Minor in Sustainable Land Systems
Ball State University
Description
Sustainable use and development of the land base and its natural resources has become an integral part of fitting human uses to the land in the planning professions. From such roots within the Department of Landscape Architecture there has emerged a new interdepartmental minor in Sustainable Land Systems to provide a cross- disciplinary forum for integration of ideas in sustainable, or regenerative, land resource use and development.
Learning Outcomes
Describe social, environmental, and economic elements of sustainable human communities. Understand the systemic nature of the interrelationships among those social, environmental, and economic elements of civilization. Articulate their personal values as related to this complexity. Articulate within a systems context the role of disciplinary knowledge and skills in achieving long-term human prosperity. Analyze problems within current social, environmental, and economic practices. Identify the strategic interventions needed to achieve a thriving civilization.