Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

ATH213 Environment, Food & Resilience

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Explores contemporary, historical and ancient examples of human interactions with the environment from an anthropological perspective. Covers concepts, theories and methods of environmental anthropology. Describes systems of power and social justice issues such as colonialism, climate change, and sustainability and their impact on traditional economic systems, subsistence patterns, diets, nutrition, or water, land, plant, animal and fish resource conservation and management. Compares different cultural values, norms and world views about humans, nature and the environment from a cross-cultural perspective. Prerequisites: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. (See course content and outcomes.)

Credits: 4

Class schedule definitions

Cost:

cost is based on the number of credits – see tuition and fees

Books:

$0 or <$40 means low cost books (doesn't include other supplies like calculators)

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Class types:

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• In-person: classes take place at specific times and locations. Attendance in person is required.
• Online: classes do not have meeting times. Regular online interaction is required and there are weekly assignments.
• Remote: classes take place at specific times online. Students must be logged in during class meeting times.
• In-person and remote: classes meet both in-person and remotely. Attendance at both is required.
• In-person and online: classes meet in-person with additional online activities required.
• Remote and online: classes meet remotely with additional online activities required.