Faculty participants work with a Green Curriculum Project team to incorporate discipline-related sustainability and environmental topics through a specially designed component, assignment, or learning activity. To date 38 faculty participants, representing more than 20 different academic departments, have participated.
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ANT102 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Professor: Paul Bates
Email: pbates@northshore.edu
This course examines the nature of culture in simple tribal communities living in
various regions and natural environments on the planet. Inuit/Eskimo peoples of the
Arctic, African, Villagers, Asian cultures, and American Indians of the Americas are
groups that may be discussed. Industrial/hi-tech cultures will be compared to pre-industrial/low-tech
tribal cultures. Sustainability and environmental topics related to various groups
will be explored through reading and writing assignments.
BIO101 - BIOLOGY 1: THE BASICS OF LIFE
Professor: Maureen Farley
Email: mfarley02@northshore.edu
In this Green Curriculum course, students will research assigned topics such as genetically
modified foods, biological pesticides (BT), organic vs. factory farming, etc. and
present projects to share information.
BIO102 - BIOLOGY 2: DIVERSITY OF LIFE
Professor: Maureen Farley
Email: mfarley02@northshore.edu
In our survey of living organisms, we will incorporate environmental topics such as
the use of biological herbicides and pesticides, GMO plants/animals/foods, the use
of bacteria in oil spill and other hazardous materials cleanup, the effect of global
warming on phytoplankton, alternative fuels, and other related topics. Students will
research assigned topics and present projects to share information.
BIO101 - BIOLOGY 1: THE BASICS OF LIFE
Professor: Sandra Buerger
Email: sbuerger01@northshore.edu
This biology course incorporates green/environmental topics along with course objectives
related to major concepts of biology and how biologists address questions through
research. There will be a final project consisting of a final paper and a short presentation.
The paper will focus on a topic relevant to biology and to environmental issues.
BIO101 - BIOLOGY 1: THE BASICS OF LIFE
Professor: Christine Hezzey
Email: chezzey01@northshore.edu
An introduction to the basic principles of biology. The course covers the chemistry
of the cell, cell structure and function, cell division, genetics and some evolution.
This course is also designed to incorporate green curriculum concepts that connect
to life, this includes: sustainability, carbon footprint and global warming. The lab
sessions are designed to enhance lecture and to develop investigative skills.
BIO101 - BIOLOGY 1: THE BASICS OF LIFE
Professor: Robert Paul Mason
Email: rmason05@northshore.edu
This class will have students identify major challenges faced by the human race and,
in particular, major environment issues. We will address questions on how Biology
can help our survival and assist with the challenges we identity. The course will
focus on the issue of Climate Change, in particular, and study its relation to biology
and biological sciences. Students will view interesting audio visuals and power point
slide presentations on this topic.
BIO128 - ECOLOGY OF THE RAINFOREST
Professor: Andrea Cutone
Email: acutone@northshore.edu
An introduction to the ecology of the rainforest. Both temperate and tropical forests
are discussed, but the emphasis is on tropical forests. The concept of biodiversity
is introduced and applied in the study of the Olympic Peninsula, Central America,
the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and Australia. The course covers some of the environmental,
social, and economic problems associated with the use and destruction of rainforest
biomes. The green curriculum content will be a series of critical thinking and writing
assignments, based on current scientific research as well as some local journalism,
encouraging students to use their knowledge of rainforest ecosystems to analyze contemporary
issues in specific instances of ecological stress. (Ecology of the Rainforest, is
intended to be taken with Bio 130, Neotropical Ecology—the Costa Rica field course.)
BIO130 - NEOTROPICAL ECOLOGY [Travel Seminar]
Professor: Andrea Cutone
Email: acutone@northshore.edu
A field study in the rainforests of Central America led by trained naturalists. The
course will include hikes into different types of rainforests where the ecology of
the area will be studied. The areas explored may be different each trip. Students
in this course return from Costa Rica having obtained a personal understanding of
the incredible biodiversity and importance of the rainforest, and also an awareness
of the many threats rainforests face globally. (Offered in Spring; 92 hours of field
study and 12 hours of seminar. Students must have permission from the instructor to
register for this course. Contact information: 978-762-4000 ext. 6266 or email.)
BIO140 - MARINE BIOLOGY
Professor: Scott Stimpson
Email: sstimpson@northshore.edu
This course examines in depth the effect that rising ocean temperatures are having
on coral reef habitat worldwide, the effect ozone layer depletion has on plankton
productivity in the polar seas, and especially the effect increased ocean acidification
will have on marine life and life on our planet.
BIO142 - INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY
Professor: Diana Davis
Email: ddavis@northshore.edu
In Introduction to Ecology we focus on a wide range of environmental issues as part
of our curriculum. In addition to their regular course work each student is expected
to research and understand a specific environmental issue (such as pollution in the
oceans) and present that issue to the class. Possible solutions and the pros and cons
of these solutions will be included in the students’ presentations.
BIO144 - BIOLOGY 2: WETLANDS ECOLOGY
Professor: Andrea Cutone
Email: acutone@northshore.edu
Pre: BIO 101 or permission of instructor / An introduction to the basic principles
of ecology and their applications in the context of eastern Massachusetts wetland
ecology. The course covers basic knowledge of ecological field study concepts, introduction
to dichotomous keys and species recognition techniques. The laboratory is designed
to prepare for and implement student-run biological field surveys with the goal of
identifying and documenting obligate vernal pool species for state certification.
(3 hours of lecture, 2 hours of lab per week) Fulfills open, liberal arts, science
and lab science sequence elective when taken with BIO 101. (Spring semester)
CHE103 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1
Professor: Alex Eisen-Cuadra
Email: aeisencu@northshore.edu
The laboratory component of this course will include a focus on two distinct green
content topics: green chemistry and environmental chemistry. The subject matter of
the green chemistry topic will be based on, but not limited to, the definition proposed
by Anastas and Warner (Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Anastas, P. T. and Warner,
J. C., Oxford University Press, 1998): green chemistry is the utilization of a set
of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances
in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. The subject matter
of the environmental chemistry topic will be based on, but not limited to, the definition
proposed by Baird, C. and Cann, M. (Environmental Chemistry, Fifth Edition, Baird,
C. and Cann, M., Freeman, W. H. & Company, 2005): environmental chemistry deals with
the reactions, fates, movements, and sources of chemicals in the air, water, and soil.
CMP101 - COMPOSITION 1
Professor: Janet Burt
Email: jburt@northshore.edu
In this Green Curriculum section of Composition 1, students will examine literature
and writing through the lens of ecology, as seen in writings over the years. As we
look at what people wrote about, reflections of the environment and social issues
involving sustainability, we will discuss those same issues and how they relate to
today's view of environmental issues. We will discuss issues and obstacles through
literature and how they are seen in today's society. (Fall semester, Danvers)
CMP101 - COMPOSITION 1
Professor: Joseph Modugno
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu
Students will read literary works with environmental themes, choose a topic related
to sustainability for the required expository research paper, and view documentary
films that vividly introduce the topics of environmental crisis, climate change, and
solutions for sustainable living. (Offered fall, Lynn)
CMP101H - COMPOSITION 1 - HONORS
Professor: Janis Soferr
Email: jsoferr@northshore.edu
This course is a Green Curriculum course which incorporates environmental and sustainability
topics through reading, writing and discussion. Specifically, students read, write
and research topics on Terry Tempest Williams’ book Refuge. Students are encouraged
to reflect on environmental themes and on responsible citizenship well as their personal
relationships with family, place, and the natural world. (Fall semester in Lynn; Honors
section)
CMP101 - COMPOSITION 1
Professor: Tiffany Magnolia
Email: tmagnolia@northshore.edu
In this online section of Composition 1, students will study the rhetorical modes
of Observation, Explanation, Problem/Solution, Taking a Position, and Evaluation.
The subject matter for the reading and writing, however, will be focused on sustainability
and the environment. Students will read essays that provide both a rhetorical model
and a focus on environment and sustainability. Through writing students will engage
with all the facets of sustainability and deepen their connection with the environment.
(Online section)
CMP101 - COMPOSITION 1
Professor: Danielle Santos
Email: dsantos@northshore.edu
Through readings and writing assignments, this green section of Comp. 1 will touch
on topics like renewable energy, pollution, waste, GMO food, organic food, habitat
loss, and other sustainability topics and issues. For the final Argumentative Research
Paper, in particular, will we discuss various sustainability topics that would be
suitable for this rhetorical mode, and students will choose to take sides or persuade
a reader on an issue. The course will also touch upon civic engagement and personal
responsibility in relation to creating a more sustainable and just society for future
generations. (spring and fall)
CMP102 - COMPOSITION 2
Professor: Lynn Clarkson
Email: lclarkso@northshore.edu
This course emphasizes that literature is about life; therefore, the issues of critical
thinking, consumerism, personal and social responsibility within our communities is
an on-going thread in the course and a natural fit with the topics of sustainability
and the environment, which turn up in literature often and particularly in poetry.
Through the study of a long literary work or multiple short works with environmental
and/or sustainability themes, this course will examine and emphasize how our choices
and actions have broader implications in society and the natural world.
CMP102H - COMPOSITION 2 - HONORS
Professor: Joseph Modugno
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu
Emphasis is on analytical and researched writing based on a range of texts. Classic
and contemporary authors will be studied. This section of CMP 102 will bring an Ecocritical
approach to reading contemporary and classic literary works from each literary genre.
A work of contemporary Climate Fiction may be assigned as well as a focus on eco-poetry.
Through assigned poems dealing with the human relationship with the natural world,
students will explore key questions, such as—How can poetry engage with a planetary
ecosystem under duress? How can poetry—its themes, forms, and language—contribute
to the cause of living sustainably in a world of radical interconnectedness? How can
eco-poetics contribute to environmental consciousness and inspired personal action?
(Honors section; offered spring, Lynn)
CMP122 - WRITING ABOUT CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Professor: Cari Jo Keebaugh
Email: ckeebaug@northshore.edu
Students in this green curriculum course will spend a unit examining the ways that
animal rights have been portrayed in children’s literature both during and after the
“Golden Age” of children’s literature. We will analyze this literature for its implicit
assumptions, its goals, and its effectiveness. Students will then write a formal research
paper critically analyzing the function and effectiveness of pre-and post-1914 children’s
literature using specific examples.
CMP148 - COMP. 2: WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Professor: Joseph Modugno
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu
Emphasis is on analytical, researched, and experiential writing based on American
literary works of all genres that focus on the relationship between humans and the
natural world. A range of texts will be studied. “Nature Writing,” as a genre will
be explored. Some major authors to be studied include, Edward Abbey, Henry David Thoreau,
John Muir, Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, Gary Snyder, Terry
Tempest Williams, and Mary Oliver. The major green assignment for the course will
be a Place Paper, which will help students achieve ecological literacy by writing
their own work of Nature Writing based on semester-long observations and research
into a natural area in their home environment. Service-Learning will be an option.
(Offered spring, Lynn and Danvers; EVT Program requirement)
COM011 - COLLEGE WRITING 1
Professor: Russell Green
Email: rgreen@northshore.edu
This course develops writing and critical thinking skills through a combination of
reading, thinking, discussing, and writing on current topics. Instruction emphasizes
the use of the writing process to develop both informal and formal paragraphs relevant
to personal, academic, and career needs. The course will also encourage students to
think about environmental/sustainability issues and their own relationships with the
natural world, primarily through reading and writing activities related to Italo Calvino’s
book Marcovaldo or Seasons in the City. Themes to be studies include pollution, appearance
vs. reality, failure, poverty, consumerism, and urban vs. natural environments.
CPS122 - OPERATING SYSTEMS
Professor: Huiwei Guan
Email: hguan@northshore.edu
This course will demonstrate sustainable practices by being totally paperless, thereby
protecting trees and the natural environment. While studying topics on input and output
devices of computers, printers, and copy machines, students will become aware of the
negative effects of these technologies on the natural environment (topics such as,
how printing hardcopies cost more trees; how deforestation speeds up global warming;
how over use of copy machines increases carbon exposure in the atmosphere and has
harmful effects on human health.) The course will also explore what environmental
protections are available for new technology and what are user responsibilities given
the current environmental predicament. (Spring semester and online Summer)
ECE101 - CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Professor: Jan Plourde
Email: jplourde03@northshore.edu
Green curriculum project: The process for this assignment includes demonstrating creatively
student understanding of the role of the natural environment on the development of
young children. A list of possible projects will be provided and discussed in class.
(Lynn and Danvers)
ECE110 - FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Professor: Jan Plourde
Email: jplourde03@northshore.edu
Field observation and research will augment classroom activities and enable students
to: describe the role of teacher of young children and devise a plan for their own
professional development; trace the historical traditions of ECE and describe their
impact on current practice; identify issues and trends in the field and articulate
a professional position; analyze and evaluate approaches to ECE using the principles
of developmentally appropriate practice and construct a personal philosophy of ECE
based on this analysis. (Lynn and Danvers)
ECO103 - PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
Professor: Moon Su Han
Email: mhan@northshore.edu
This course implements sustainability and environmental issues to promote awareness
in daily life. Students are required to do research projects, using three steps: Step
1.) Answer the question WHY we need to think about green economics and sustainability;
Step 2.) Choose one environmental issue from the following: air pollution, saving
electricity, saving paper, saving gas or coal—alternative energy sources and conduct
original research to answer why we need to think about sustainability using cost benefit
analysis related to there chosen issue; Step 3.) Suggest applications/solutions in
their own lives to achieve sustainability.
ECO104 - PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
Professor: Tomohide Yasuda
Email: tyasuda01@northshore.edu
In this course, students will often use environmental assets and natural resources
as commodities traded in the market place. They will learn the process in which the
efficient level of resource use is achieved through voluntary transactions between
market participants (free markets). Student will learn the difference between socially
efficient resource utilization, where the satisfaction of individuals in society is
maximized, and perfect preservation of environmental assets and natural resources.
The course then introduces some cases where the free market may not maximize the satisfaction
of different individuals in society (market failures). Students will use environmental
issues such as air pollution and fish resource depletion to examine the social conditions
necessary for the free market to achieve socially efficient resource utilization.
The course discusses various ways which can potentially overcome environmental market
failures. It examines some cases which call for government interventions to rectify
market failures while paying attention to new problems caused by these government
interventions (government failures). The course also introduces some examples of green
entrepreneurs who started innovative businesses which harnessed people’s economic
incentives to protect the environment.
EGS101 - INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
Professor: Mary Steigerwald
Email: msteiger@northshore.edu
This freshman level course in engineering investigates the various fields of engineering.
The course will provide an introduction to problem solving techniques used throughout
an engineering education and career as well as examine the engineering design process.
Additionally EGS101 is a Green Curriculum course. Students will explore the connections
that engineering has to innovation and technology in the context of the economic,
social and environmental impact. Project work will examine areas such as renewable
energy, sustainable products and systems and be introduced to the thermodynamic processes
involved in energy systems design. We will explore the resulting effects of past engineering
decisions on the environment and consider environmental constraints on the engineering
design process and sustainability as an engineering design objective. (Spring and
Fall in Lynn)
EGS206 - MATERIALS SCIENCE
Professor: Joyce Jeong
Email: jjeong@northshore.edu
This course will implement sustainability and environmental issues to promote the
awareness and gain the technical knowledge that an environmentally responsible engineer
should possess. In the research projects, students will learn about environmental
issues such as pollution, natural re-sources, conservation, green economy, clean design,
consumption, waste management, and the green politics of their choices of research
products.
ESL122 - ADVANCED ESL READING AND VOCABULARY 2
Professor: Sandra Howland
Email: sjhowland@comcast.net
In our study and practice of advanced reading proficiency in English, English as a
Second Language students will enhance their reading comprehension through three units
related to social justice and environmental sustain-ability. Starting with readings
by and about Rachel Carson, students will explore the environmental movement in the
US, as well as globally through Kenyan Nobel Prize winning Wangari Maathai’s Green
Belt Movement. Students will contemplate adaptability and extinction with readings
from Farley Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf and the website tigersincrisis.com, and develop
further vocabulary proficiency and generate new readings for enhanced comprehension
using Lingua.ly. In addition to reading skills and vocabulary growth, students will
gain an understanding of how they can address environmental problems through individual
actions, as well as in careers related to biodiversity and renewable energy--nationally
and globally.
FSN104 - TECHNOLOGY OF FOOD PROCESSING
Professor: Gregory Reppucci
Email: greppucc@northshore.edu
This course covers modern and ancient methods of food preservation, food additives
and sustainable agriculture and students spend an average of 15 hours per semester
doing service-learning projects with The Food Project, a non-profit organization which
connects people to each other, the land and the food we eat.
GRA102 - GRAPHIC PRODUCTION
Professor: Sandra Fuhs
Email: sfuhs@northshore.edu
“Green” and sustainability best practices are widely used in the graphics and printing
industries. These include recycling, recycled papers, environmental management organizations,
smart preparatory, production and printing practices. Graphic designers must embrace
these processes and materials to be more “green.” Graphic Production trends, practices,
and specifications for a sustainable, eco-friendly process are introduced and monitored
in this course. (Fall semester)
GEO108 - LK ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Professor: Charles Wall
Email: cwall@northshore.edu
A study of the environmental science of the land, air, and water, biological communities,
ecosystems, and human interactions with the environment. As a Green Curriculum course
this section will look at human interactions as a part of biological communities and
ecosystems, energy usage, waste management, and climate change.
HIS103 - UNITED STATES HISTORY I
Professor: Julia Greene
Email: jgreene03@northshore.edu
This is a Green Curriculum Course focusing on environmental history. Subjects we will
explore are the radical change in the ecology of the Americas and the rest of the
world after 1492, Native American vs. European Values, the impacts of industrialization,
the local environmental history of Lynn and its surroundings, and the rise of the
conservation movement.
HIS131 - HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS 1
Professor: Jessica Burt
Email: jeburt@northshore.edu
In this Green Curriculum section of the History of World Civilizations 1, students
will examine history through the lens of ecology, defined as the interaction between
humans and their environment. By examining how humans have interacted with their environments
in the past, and how their environments have shaped the type of societies that inhabited
the ancient world, students will begin to comprehend the evolutionary nature of ecology
throughout history. Using the lens of ecology, students will not only gain a better
understanding of the importance of ecology throughout history, but also students will
begin to comprehend how the obstacles/solutions ecology posed to the ancient world
can shed light on the obstacles/solutions of today’s world.
HIS132 - HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS 2
Professor: Jessica Burt
Email: jeburt@northshore.edu
In this Green Curriculum section of the History of World Civilizations 2, students
will examine the relationship between modernization and nature throughout modern history.
By examining this relationship, students will analyze the challenges that modernization
has posed to ecological diversity, sustainability, and, more importantly, the value
ascribed to the environment by societies of modern history. This examination will
lead students to a better understanding of the challenges modernization poses to today’s
society and the value that today’s society places on environmental issues. Moreover,
by examining the changing nature of the modernization/nature relationship, students
will be able to examine their own personal relationship with the environment in light
of those that promote a more sustainable future.
HIS140 - AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Professor: Jessica Burt
Email: jeburt@northshore.edu
American Environmental History examines through time the changing relationship between
human beings and the natural world of North America. Emphasis will be placed on how
Americans acted to shape their environment, how they perceived that environment, and
how these interact with each other to determine who we are and shape what we might
become. Fulfills history, liberal arts, and open electives.
HON210 - EXPLORING THE ARTS
Professor: Terri Whitney
Email: twhitney@northshore.edu
In this introduction to Art, Music, and Literature, students will examine works of
art that encourage a heightened awareness of nature, address problems of sustainability,
or in some way invite students to consider the importance of protecting the environment
and how this might be achieved. Students will discuss the way in which these artistic
works convey these ideas in reading response replies to topics for each chapter, online
discussion, and, if they wish, as a topic of their final paper. (Online)
HRT110 - PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE
Professor: Barbara Heath
Email: bheath@northshore.edu
HRT 110 provides students a basic study of plant structure and function. Students
learn the fundamental processes of plant growth and reproduction. Structures such
as the stem, root, leaves, flowers and seeds are examined in detail along with the
important role of soil in providing plant nutrition. Hands on exploration is included
as part of the students’ laboratory experience. This course is part of the Environmental
Horticulture Program.
HRT206 - LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Professor: Barbara Heath
Email: bheath@northshore.edu
An introduction to landscape design including site analysis techniques, and development
of site organization. Selection of design elements such as plant material, paving
and site furnishings are included. Homes located nearby are used as case studies for
evaluation, analysis and design consideration.
HRT210 - PLANTS FOR THE NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE
Professor: Barbara Heath
Email: bheath@northshore.edu
This course places the emphasis on landscaping with native plants, using natural systems
and the importance of choosing the right plant for the right place.
IDS102D - POPULAR CULTURE IN THE U.S.
Professor: Lance Eaton
Email: leaton@northshore.edu
Within popular culture, consumerism and waste are at the center of day-to-day life,
and this is largely a product of mass production which is extremely detrimental in
terms of sustainability. A main focus in the course will be on consumerism and the
correlation among personal health, consumer capitalism, and wastefulness. Sustainable
practices will be explored along with what it means to exhibit a “green” identity
within popular culture. Other topics include, citizenship/responsibility, globalization,
food, green politics, pollution, and manufacturing/industry. (Spring)
IDS106 - UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION
Professor: Bernadette Lucas
Email: blucas@northshore.edu
Students will read chapter readings on environmental issues related to nutrition and
global hunger and will complete a dietary analysis and personal ecological footprint
activity. Students will discuss aspects of basic nutrition and examine how everyday
life choices can support personal and environmental health. The class will also cover
the topics of food safety and technology, with a discussion board focus on the impact
of food production on the environment—ocean and waterways, in particular. (Online
classes fall and spring)
IDS122 - MUSIC AND HEALING
Professor: Mary Beth Stemp
Email: mstemp01@northshore.edu
In the Green Curriculum section of Music and Healing, students will explore how sound
and music works as a complementary healing method that can support the health of the
environment as well as the therapeutic sound experiences nature can offer to people.
The class will address the issues of sound pollution and review a variety of cultures
and researchers whose music and sound healing methods focus in the directions indicated
above. Students will watch and read related films and articles as well as complete
4 personal sound projects. The students will participate in an end-of-semester project,
taking part in small group discussions and writing a reflective piece that focuses
on integrating their acquired knowledge and awareness. They will be asked to identify
ways they can apply this information to caring for themselves and their environment.
IDS128 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY
Professor: Kerry Mackin
Email: kmackin01@northshore.edu
This interdisciplinary, Green Curriculum course examines scientific, philosophical,
legal, economic and policy foundations of environmental protection and sustainable
resource management. The course includes federal, Massachusetts and local laws, as
well as international law, cutting-edge legal initiatives and areas where environmental
protection may be weak or lacking. The class addresses a wide range of environmental
issues, including clean air and water, the oceans, energy, climate change, land protection,
agriculture, deforestation, environmental justice and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Students will discuss seminal books and articles, as well as exploring the roles of
the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions, the branches of government, and citizens
and non-governmental organizations in environmental protection.
IDS166 - INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Professors: Joseph Modugno & Charles Saulnier
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu or csaulnie02@northshore.edu
This course provides an introduction to the evolving concept and principles of sustainability.
IDS 166 will examine major environmental topics from both scientific and humanities
perspectives. Students will be challenged to see themselves as part of a web of interactions
connecting the environment, economy, and society. As a joint effort between the Science
and Liberal Studies Divisions, the course will focus on the intersections of theoretical
science and human communities while defining personal and collective actions that
will lead to solutions for sustainable living. Service-Learning will be an option.
(Offered fall in Danvers; EVT Program Requirement)
IDS168 - EXPLORING THE LANDSCAPE OF SUSTAINABILITY
Professor: Barbara Heath
Email: bheath@northshore.edu
This course examines a range of sustainability issues. Students will be encouraged
to think about how their various choices in life and careers can and do affect their
local communities, the environment and future generations. Topics include calculating
and reducing carbon footprints, green building design, green roof and wall technologies,
water conservation, community gardens, composting and low impact sustainable landscapes.
Students will also complete a service-learning project.
IDS182 - ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
Professor: Barbara Heath
Email: bheath@northshore.edu
An introduction to organic and sustainable food production in both urban and suburban
communities. The three spheres model, embracing economic, social and environmental
principles as they relate to the sustainable food movement will be examined. History
of modern industrial agriculture and the consequences of that system will be explored.
Students will gain experience in garden planning, plant culture, organic plant health,
composting and building healthy soils as tools to build a more sustainable, secure
and local food movement.
IDS184 - CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY
Professors: Carlos Marin / Charles Saulnier
Emails: cmarin@northshore.edu or sunny_n66d@yahoo.com
Global warming and climate change has emerged as one of the most challenging and critical
issues of our time. Climate change science and overwhelming scientific consensus has
developed over the years, and now businesses and governments are searching for solutions
and taking action. This course will use an interdisciplinary lens to examine the causes
of climate change and its impacts on local and global societies as well as the environment
and economy. Societal responses and action plans will be examined, and students will
consider the ways their personal actions and values can help shift society towards
more sustainable living. (Spring, Danvers and Lynn)
IDS186 - EXPLORATIONS IN PLACE: THE AMERICAN FOUR CORNERS [Travel Seminar]
Professor: Joseph Modugno
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu
Through the unifying lens of place studies, the course will focus on the Intersections
of people, cultures, and landscapes in the American Southwest’s “Four Corners” region.
Students will read texts by Native American, Hispano, and Anglo writers that inform
and dramatize the natural environment and human settings of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
and Colorado and travel to related literary and historical locations where environmental
geography and human culture merge. The course will provide students the hands-on opportunity
to investigate the complex relationships between people and places in a region characterized
by striking natural landscapes and extended human history. (Offered in June; 92 hours
of field study and 12 hours of seminar. Students must have permission from the instructor
to register for this course. Contact information: 617-980-6496 or email.)
IDS939 - ADMIT ONE: AMUSEMENT PARKS AND THE MECHANICS OF LEISURE
Professor: Cari Keebaugh
Email: ckeebaug@northshore.edu
This course will examine how large, guest-centered corporations – specifically, theme
and water parks – impact the environment. Amusement parks consume massive amounts
of electricity, water, and other resources. They launch chemicals into the air every
night in their fireworks displays (though Disney has invented and patented “eco-friendly”
fireworks, the recipe for which they have made public so other companies can use them)
and dump chemicals into their pools every morning. They also use helium in millions
of balloons every month, which could be used in hospitals (for MRI machines), instead.
Disney, in particular, prides itself on its Green Initiatives (there is an entire
website devoted to their projects and charities), and they are part of the Green Hotels
Association and have won awards for their green efforts. They also have quite an interesting
situation in the Animal Kingdom – a part-zoo-part-theme-park generates a lot of topics
for such a class as mine to discuss. This course will ask students to explore such
paradoxes and will debate if it is truly possible for such massive parks to really
“go green” and whether or not the initiatives they take are enough to make up for
the areas where they produce non-biodegradable waste and consume limited natural resources.
LIT214 - LIT. OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLES 1: AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
Professor: Joseph Modugno
Email: jmodugno@northshore.edu
In Native American cultures, the natural world and all aspects of the human-nature
relationship are central subjects. Through assigned literary works and selected background
readings, the course will examine traditional and contemporary Native American beliefs
and knowledge related to the environment/natural world. The course will also highlight
traditional “sustainability” practices and current concerns and conflicts of tribal
groups from the American Southwest, Plains, and Eastern Woodlands culture areas. Service-Learning
will be an option. (Offered fall, Lynn and Danvers)
LIT216 - LIT. OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 2: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Professor: Tiffany Magnolia
Email: tmagnolia@northshore.edu
In Latin American Literature students will examine sustainability and ecological consciousness
as they study, in particular, Mayan, Aztec, Caribe, and Inca writings. Environmental
issues will be referenced throughout the course. Topics include environmental awareness
as spiritual belief, cycles in nature reflecting cosmological cycles, and how ecological
consciousness in ancient times is translated into contemporary authors. (Lynn)
MAT143 - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Professor: Suchitra Amritkumar
Email: samritku01@northshore.edu
The course will emphasize data summarization, descriptive statistics, basic probability
and principles of inferential statistics to understand environmental issues such as
global warming. Environmental applications will be provided for relevant concept.
Topics examined are: frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, measures
of dispersion, normal distributions, confidence intervals, sampling, introduction
to hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression. The students are required
to submit two research projects utilizing technology to analyze, interpret data and
draw conclusions on environmental issues such as pollution, conservation, green economy
and global warming. The project segments spiral throughout the course with increasing
sophistication. The purpose of statistical tests will help responsible citizens to
interpret newspaper and research theories and numbers correctly and take actions at
a time when it is needed. (Fall and Spring semesters)
PHI106 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Professor: John Rollins
Email: jrollins01@northshore.edu
Students work in groups to complete projects that cover multiple perspectives on humankind’s
relationship to the natural world. There will be four main world historical perspectives
on the environment students will be expected to know: the Abrahamic Tradition, Chinese
Tradition, Native American Tradition, and Ecofeminism. Within the framework of these
four perspectives, students might address the following topics: Human/Animal Relations;
Hierarchy of Being(s); Intrinsic/Extrinsic Value of Humans and Other Beings; Individualization/Socialization;
Social Justice, Responsibility and Citizenship.
PHI126 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Professor: Fred Altieri
Email: faltieri@northshore.edu
A philosophical approach to environmentalism examining the ethical presuppositions
that underlie our conception of value, the diverse worldviews offered by environmentalists,
and the potential responses to ecological degradation. Topics include animal liberation,
deep ecology, ecofeminism and environmental activism, among others. (Spring semester
in Danvers)
PLG202 - LITIGATION
The green thread in PLG202 consists of reading Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action and
watching the DVD of the John Travolta film. Students discuss and write about the notorious
Woburn "toxic torts" case. (Spring semester in Danvers)
PSY204E - HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Professor: Kristin Erbetta
Email: kerbetta@northshore.edu
This Green Curriculum section of Human Growth and Development will examine life span
development through an eco-psychological lens that considers the mental, emotional,
and physical health responses to environmental impacts. Use of ecological systems
theory will facilitate student observation of the reciprocal interactions between
individuals and their surrounding systems of influence. Examination of human growth
and development via these ecological lenses will afford students an opportunity to
understand the impact of environmental obstacles across the life span and begin to
develop ideas to solve some of the systemic failings that contribute to mental, emotional
and psychological illness, and think about ways to break down some of the barriers
to health and well-being. (Fall in Danvers)
REL102 - GREAT RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Professor: Yusef Hayes
Email: yhayes@northshore.edu
The Green component of REL 102 both adds to and integrates with the current objectives
for the course. Students will learn skills for the study of religion and apply them
in an environment sensitive to issues of sustainability. Readings, media, and class
discussion will be used to provide a common base of understanding in regards to environmental
awareness.
RSP126 - RESPIRATORY CARE PHARMACOLOGY
Professor: Patricia Adam
Email: padam01@northshore.edu
Presents the general principles of pharmacology and action of the major drug groups
that Respiratory Therapists should be familiar with. In addition, the anatomy and
drugs, including the effect on the body as an integrated physiology of the autonomic
nervous system and its role in drug action will be covered. Drugs will be studied
as groups and individually for site and mechanism of action, indications, contraindications,
side effects, and routes of administration. Dosage calculations will be included for
drugs given via inhalational route.
SCI101 - INTEGRATED SCIENCE 1
Professor: Scott Stimpson
Email: sstimpson@northshore.edu
This course will cover the environmental issues of Acid Rain, Ozone Layer Depletion,
Greenhouse Gasses and Ocean Acidification. Students will be encouraged to understand
the specific causes and the potential negative consequences of each of these issues.
The Integrated Science sequence fosters an understanding of topics from the disciplines
of chemistry, geology, meteorology and biology and uses inquiry-based learning activities.
SCI102 - INTEGRATED SCIENCE 2
Professor: Scott Stimpson
Email: sstimpson@northshore.edu
This course will continue from part 1 with a focus on the environmental issues of
Acid Rain, Ozone Layer Depletion, Greenhouse Gasses and Ocean Acidification. Students
will be encouraged to understand the specific causes and the potential negative consequences
of each of these issues. The Integrated Science sequence fosters an understanding
of topics from the disciplines of chemistry, geology, meteorology and biology and
uses inquiry-based learning activities.
SOC106 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Professor: Carlos Marin
Email: cmarin01@northshore.edu
As part of the “NSCC Green Curriculum Project,” this course looks at the impacts of
social activity on the planet and analyzes how these impacts in turn affect social
groups. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to define
the concept of “sustainability” and will have gained awareness about the interconnectedness
between people and the natural environment to the extent that leads to the development
of values and lifestyles required for a sustainable future. (Spring semester, Lynn
and Danvers; also SOC106-OL and SOC106-OL)
SOC106 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Professor: Richard Adelman
Email: radelman@northshore.edu
Sociology provides an excellent lens through which to view and understand the concepts
of sustainability. Development of “the sociological imagination”, understanding the
relationship between social, economic and political institution lends itself very
well to activities related to sustainability education. Options for introduction to
sociology include: Films, field trips, research projects, class discussions, readings,
the “create a society” projects and service-learning opportunities such as the Essex
Conservation District, town agriculture commissions, conservation commissions, National
Resource Conservation Services (USDA), the Essex National Heritage Commission, the
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the Massachusetts Farm Winery
and Growers Association, and the Essex Agricultural Society.
SOC126 - RACE, GENDER, AND CLASS
Professor: Richard Adelman
Email: radelman@northshore.edu
This course will highlight the sustainability issues of environmental discrimination,
racism, and justice. It will look closely at the "The Politics of Food," using an
interview Bill Moyers conducted with author/critic Michael Pollan.
SOC126 - RACE, GENDER AND CLASS
Professor: Carlos Marin
Email: cmarin01@northshore.edu
The green curriculum component of this course discusses the impacts of “environmental
injustices” on minority groups. Upon successful completion of this course students
should be able to define the “sustainability” concept, gain awareness about the need
for sustainable human-natural environment interaction, and understand why environmental
pollution often has a disproportionate negative impact on minority groups. (Spring
semester)
SOC903 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
Professor: Richard Adelman
Email: radelman@northshore.edu
This course investigates the study of societal and environmental interactions with
emphasis on studying the social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute
to environmental problems and sustainability; the impact these problems have on human
societies; and the current efforts to solve these problems including the key figures
in establishing policy. The role of environmental issues in contemporary American
politics will be examined, as well as how the public views environmental issues. Lastly,
the examination of what can be accomplished through social changes, public policies,
or both will be presented.
SPE102 - SPEECH
Professor: Yusef Hayes
Email: yhayes@northshore.edu
The Green component of SPE 102 both adds to and integrates with the current objectives
for the course. Students will learn the same speech skills but they will apply them
in an environment sensitive to issues of sustainability. Readings, media, and class
discussion will be used to provide a common base of understanding in regard to environmental
awareness.
SPE102 - SPEECH
Professor: Deborah Finkelstein
Email: dfinkels01@northshore.edu
The Green component of SPE 102 both adds to and integrates with the current objectives
for the course. Students will learn the same speech skills but they will apply them
in an environment sensitive to issues of sustainability. Readings, media, and class
discussion will be used to provide a common base of understanding in regard to environmental
awareness.
SPE106 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
Professor: Yusef Hayes
Email: yhayes@northshore.edu
This course explores how people communicate in relationship with one another. The
class will engage concepts such as culture, gender, and identity from a Communication
Studies perspective. In terms of interpersonal communication, sustainability is a
factor in human relationships. This course offers a chance to bring to light many
sustainability/environmental issues by highlighting and uncovering how they connect
with interpersonal dynamics.