    Min. Credits: 2.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5390: Coastal Geoecology

    On this 5-day trip, we will examine the geoecology of glaciated coasts in New England using Cape Cod as a model system. Course topics will include landscape to local-scale depositional and erosional processes as influenced by coastal climate and disturbance; barrier island dynamics and the ecological role of estuaries; salt marsh ecology and restoration; geological and climatic controls on coastal evolution; vascular plant succession and soil ecological processes on active dune systems; impacts of coastal development and other human impacts on physical and ecological processes; and management issues in New England coastal systems. Field trip fees apply.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5410: Wetlands Ecology

    This course will provide an overview of the wetlands communities within the New England region. The Fish and Wildlife Services wetlands classification scheme (Cowardin, et. al.) will be the foundation for this review. Students will have an opportunity not only to learn about typical wetland types in New England, but also gain an understanding of the underlying abiotic factors that influence the observed biotic community structure. An introduction to wetlands hydrology, soils and vegetation analysis will be introduced to allow students to begin the process of building a foundation of knowledge and skills in order to conduct jurisdictional wetlands delineation, which is a necessary skill for certification as wetlands scientists. In addition, students will be introduced to the wetlands evaluation procedures developed to assess the functional values of wetlands in the context of the greater watershed.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5540: Ecology & Mgt Adirondack Mountains


    Min. Credits: 2.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study,Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-5750: Special Topics: Field Studies On & Natural Resource Manangement in the Mountains of Arizona

    One-time, domestic destinations will vary from term-to-term in this Field Studies course.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Field Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-6000: Water Resource Management & Sustainable Practices

    Through an interdisciplinary approach, this course provides knowledge of the theory and practice of this concept and the investigation of urban and rural water issues from the environmental management perspective. These topics will stimulate a critical examination of the historical and conceptual antecedents. With a focus on water resource management, these topics will also provide experience with the complex challenges of utilizing renewable energy in a sustainable manner. It will review the ecosystem approach to understanding water as a resource and how science, policy, decision-making, ethics, and corporate approaches each play an important role in the management of water in the urban setting. Peru will be examined through case studies.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-6005: Energy Decentralization: Microgrid Systems for Rural Development

    This course provides wide knowledge of microgrid technologies, energy policies in Nepal and implementation, especially in rural communities. It is an introduction to energy systems and renewable energy resources, with a scientific examination of the energy field and an emphasis on alternative energy sources and their technology and application. It consists of lectures and site-visits including solar and hydro power facilities and rural communities to install microgrid systems and assist in Nepal’s efforts to electrify rural areas.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-6010: Energy Transition: Renewable Energy Innovation & Sustainability

    The objective of this course is understanding the various renewable energy technologies, and challenges and innovations within the industry on a global perspective. The course also includes facility tours to various power plants for hands-on learning, such as to a hydropower plant, a geothermal power plant, and a biofuel innovation site.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Field Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESF-6900: SIS-Field Ecology Elective

    Student and instructor design an individualized course of study to enable exploration of topics not generally available in the established curriculum. Syllabus contains specific course learning outcomes, assignments and grounds for evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 6.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESM-6010: Environmental Justice: Futures and Fictions

    Climate change represents a nexus of environmental and social injustice with deep roots and deeper implications for the future(s). Unpacking the injustice of climate change requires us to examine what/whose futures have been curtailed. Likewise, working towards climate justice requires us to be able to envision liberatory environmental futures. In this course students will engage with a wide range of environmental futures through narrative, theory, and practice. Apocalyptic and dystopic futures abound throughout the climate discourse but too often obscure more about environmental (in)justice than they reveal, reinforcing the status quo rather than providing us with tools for transforming it. The goal of this course is for students to develop their skills for discerning how climate and other environmental narratives employ environmental values towards just and unjust futures and much in between. With these skills students will undertake a research project-with both critical and creative components-that delves into the environmental narratives and futures at play in the contexts/communities central to their work and/or homes.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online Meeting (synchronous),Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESP-5100: Policy Advocacy: Climate Change

    This course will provide participants with step-by-step skills in utilizing the tools of democracy to take meaningful civic action on climate change. Participants will learn the levers for building political will and the essentials of climate change communication. They will apply their learning by taking action in collaboration with a local environmental organizations, and further their learning with their peers via Antioch’s online learning platform and one-on-one meetings with the instructors. The United Nations Secretary-General called the 6th IPCC report “an ear-splitting wake-up call to the world. It confirms that climate change is running faster than we are - and we are running out of time” (United Nations Secretary General, 2018). But how do individuals take action beyond reducing their own carbon footprint? How can we advocate for the policies that will help solve this global crisis? While there is growing awareness in the U.S. Congress that action must be taken, federal legislators have little incentive to act unless there is focused engagement by constituents. This course positions participants to engage in effective policy advocacy focused on climate change.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESP-5200: Policy Advocacy: Biodiversity Conservation

    The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has shone a spotlight on the ways in which biodiversity is threatened and pointed to solution pathways. IPBES, in its summary report for policymakers, states, “The biosphere, upon which humanity as a whole depends, is being altered to an unparalleled degree across all spatial scales. Biodiversity - the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems - is declining faster than at any time in human history. Societal goals, including those related to food, water, energy, health and the achievement of human well- being for all, mitigating and adapting to climate change and conserving and sustainably using nature, can be achieved in sustainable pathways through the rapid and improved deployment of existing policy instruments and new initiatives that more effectively enlist individual and collective action for transformative change. (IPBES, 2019) But how do scientists and researchers take action beyond their own research agenda to influence policy systems towards better biodiversity conservation outcomes? How can we advocate for the policies that will help solve this global crisis? Being able to translate your scientific research to inform policy is an essential skill set. Policymakers have little incentive to act unless there is focused engagement by constituents. This course will provide participants with skills in utilizing the tools of democracy to take meaningful action to protect and preserve biodiversity. There is an art and science to effective advocacy. We will tackle theory, practice, and case study research as a means of understanding effective venues, strategies and tactics for advocacy. We will engage in ‘hands on’ opportunities to build skills, knowledge, experience, and demonstrated ability. We will explore the role of the environmental professional as advocate in the formation and implementation of public policy at all scales and domains: international, national, state, and local levels and within private sector organizations and industries. This includes an advanced discussion of the environmental professional as a change agent in social, political, and economic contexts, and the environmental professional’s roles within private and public sectors.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESP-6050: Civic Participation & Sustainable Communities

    Environmental issues feature scientific uncertainty and complexity, as well as diverse stakeholder values. As conservationists, resource managers, educators and advocates, how can we effectively engage citizens in the process of creating environmentally healthy, culturally rich, and economically strong communities through collective decision-making and actions? This course combines theory and practice to increase students’ understanding of sustainable community development; citizen participation; collaboration; scientific, local, practical and indigenous knowledge; and analytic-deliberative processes. U.S. and international case studies in conservation, sustainability and community education are used to illustrate and critique theoretical concepts. students’ will develop practical skills in specific methods of stakeholder engagement.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5605: Facilitating Organizations Towards Sustainable Practices

    This course is based on the premise that the material and energy flow throughout one’s home, business or community is part of a greater life cycle which stretches from raw material extraction through the manufacturing stages and onto consumer and post-consumer stages. Each stage of the life-cycle consumes energy, releases carbon and other pollutants to the environment. Students will learn the specific quantification and assessment skills to model beneficial changes in standard operating procedures, change in technology and/or change in production inputs that leads to a more sustainable utilization of resource and reduction in pollutants. Specific skills include learning how to map a system’s process flow, quantify inputs and outputs, translate proposed beneficial changes into avoided-cost and reduced economic
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5610: Zero Waste Strategies

    This course will provide students with an understanding of how to assess the system dynamics associated with materials generation and composition, internal collection and storage and eventual set out, transfer, recovery and/or disposal. Concurrently students will be introduced to the concept of a circular materials economy and investigate what the Achilles heel may be that limits the recovery of targeted materials from disposal. Skills will be developed in accounting and mass-balance tracking of materials flow across embedded system boundaries; as well as, being introduced to best management practices that can reduce or avoid non- product material releases beyond the organization’s boundaries. This will be supplemented on how best to develop protocols in purchasing so to impact waste minimization up a supply chain, while concurrently developing strategies that allows producers to avoid environmental impacts from their choice of product design and intended use. Students will be able to prioritize alternative production processes through both a lens of carbon emissions avoidance and return on investment calculations.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5615: Energy Resilience

    Students will be introduced to the language and conversion factors utilized in the analysis of electrical generation and conservation. With this foundation students will be trained in calculating energy use from observed appliances, fixtures and standard operating procedures within an organization. This will be supplemented with guidance in how to conduct level-two energy audits. Subsequently, each student will be asked to complete such an audit for both their own living space. Skills will be introduced and practiced so to determine greenhouse gas emissions both from internal operations of an organization, as well as from the source of electricity from the utility provider. Students will also be introduced to social marketing techniques that will aid them within an organization, as well as within their community, to target unsustainable energy use behavior and subsequently build a commitment to improving such behavior. Each student will be able to apply such techniques within the context of their own workplace or community.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5700: Watershed Science & Management

    This course is framed through a watershed science lens, where land use decisions can be assessed through monitoring impacts on the quality and volume of water, which in turn leads to the related impacts to soils, riparian corridors and indicator and keystone species. Students will master rapid field assessment procedures that are used as the first step in a response strategy that narrows the focus in order to conduct more in-depth, targeted analyses, which then can inform appropriate actions that avoid and/or mitigate potential impacts. These field techniques will be complemented by developing computer-based skills in modeling water related impacts resulting from potential changes in a watershed’s land use. Such theory and skills provided in this course can be used at multiple scales of analysis from landscape conservation decision-making and management of watersheds, down to development of a specific parcel in a manner that minimizes environmental impacts.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5702: Watershed Science and Management

    If your professional trajectory is to work with any landscape-scale oriented organization, such as a watershed, river or lake association, a regional planning agency, state or federal governmental organizations focused on water resources, or NGOs, such as Trout Unlimited or Clean Water Action, this is a necessary course to secure the job and effectively ensure watershed scale decisions maintain and restore the ecosystem services upon which society depends. Students will be introduced to the watershed through multiple lens and scales of analysis. The major modules to be addressed will be surface and ground water sources and pathways; soils through the perspective of what locations should be preserved and what are the most appropriate land use to be sited on a specific soil type; vegetative cover types through the lens of the watershed-scale habitat connectivity and preservation of species meta-populations on the landscape. All these topics will be addressed with in the context of land use change, within the context of a changing climate. Finally, the cutting-edge approaches to both build stakeholder support and instituting policies and regulations to maintain watershed health will be touched upon. This course will provide the depth of knowledge and desk-top skills to prepare the student to take the field course, Watershed Rapid Field Assessment Techniques.
    Min. Credits: 2.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESPE-5704: Watershed Rapid Field Assessment Techniques

    Whether you will be working for an environmental or natural resource consulting firm, a state planning, and regulatory agency, serving on local community planning boards or conservation commissions, or as staff for NGOs, such as a watershed, river or lake associations, or even organizations such as Trout Unlimited, Audubon or The Nature Conservancy, these field skills will provide a necessary introduction those field techniques that potential employers will expect you have some familiarity. Also, these protocols will interest educators, who could bring such field experiences into their middle and high school curriculums. The characterization as rapid assessment techniques reflects that these are necessary 1st-level protocols, which identify the existence, absence, or deterioration of key field indicators of watershed health. Such field metrics include macro-invertebrate assemblages, the integrity of buffers and shoreline stability, placement of built infrastructure reflecting the specific geomorphic location, viability of aquatic organism passage, evidence of pollutant loading through water sampling and how to map groundwater flow and take well samples to ascertain the existence of chemicals that statistically exceed regulatory limits. Ultimately the goal is to identify which areas of the watershed to preserve, where mitigation measures should be implemented, or where there are opportunities for restoration. Once identified, then additional resources can be targeted for specific locations on the watershed. Watershed Science and Management is a pre-requisite, for taking this course.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous),Classroom
    Prerequisites: ESPE-5702: Watershed Science & Management
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESS-5620: Natural Resource Inventory-Wildlife

    What are the techniques we use to assess wildlife? What are the components of a well-rounded inventory? We will use winter snow and spring melt conditions to investigate the methods of detecting fur-bearers, amphibians, and birds. We will review the basics of developing investigation plans, base mapping, and map & compass use, and then begin our field sampling of wildlife sign, calls, and sightings. Lecture and field time will be combined to provide an in-depth review of line intercept, transect and point count methods. Assessments will be derived from quantitative data in order to provide guidance for management purposes.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESS-5630: Conservation Biology

    This course examines the biology underlying our attempts to conserve diversity at the level of genes, species, communities, and ecosystems. We will learn about the major issues and problems in conservation biology, and the tools biologists use to accomplish their conservation goals. We will apply qualitative and quantitative tools from population biology, and community and landscape ecology to learn how we can predict the vulnerability of populations and species to extinction. Example case studies and current events will allow us to explore issues such as reserve design and management, policy issues, reintroduction projects, and restoration efforts. Students will delve into the most recent conservation biology literature to become familiar with predominant debates and contentious issues in the field. The course is designed to help students develop a critical perspective, pertinent quantitative tools, and a vision of where the field of conservation biology came from and where it is headed.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESS-5730: Soil Ecology

    The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt The field of soil ecology has grown tremendously over the past 30 years as researchers, farmers, and conservation activists become aware of the important roles that soil organisms play in plant community structure, ecosystem functioning, and economic stability. Conservationists, land managers, and farmers continue to explore management techniques that incorporate soil health into conservation initiatives and farm plans. What is healthy soil? How do soil organisms influence soil fertility and plant distribution? How does human activity influence the ability of soil organisms to function optimally? The first part of this course will focus on soil physical processes such as soil formation and development. We will then turn the bulk of our attention to soil biological properties and processes. Topics we will cover in depth include: soil microbial community structure and functioning; soil food webs; the impact of land management on soil organisms; the role of soil organisms in ecosystem functioning; soil organic matter turnover and nutrient cycling; interactions between soil biota and vascular plants; soil communities under conventional and sustainable agriculture, and; the effects of climate change and human activity on the structure and functioning of soil communities on a global scale. This course will combine lectures, seminars, field trips, and a self-guided laboratory or field experiment, and emphasis will be on both natural and agricultural ecosystems.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESS-5780: Principles of Sustainable Systems

    This is a necessary foundational course for anybody striving to work in the sustainability field. The focus introduces, and builds upon foundational scientific laws that govern sustainability in all complex systems. The course will start by contrasting linear and complex system science. Specific laws to be examined will include the law of limits to growth, the second law of thermodynamics, and the law of self-organization. Biological, ecological, geological, and meteorological systems will be examined to show the workings of these laws at various spatial and temporal scales. The laws will then be applied to an examination of socioeconomic, political, and organizational systems. This course is the necessary foundation from which the student can springboard into other ES courses that address sustainability and resilience, especially the Energy and Materials Sustainability and Building Sustainable Organizations courses.courses.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom,Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESS-6280: Marine Systems Science

    This course is designed to give students an interdisciplinary perspective of ocean science focusing on the importance of marine ecosystems and the services the oceans provide as the largest ecosystem on Earth. Topics covered include ocean circulation, acidification, marine productivity, oil spills, hypoxia, coral bleaching, and marine reserves. Numerous marine habitats will be examined including coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries, sandy beaches, rocky shores, the open ocean and the deep sea. We will also examine Indigenous knowledge and stewardship practices connected to marine systems. Students will advocate for policy/solutions focusing on ocean health.
    Min. Credits: 2.0 Max Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • ESSE-5680: Wildlife/Forest Mgt

    This course will focus on management activities and their effects on forested ecosystems. In particular, habitat for wildlife populations, more specifically forest birds and mammals. The course will also address timber, water, aesthetics, carbon and forest certification. Topics covered include NRCS methodology for preparing a forest management/wildlife habitat management plan, wildlife habitat inventory techniques, habitat requirements of game, song, and other non-game birds, and upland and wetland game and fur-bearing mammals, and the integration of game and non-game species management with forest product harvesting.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ New England
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Environmental Studies

  
  • EXP-3020: Documenting Life Learning

    Explore the prior learning process to determine if pursuing college credit for previous life learning is appropriate. Learn skills necessary to translate life experience into potential course equivalents and integrate prior learning into a liberal studies degree. Students will produce an individualized prior learning credit plan. Workshop is a prerequisite for enrolling in WTRG 3030, Writing Prior Learning. Attendance at both sessions is required.
    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Seattle
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • EXP-3970: Service Learning

    This includes learning in conjunction with a volunteer/service project in the community.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 10.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Seattle
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • EXP-3980: Internship/Practicum

    Individually contracted applied learning related to the development of practitioner competencies in a current workplace, in a new or expanded professional role, or in a community setting.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 10.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Seattle
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • EXP-3990: Independent Study

    Individualized and independent learning beyond the offerings of Antioch’s undergraduate curriculum includes, but is not limited to: guided readings; independent research; creative writing projects; studio work in the fine arts; new workplace initiatives; learning from travel; and when appropriate, completion of a course syllabus on an individualized basis.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 6.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Seattle
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FDN-5001: Introduction to Individualized Study

    This course serves as the learners’ introduction to Individualized Studies as a scholarly and transformative practice, through a dialogic process of scholarly reflection, introspection, and sharing of materials. Through this, learners will create a solid scaffolding for success in the IMA program. This course introduces students to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity through the historical lenses of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Depending on their field of study, students will write a critical history of one important tradition in the Humanities or Social Sciences.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Individualized Studies

  
  • FDN-5002: Foundations of Research Methods

    This course introduces students to methods of research that they can effectively use to address the issues and questions that arise in the course of studying various aspects of human societies and human interactions. Students will become proficient at formulating researchable hypotheses, designing logical and effective quantitative and qualitative research strategies, conducting research that is relevant and applicable to their chosen fields of inquiry, evaluating data, addressing issues of reliability and validity, and observing ethical research protocols.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Individualized Studies

  
  • FDN-5003: Foundations in Individualized Study Sciences

    This course explores various iterations of what a student wishes to accomplish in the course of creating their program of study in a student-defined area of study in their field. It will involve scholarly reflection, introspection, and sharing of materials. Students will become proficient at designing courses with relevant, meaningful, and measurable outcomes; at linking course descriptions with course outcomes; at creating demonstrable curricular maps; and at collaborating with others to explore the legitimacy of one’s degree plan.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Individualized Studies

  
  • FDN-5005: Foundations of Individualized Certificate

    Embark on a transformative academic journey where learners actively engage in a collaborative process with faculty and advisors to shape their educational path. This course is designed to foster the development of self-directed learners who not only navigate their academic pursuits but also contribute meaningfully to the broader community.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous), Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Individualized Studies

  
  • FDN-5500: Certificate Project

    The course delves into the analysis of pertinent literature to establish a theoretical foundation, guiding participants in understanding diverse perspectives and justifications crucial for their certificate inquiry project. Emphasis is placed on cultivating the ability to conceive and design projects that contribute substantively to one’s chosen field of study.
    Min. Credits: 1.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous),Online Meeting (synchronous)
    Course Type Individualized Studies

  
  • FDN-7050: Foundations of Critical Thinking and Writing II: Anlysis and Synthesis

    FND-7050 is the second of two required skills seminars in the curriculum of the Ph.D. Program Leadership and Change. This course builds on the foundation, skills, and techniques of scholarly writing acquired in ACS 700. Students will explore the conventions of scholarly writing including argument formation, analysis, synthesis, the literature review, and critical engagement with other scholarship. Reading in their own fields of study, they will familiarize themselves with methods of social inquiry that are applicable to their specific areas of research. Finally, they will map the scholarly conversation around their topic and explore effective strategies for joining those scholarly conversations.
    Min. Credits: 3
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Grad School Ldrshp & Chnge
    Method(s): Online Meeting (synchronous), Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Leadership & Change

  
  • FDN-7050: Foundations of Critical Thinking and Writing II: Anlysis and Synthesis


  
  • FE-6000: Field Experience


    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
    Method(s): Clinical Training
    Course Type Clinical Psychology

  
  • FEC-7000: Field Experience Continuation


    Min. Credits: 0.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
    Method(s): Clinical Training
    Course Type Clinical Psychology

  
  • FIL-2500: Prior Learning: Film


  
  • FIL-2510: Independent Study

    Student and instructor design an individualized course of study to enable exploration of topics not generally available in the established curriculum. Syllabus contains specific course learning outcomes, assignments and grounds for evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 5.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FIL-3290: The Art of Screenwriting

    This class uses a workshop format for students to develop the fundamental tools and techniques of screenwriting for film. It is designed to provide the creative and film writing student with skills that cultivate an ability to create compelling narrative story lines, a nuanced understanding of the dramatic structure of screenplays, and an ability to effectively read and write in film script format. The class is designed for the screenwriting student who is prepared to originate new work and present it in a supportive and rigorous workshop setting. Work will be given a close reading by all students and the teacher in the workshop. Participants will give detailed written comments as well as engage in group critique of work. The class will seek to investigate screenwriting as a genre that is both bound by conventions but breaks with held formulas. We will reflect on the commercial versus the artistic aspects of the screenplay and the demands of each market- how can the screenplays and stories we want to tell be both personal (reflect our cultural identities) and viable in a commercial marketplace? This class is repeatable for credit.
    Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles,Antioch Univ Seattle
    Method(s): Classroom
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FIL-3500: Prior Learning: Film


  
  • FIL-3510: Independent Study

    Student and instructor design an individualized course of study to enable exploration of topics not generally available in the established curriculum. Syllabus contains specific course learning outcomes, assignments and grounds for evaluation.
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 5.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
    Method(s): Independent Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FIL-3530: Internship

    Individualized field-based learning activity that takes place in an applied professional context locally, nationally or globally. Syllabus contains specific learning outcomes, demonstration of learning, and grounds for evaluation
    Min. Credits: 1.0 Max Credits: 5.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
    Method(s): Field Study
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FIL-4800: Documentary Film Official Story

    Documentary filmmaking is a living tradition. Historically, documentary filmmakers have influenced global policy agendas, framed political debates, witnessed events, and constructed views of reality for audiences that inspire action. The course focuses on documentary filmmaking in history and as practice. Students analyze contemporary and historical films from technical, economic, aesthetic, political and cultural perspectives, and develop their own creative visual storytelling talents through hands-on assignments, short essays, reflective writing, and finally, the production of a short film.
    Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
    Credit Basis: Quarter credit
    Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

  
  • FIN-5100: Financial Analysis for Nonprofit Organizations

    This course focuses on the practical application of financial statement analysis and the use of financial information to make decisions in nonprofit organizations. Students will explore financial definitions, concepts and structure of non-profit accounting principles, financial statements, and basic tools for interpreting financial information. Ultimately, students will develop confidence in reading and interpreting the financial position of an organization and use financial statements, along with knowledge of an industry and information about the marketplace, to make informed budget and financial decisions.
    Min. Credits: 3.0
    Credit Basis: Semester credit
    Location(s): Antioch University
    Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
    Course Type Business Administration

  
  • FLA-2500: Prior Learning: Foreign Language


  
  • FLA-3500: Prior Learning: Foreign Language


 

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