Category: Classes

Summer Offerings in Sustainability Studies

The Sustainability Studies program at RU is pleased to unveil the summer schedule, including the debut offerings of three SUST courses.

During the May 4-week session, Professor Greg Buckley will offer SUST 390 Special Topics — Sustainability of the National Parks at both the Schaumburg campus and in a 10-day trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  Enrollment for this special seminar is capped at eight students, so we urge you to look at Professor Buckley’s preview of the course and indicate soon whether you wish to participate in this unique experience.

In the session running from May 31 to August 19, we will offer three courses.

We will announce more new courses for the fall very soon, but if you are interested in taking courses this summer, please contact your RU academic advisor for registration details and consultations on financial aid options. Registration for the summer session begins March 1. If you are not currently a Roosevelt University student, we encourage you to investigate our degree options, and our course listings.  For more information, please visit  our Sustainability Studies website, call 1-877-277-5978 (1-877-APPLY RU) or email  applyRU@roosevelt.edu.

Sustainability of the National Parks: New Summer SUST Travel Course

This exciting new course, offered for the first time at Roosevelt University by Professor Gregory Buckley of the College of Professional Studies, provides a detailed look at the sustainability of America’s National Parks. This course examines the historical impetus and individuals that launched our national park system, and how the mission of the National Park Service has evolved to reflect the emerging ideals of conservation, environmentalism and sustainability.

SUST 390 will also explore historical and contemporary issues of National Park sustainability, such as the historical threats to park wildlife and ecosystems, commercial and political exploitation, and the ever-increasing stress put on the most popular parks by an escalation in the number of visitors. Readings and discussions will also examine procedures put into place by the National Park Service to make  park facilities and their operations more “green.” Field trips include a visit to a local forest preserve, as well as a 10-day trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

For more information on Professor Buckley’s course, including required meetings at RU’s Schaumburg Campus and the travel itinerary for the North Dakota trip, see his course preview page for SUST 390 National Parks.

Spring 2011 Semester Kicks Off for RU’s Sustainability Studies

Today snowy monday marks the start of the “spring” semester for RU’s Sustainability Studies program. My classes (PLS 392 Seminar in Humanities and SUST 210 The Sustainable Future) are now officially in session. If you’re registered in either of these courses, I’m looking forward to meeting you!

For a welcome message from my colleague Prof. Carl Zimring, check out the Sustainability Studies Blog’s post for today.

Spring Online Classes Begin Monday, Jan. 24

This spring semester at Roosevelt, most campus-based classes already have begun. My spring courses, PLS 392 Humanities and SUST 210 The Sustainable Future, begin on Monday, Jan. 24th. At that point the Blackboard (Bb) sites for these classes will be “live.”

The on-campus section of SUST 210 will have its first meeting of the semester on Thursday night at the Schaumburg Campus, 6:30-9pm. See you then!