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Objectives – 45 HrsNatural environment necessarily lends itself to multiple disciplinary inquiries. While science and economics provides data, system of information, knowledge and models of management about the earth and its resources, environmental ethics enables one to ask ‘how then, should we live?’ This course aims to provide a holistic and a deeper understanding of the environment, its varied interpretations and ways of relating to it. This course also seeks to cultivate moral and ethical thinking about the environment to develop basics of sustainable living.
Modules
UNIT 1 Environmentalism
- Environmentalism – tracing the history of global environmental consciousness and movements – Varieties of environmentalism – English love of the country – Wilderness thinking in America – Chipko and Silent Valley movements in India
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10 hours
UNIT 2 Economics of the Environment and its Critique
- Environmental Economics – resource economics – ecological economics; How economists see the environment; Economics of renewable and exhaustible resources; Carbon trading; Economist’s perspective on Sustainability; Concepts of environmental values – Total economic value; Standard methods to value the environment; Reconsidering Economics; Bounded rationality and the environment
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15 hours
UNIT 3 Ecofeminism and Ecocriticism
- Gender and environment; Ecofeminism; androcentrism; Deep ecology – ecofeminism debate; Ecocriticism; Romantic ecology; Nature writings; Thinking like a mountain; The forgetting and remembering of the air
-
10 hours
UNIT 4 Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Ethics; An autobiography of your relationship with the earth; Environmental justice; Discounting; Climate change debates; Environmental refugees; The inconvenient truth; Basics of sustainable living; Know your carbon footprints
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10 hours
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Recommended Readings
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Abram, D. (1996). The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-human World. New York: Vintage Books -
Bhattacharya, R.N. (2004). Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press -
Clark, T. (2011). Literature and the Environment. Cambridge University Press -
Garrard, G. (2011). Ecocriticism. Routledge -
Guha, R. (2000). Environmentalism. Oxford University Press -
Leopold, A. (1949). A Sand County Almanac. Oxford: Oxford University Press -
Sankar, U. (ed.) (2000). Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press -
Stavins, R.N. (Ed.) (2012). Economics of the Environment. New York, London: W.W. Norton -
Carson, R. (1963). Silent Spring. London: Hamish Hamilton -
Martinez – Alier, J. (2002). The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar -
Plumwood, V. (1993). Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. London: Routledge -
Warren, K.J. (ed), (1994). Ecological Feminism. London: Routledge.
Lab Programs
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Exercise 1: Design a Business card and Letter head for a given company -
Exercise 2: Design a Poster for an event -
Exercise 3: Design a Brochure for a new product -
Exercise 4: Design a CD Label / cover for Music company -
Exercise 5: Create a Packaging product for a given product -
Exercise 6: Design a web page for Restaurant -
Exercise 7: Create a Photo album -
Exercise 8: convert Black and white photo to color
Admission Queries
For any queries at any given time during the application and admission process, you may contact us through the following Email ID’s:
Bangalore Central Campus
The Office of Admissions,CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road,Bengaluru – 560 029, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 92430 80800
+91 80 4012 9400
Email IDs
Indian candidates: admissions@christuniversity.in
NRI candidates: nri.admission@christuniversity.in
International: isc.admission@christuniversity.in
Bangalore Kengeri Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Kanmanike, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road,
Bengaluru – 560 074, Karnataka, INDIA
Delhi NCR Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Mariam Nagar, Meerut Road,
Delhi NCR Ghaziabad – 201003
Phone
1800-123-3212
Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road,
Bengaluru – 560 076, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 080 4655 1306
Email
admissions.bgr@christuniversity.in
Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Nagasandra, Near Tumkur Road,
Bengaluru 560 073, Karnataka, INDIA
Pune Lavasa Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Christ University Road, 30 Valor Court, PO Dasve Lavasa, Mulshi, Pune – 412112, Maharashtra
Phone
1800-123-2009
Between: Monday to Friday: 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM,
Saturday: 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
(Office remains closed on Sundays, Government Holidays and Any special events)
Objectives – 45 HrsNatural environment necessarily lends itself to multiple disciplinary inquiries. While science and economics provides data, system of information, knowledge and models of management about the earth and its resources, environmental ethics enables one to ask ‘how then, should we live?’ This course aims to provide a holistic and a deeper understanding of the environment, its varied interpretations and ways of relating to it. This course also seeks to cultivate moral and ethical thinking about the environment to develop basics of sustainable living.
Modules
UNIT 1 Environmentalism
- Environmentalism – tracing the history of global environmental consciousness and movements – Varieties of environmentalism – English love of the country – Wilderness thinking in America – Chipko and Silent Valley movements in India
-
10 hours
UNIT 2 Economics of the Environment and its Critique
- Environmental Economics – resource economics – ecological economics; How economists see the environment; Economics of renewable and exhaustible resources; Carbon trading; Economist’s perspective on Sustainability; Concepts of environmental values – Total economic value; Standard methods to value the environment; Reconsidering Economics; Bounded rationality and the environment
-
15 hours
UNIT 3 Ecofeminism and Ecocriticism
- Gender and environment; Ecofeminism; androcentrism; Deep ecology – ecofeminism debate; Ecocriticism; Romantic ecology; Nature writings; Thinking like a mountain; The forgetting and remembering of the air
-
10 hours
UNIT 4 Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Ethics; An autobiography of your relationship with the earth; Environmental justice; Discounting; Climate change debates; Environmental refugees; The inconvenient truth; Basics of sustainable living; Know your carbon footprints
-
10 hours
UNIT 1 Environmentalism
- Environmentalism – tracing the history of global environmental consciousness and movements – Varieties of environmentalism – English love of the country – Wilderness thinking in America – Chipko and Silent Valley movements in India
-
10 hours
UNIT 2 Economics of the Environment and its Critique
- Environmental Economics – resource economics – ecological economics; How economists see the environment; Economics of renewable and exhaustible resources; Carbon trading; Economist’s perspective on Sustainability; Concepts of environmental values – Total economic value; Standard methods to value the environment; Reconsidering Economics; Bounded rationality and the environment
-
15 hours
UNIT 3 Ecofeminism and Ecocriticism
- Gender and environment; Ecofeminism; androcentrism; Deep ecology – ecofeminism debate; Ecocriticism; Romantic ecology; Nature writings; Thinking like a mountain; The forgetting and remembering of the air
-
10 hours
UNIT 4 Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Ethics; An autobiography of your relationship with the earth; Environmental justice; Discounting; Climate change debates; Environmental refugees; The inconvenient truth; Basics of sustainable living; Know your carbon footprints
-
10 hours
-
Recommended Readings
-
Abram, D. (1996). The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-human World. New York: Vintage Books -
Bhattacharya, R.N. (2004). Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press -
Clark, T. (2011). Literature and the Environment. Cambridge University Press -
Garrard, G. (2011). Ecocriticism. Routledge -
Guha, R. (2000). Environmentalism. Oxford University Press -
Leopold, A. (1949). A Sand County Almanac. Oxford: Oxford University Press -
Sankar, U. (ed.) (2000). Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press -
Stavins, R.N. (Ed.) (2012). Economics of the Environment. New York, London: W.W. Norton -
Carson, R. (1963). Silent Spring. London: Hamish Hamilton -
Martinez – Alier, J. (2002). The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar -
Plumwood, V. (1993). Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. London: Routledge -
Warren, K.J. (ed), (1994). Ecological Feminism. London: Routledge.
Lab Programs
-
Exercise 1: Design a Business card and Letter head for a given company -
Exercise 2: Design a Poster for an event -
Exercise 3: Design a Brochure for a new product -
Exercise 4: Design a CD Label / cover for Music company -
Exercise 5: Create a Packaging product for a given product -
Exercise 6: Design a web page for Restaurant -
Exercise 7: Create a Photo album -
Exercise 8: convert Black and white photo to color
Admission Queries
For any queries at any given time during the application and admission process, you may contact us through the following Email ID’s:
Bangalore Central Campus
The Office of Admissions,CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road,Bengaluru – 560 029, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 92430 80800
+91 80 4012 9400
Email IDs
Indian candidates: admissions@christuniversity.in
NRI candidates: nri.admission@christuniversity.in
International: isc.admission@christuniversity.in
Bangalore Kengeri Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Kanmanike, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road,
Bengaluru – 560 074, Karnataka, INDIA
Delhi NCR Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Mariam Nagar, Meerut Road,
Delhi NCR Ghaziabad – 201003
Phone
1800-123-3212
The Office of Admissions,CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road,Bengaluru – 560 029, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 92430 80800
+91 80 4012 9400
Email IDs
Indian candidates: admissions@christuniversity.in
NRI candidates: nri.admission@christuniversity.in
International: isc.admission@christuniversity.in
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Kanmanike, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road,
Bengaluru – 560 074, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 80 4012 9800,
+91 80 4012 9802
+91 80 4012 9820
Email
admissions.kengeri@christuniversity.in
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Mariam Nagar, Meerut Road,
Delhi NCR Ghaziabad – 201003
Phone
1800-123-3212
Email
admission.ncr@christuniversity.in
Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road,
Bengaluru – 560 076, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 080 4655 1306
Email
admissions.bgr@christuniversity.in
Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Nagasandra, Near Tumkur Road,
Bengaluru 560 073, Karnataka, INDIA
Pune Lavasa Campus
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Christ University Road, 30 Valor Court, PO Dasve Lavasa, Mulshi, Pune – 412112, Maharashtra
Phone
1800-123-2009
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road,
Bengaluru – 560 076, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 080 4655 1306
Email
admissions.bgr@christuniversity.in
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Nagasandra, Near Tumkur Road,
Bengaluru 560 073, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone
+91 97422 44407
+91 80 6989 6666
Email
admissions.yeshwanthpur@christuniversity.in
CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Christ University Road, 30 Valor Court, PO Dasve Lavasa, Mulshi, Pune – 412112, Maharashtra
Phone
1800-123-2009
Email
admission.lavasa@christuniversity.in
Between: Monday to Friday: 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM,
Saturday: 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
(Office remains closed on Sundays, Government Holidays and Any special events)