ENVS 495 Environmental Science and Sustainability Capstone

This course is a problem solving seminar reviewing the philosophical underpinnings of sustainable development and extending them by solving problems. Students will explore the fundamental assumptions of sustainability; call upon the skills learned in their specific tracks of study and work together as an integrative team to vocationally address an unsustainable situation in a specific geographic location. Course will include exploration of sustainability studies as a Christian vocation, explicit focus on project management, work tracked in increments relative to goals, and development of portfolios for each participant for use in seeking future employment.