[Sehefac] SEHE Minor Idea

Fri Oct 27 13:29:02 PDT 2023

Hi all,
I know there are departmental conflicts at play here, but I'd love to see
the language include upper division courses from Environmental Sciences as
well as Earth Sciences. Definitely the list of courses should include
"Bending the Curve" (NASC/ENGR/PBPL 171). Would love to discuss more about
this idea.
Best,
Francesca

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:15 AM Juliann Allison <juliann at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   I agree...I believe the program Chikako referenced used to be a geology
> concentration, and basis for an MS. There is also a very simple minor in
> climate change:
>
> Students who wish to Minor in Geology, Geophysics, or Global Climate
> Change must complete 20-28 units of organized upper division courses in
> Earth Sciences.  A minimum of 16 of these units must be unique to the minor
> and cannot be used to satisfy major requirements.  Due to course
> prerequisites, additional preparatory coursework in Earth Sciences and
> other sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics) may be required.
>
>   Would love to "grow" it as a cross-campus initiative. Maybe we could
> develop a CC concentration or minor in SEHE and work with them on a
> variation that includes 2 ENSC and 2 SEHE courses? (And could Global
> Studies get in on this...we'd be happy to share in development of a climate
> change "emphasis" of some sort within our "Global Health, Sustainability,
> and Resources" track.)
>
> ~ Juliann
> *Juliann Emmons Allison *
> *(she/her/hers)*
> *Associate Professor, Society, Environment & Health Equity*
> *Director, Global Studies Program*
> *Faculty Chair, Campus Sustainability Committee*
> *Most Recent Publications: *
> *Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, & the Politics of
> Exploitation, co-authored with Ellen Reese. University of California Press.**"What
> Happens when Amazon Comes to Town: Environmental Impacts, Local Economies,
> and Resistance in Inland Southern California." The Cost of Free Shipping:
> Amazon in the Global Economy, pp. 176-193.** Ed. by Jake
> Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese Pluto Press, 2020. **"The Energy
> Politics of the United States." Handbook of Energy Politics, co-edited
> with Kathleen J. Hancock. Oxford University Press, 2020.*
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 10:25 AM Bronwyn Leebaw <bronwyn at ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Love it!! Climate migration questions have opened up very novel
>> interdisciplinary debates re refugee law, humanitarian intervention,
>> democratic accountability, carbon reparations, carbon apartheid, and so on—
>> just to think of one potential angle in my area —
>>
>> also climate justice as transitional justice— I have two graduate
>> students developing dissertations on these themes — one with a physics
>> background and one as a theory/ir student…
>>
>> It seems that people are grappling with a common emerging set of puzzles
>> unique to climate studies — but often reverting to a parochial American
>> centric Obama era nostalgia tinted lens  (aka Don’t look up)
>>
>> I could see the case for an approach that broadens the conversation, as
>> modeled in recent works by Sasser, Alison, Reese, and other luminaries…
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM Chikako Takeshita <chikakot at ucr.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nice idea. Earth and Planetary Sciences seems to have courses geared
>>> toward climate change, so it would be nice to collaborate with them if they
>>> could offer upper-division courses for non-STEM majors.
>>>
>>> Chikako Takeshita (she/her)
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
>>> University of California, Riverside
>>> The Global Biopolitics of the IUD (MIT Press)
>>> <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/global-biopolitics-iud>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 9:39 AM Juliann Allison <juliann at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>   I know that there used to be a climate science specialization
>>>> in...geology, maybe...and we attempted to include a climate studies/science
>>>> BS in our proposal. But what about a Climate Studies BA? Or offer to take
>>>> on the multidisciplinary/cross-colleges minor that the campus
>>>> Sustainability Committee has been trying to get off the ground and focus on
>>>> climate?
>>>>
>>>> Yale Climate Connections article on Climate Studies:
>>>>
>>>> https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/college-campuses-launch-new-climate-studies-majors/
>>>>
>>>> ~ jea
>>>> *Juliann Emmons Allison *
>>>> *(she/her/hers)*
>>>> *Associate Professor, Society, Environment & Health Equity*
>>>> *Director, Global Studies Program*
>>>> *Faculty Chair, Campus Sustainability Committee*
>>>> *Most Recent Publications: *
>>>> *Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, & the Politics of
>>>> Exploitation, co-authored with Ellen Reese. University of California Press.**"What
>>>> Happens when Amazon Comes to Town: Environmental Impacts, Local Economies,
>>>> and Resistance in Inland Southern California." The Cost of Free Shipping:
>>>> Amazon in the Global Economy, pp. 176-193.** Ed. by Jake
>>>> Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese Pluto Press, 2020. **"The Energy
>>>> Politics of the United States." Handbook of Energy Politics, co-edited
>>>> with Kathleen J. Hancock. Oxford University Press, 2020.*
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Sustainability
Dept. of Environmental Sciences
University of California
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