Resilience of Social Ecological Systems Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies Program

Program Overview

The Resilience of Social Ecological Systems graduate program combines courses from Anthropology, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Political Science, and Sociology. The program requires 15 credits, including at least two courses outside of the student's discipline, and an advanced course in Human-Environment Interactions. Students develop skills in research, analysis, and problem-solving related to environmental sustainability and the resilience of social-ecological systems.

Program Outline

Outline:

The Resilience of Social Ecological Systems Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies Program requires a minimum of 15 credits. Students must select one course from each of the four Groups below, A, B, C, and D, for a minimum total of 15 credits. A minimum of 9 credits must be taken at the 500-level or above. At least two courses must be from outside the student's discipline or sub-discipline.

Group A: Concepts of Cultural and Social Systems in Environment Context

• AGRI 330/PHIL 330 Agricultural and Food System Ethics
• ANTH 329 Cultural Change
• ANTH 330 Human Ecology
• ANTH 376 Evolution of Human Adaptation
• ANTH 415 Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World
• ANTH 446 New Orleans and the Caribbean
• ANTH 529 Anthropology and Sustainable Development
• GR 320 Cultural Geography
• HIST 470 World Environmental History, 1500-Present
• POLS 670 Politics of Environment and Sustainability
• SOC 667 Theories of State, Economy, and Society
• SOC 668 Environmental Sociology

Group B: Concepts and Methods of Ecology and People

• AGRI 500 Advanced Issues in Agriculture
• AGRI 562/SOC 562 Sociology of Food Systems and Agriculture
• ANTH 330/PHIL 330 Human Ecology
• ANTH 453 Impacts on Ancient Environments
• ANTH 515 Culture and Environment
• ANTH 572 Human Origins
• ANTH 573 Paleoclimate and Human Evolution
• ESS 353 Global Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation
• RS 351 Wildland Ecosystems in a Changing World

Group C: Concepts and Methods of Governance and Economy

• ANTH 529 Anthropology and Sustainable Development
• AREC 340/ECON 340 Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources
• AREC 460 Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development
• AREC 478 Agricultural Policy
• AREC 540/ECON 540 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• AREC 541/ECON 541 Environmental Economics
• NR 320 Natural Resources History and Policy
• NR 625 Community-Based Natural Resource Management
• POLS 362 Global Environmental Politics
• POLS 532 Governance of the World Political Economy
• POLS 670 Politics of Environment and Sustainability
• POLS 739 International Environmental Politics

Group D: Skills and Methods

• ANTH 352 Geoarchaeology
• ANTH 441 Method in Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 443 Ethnographic Field Methods
• ANTH 461 Anthropological Report Preparation
• ANTH 544 From Death to Discovery
• GR 323/NR 323 Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
• GR 410 Climate Change: Science, Policy, Implications
• GR 420 Spatial Analysis with GIS
• GR 503/NR 503 Remote Sensing and Image Analysis

Required Course:

• ANTH 530 Human-Environment Interactions

Other:

The program is coordinated by the Department of Anthropology.