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New Vision Environmental Science and Engineering Program participants study various aspects of the environment while earning college credit and completing High School grade 12 curriculum requirements for English and Social Studies. The program gives students the unique opportunity to study on a college campus while still in High School and participate in various field experiences.
Elegible students (see admission requirements) spend 1-3 periods at their High School, then from 10 am to 2 pm take classes on the Campus of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. Classes include Global Environment (EFB 120) and Writing and the Environment (CLL 190). Students then return to their home school for extra curricular or sports activities.
Qualified High School students can earn up to six college credits.
- Contact your school guidance counselor or Mary Reichert to arrange a visit.
Global Environment (EFB 120) - Brief Course Description
Global Environment provides you with an overview of global environmental problems, their potential impacts on human populations and the quality of life, and the potential to meet these challenges in order to create a sustainable future.
While there is a global nature to the subject matter, opportunities abound for including course topics based on available local and regional resources as well as student and instructor interests, experiences and priorities.
Global Environment reflects our enduring belief that you will benefit from an understanding of the broad, global context of environmental change and develop an appreciation for the linkages among human social systems and biophysical systems. Ultimately, we seek to develop your sense of wonder and appreciation, as well as your understanding of the complexity of the Earth as a system.
- Global Environmental Change
- Biophysical Dimensions Sociocultural Dimensions
- Hydrosphere
- Biosphere
- Atmosphere
- Lithosphere
- Political
- Economic
- Ethics / Values
Writing and the Environment (CLL 190) - Brief Course Description
Writing and the Environment provides you with an introduction to writing and reading on the college level with an emphasis on nature and the environment. This course involves frequent informal writing, oral presentation, and formal writing experiences. Through regular ongoing practice and opportunities for review, you will acquire the skills to achieve college-level literacy. Using nature and the environment as topics of inquiry, you will develop the ability to think, write, and read critically.
Our unique focus and approach is reflected in the notion of "ecocomposition." Ecocomposition combines systems ecology and information theory. It is about relationships where readers, writers, and texts are in a dynamic interaction with each other and with their environments. We consider writing as a set of interrelated and interdependent systems. Though we still value both product and process, we are equally aware of context.
You might think of this course as an opportunity to write and read the world -
Patrick Lawler