Achim- In Chem department meetings, we've often lamented the difficulty of doing this type of thing on campus. On the other hand, I know John and I (and probably Trudy and Jacqueline) would all be interested. Trudy's research involves the environmental breakdown of antibacterial compounds from consumer products and Jacqueline does a lot of "green" organic chemistry. Of course, November 13th is kind of short notice. Best, K. -- Kelly Ryan Gallagher Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry SUNY- College at Oneonta Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 436-3180 On 11/10/08 3:47 PM, "Achim Koedermann" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Response: The very nature of work on Sustainability/Conservation/Preservation > is interdisciplinary. We are proposing an integrated interdisciplinary > approach - with institutional leadership, this could give the college a new, > sustainable focus. To achieve this goal, the different contributions for > changing disciplines have to allow students to form a whole - their > interpretation. This course will allow to define and teach those skills, > perspectives and competencies which all graduating students should share. > > Programmatic Student Learning Outcomes will vary - from field to field; > together, they will help form a core of knowledge needed for a successful > environmental assessment. Individual courses throughout the curriculum can be > linked to this survey course, furthering knowledge in the different fields. > Although contexts will change from semester to semester (different > applications) the goals will not. Thus, it will be possible to avoid program > redundancies. > > Solution: An interdisciplinary course open to all disciplines, faculty and > students learn from each other.