People, Equity, and the Environment Specialization

For the reasons above, this specialization expands beyond ahistorical and technical training by focusing students on historical processes, power dynamics and changing societal values. We believe that any solution to global environmental problems must consider issues of social equity and human well-being, in addition to environmental sustainability.

Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.

Program Courses

Core

Two core courses required. Choose one course from Group A and one course from Group B.
Those students who matriculated to the program prior to Fall 2021 may follow the requirement for their entering class of 2 required core courses: ENV 826 & ENV 759.

Group A

Course	Fall 2023	Spring 2024	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENV 759 Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science	Dove M 1:00-3:50		Dove
ENV 839 Power in Conservation	Carpenter W 1:00-3:50		Carpenter

Group B

Course	Fall 2023	Spring 2024	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENV 631 Poverty, Environment and Inequality	Taylor Tu 1:00-3:50
ENV 642 Environmental Justice/Climate Justice	Torres M,W 10:30-11:50		Torres

Elective

Students must take 3 courses from the "Social Sciences and Humanities" and at least 1 course from the "Ecological Sciences"

Social Science Perspectives

Course	Fall 2023	Spring 2024	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENV 561 Energy Justice Seminar		Torres M 10:30-11:50
ENV 618 Anthropology of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries		Carpenter W 1:00-3:50		Carpenter
ENV 633 Critical Race Theory	Torres Tu,Th 2:30-3:50		Torres Tentative
ENV 640 Ethical Consumption: Promoting Workers’ Rights, Fair Prices, and Sustainability		Robinson M,W 2:30-3:50
ENV 645 Urbanization, Global Change and Sustainability	Seto Tu 1:00-3:50		Seto Tentative
ENV 648 Organizing: People, Power, and Change		Robinson M,W 10:30-11:50
ENV 698 Carbon Containment	O’Rourke F 1:30-3:20
ENV 742 Fundamentals of Working with People		DeCew Tu,Th 8:30-9:50		Tentative
ENV 764 Sociology of Sacred Values: Modernity, Ecology, and Policy			Farrell
ENV 772 Indigenous Self-Government in the U.S. Constitutional Order	Torres Th 4:10-6:00
ENV 799 Sustainable Development Goals and Implementation		Faculty Tu,Th 11:35-12:50
ENV 821 Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global	Sanford M,W 2:30-3:50		Sanford
ENV 836 Agrarian Societies: Culture, Society, History, and Development	Faculty W 1:30-5:20		Faculty Tentative
ENV 839 Power in Conservation	Carpenter W 1:00-3:50		Carpenter
ENV 850 International Organizations and Conferences	Boyd Tu 1:00-3:50		Boyd Tentative
ENV 857 Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries	Kurukulasuriya Th 4:00-6:50
ENV 860 Developing Environmental Policies and Winning Campaigns	Alt M 1:00-3:50		Faculty Tentative
ENV 877 Anthropology of the Global Economy for Conservation and Development
ENV 878 Climate and Society: Past to Present	Dove Th 1:30-3:20		Dove
ENV 962 Tribal Resources and Sovereignty-Clinic	Gonzalez-Rogers W 9:00-11:50	Gonzalez-Rogers W 9:00-11:50
ENV 975 Western Lands and Communities Field Clinic: Research to Practice		Farrell tbd		Farrell

Humanities: History, Religion and Ethics

Course	Fall 2023	Spring 2024	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENV 637 A Toolkit for Communicating Environmental Science		Mooney M 9:00-11:50
ENV 775 Federal Indian Law		Torres M,W 1:35-3:00		Tentative
ENV 959 Clinic in Climate Justice, Climate Policy, the Law, and Public Health	Faculty Th 1:00-2:50	Faculty Tu 3:00-4:50	Faculty Tentative	Tentative
ENV 970 Environmental Protection Clinic Policy and Advocacy (Follows Law School Calendar)	Kysar Tu 12:10-2:00	Kysar Tu 12:10-2:00	Kysar Tentative	Tentative

Ecological and Conservation Science

Course	Fall 2023	Spring 2024	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENV 602 Ecosystems and Landscapes	Bradford M,W 9:00-10:20		Bradford
ENV 629 North American Drylands: Ecology and Land Use		Lauenroth Tu,Th 9:00-10:20		Lauenroth
ENV 630 The Physical Science of Climate Change		Raymond Tu,Th 10:30-11:50		Raymond
ENV 659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips)		Ashton M,W 8:30-10:20		Ashton
ENV 660 Forest Dynamics	Duguid Tu,Th 10:30-11:50		Duguid
ENV 677 Ecological Restoration		Duguid Tu,Th 10:30-11:50		Duguid
ENV 725 Water, Energy, and Food Interconnections in a Changing Climate				Saiers
ENV 745 Global Human-Wildlife Interactions	Harris M,W 2:30-3:45		Harris
ENV 963 Case Studies in Water Management: Conflict and Cooperation		Anisfeld Th 2:30-5:20
ENV 966 Sustainability Implementation: Change Management in Institutional Settings	Smiley Smith Th 1:00-3:50		Smiley Smith