Academic Team:
Rebecca Lewis (rlewis9@uoregon.edu)
FIG Seminar Instructor
Sam
FIG Assistant
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Courses in FIG:
UGST 109 FIG Seminar
TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity at a global level. The two courses within this FIG will allow students to “think globally” about SDGs (in PPPM 370) while “acting locally” at the community scale in city planning (in PPPM 205). We will use the city of Eugene as a laboratory to explore commitment to climate action, clean energy, economic growth, sustainable cities and communities, and land use change at a community level. To explore Eugene, we’ll get off campus and explore the city by bicycle, bus, and foot through fun activities and field trips throughout the term. Students will see community-level action on SDGs and gain understanding of where individuals and communities can make a difference locally to progress toward goals.
As part of this FIG, students will get exposed to planning and policy at a global and local level through two PPPM classes.
Deep-Dive FIG: Please note this FIG contains an intermediate course at the 300-level. This course has been vetted by First Year Programs to ensure first-term students can achieve success. The instructor will be available to assist students along the way.
PPPM 205: Introduction to City Planning
Social Science (>2) | Monday/Wednesday | 14:00-1520 | 282 LIL | 14464 | 4 Credits
+Dis | Friday | 10:00-10:50 | 204 TYKE | 14473
Introduction to planning, using urban issues as lenses to explore transportation, housing, environment, and social equity as critical elements shaping where and how people live.
PPPM 370: Global Sustainable Development Policy
Global Perspectives (GP) | Monday/Wednesday | 10:00-11:20 | 125 MCK | 15887 | 4 Credits
Sustainable Development seeks to reconcile the economic, social, and environmental problems we face in a world with constrained resources. To have a broader perspective of what sustainability means, we examine problems through an interdisciplinary lens and investigate how these issues form and possible policy solutions.