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Nature and Environment

In the Garden of Good and Evil: Symbolism from East to West

Magda Novelli Pearson and Marcela Lopez Bravo

Mon., 11:00A– 1:30P

This course will examine Eastern and Western Gardens through the ages to evaluate how philosophical and cultural trends changed the structure and use of gardens from sacred to secular. Although the content is organized chronologically, a multi-perspective approach will be used to critically examine the diversity and interrelation affecting garden design and use in Italy and Japan. Awareness of contemporary social concerns will be highlighted by examining and evaluating how traditional design influence the present gardens.

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Miami in Miami

John Bailly

Wed., 10:00A-3:45P

Miami in Miami is an experiential seminar which examines the historical, social, and cultural identity of Miami. Class meeting will be off campus at a variety of different setting-everything from hiking in the Everglades to walking on Ocean Drive. All class meetings will be off campus; students need to provide their own transportation.

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Sustainable Development: Using A Harvard Business Simulation Approach Copy

Hortensia Sampedro

Tues., 11:00A-12:15P (Online Live)

This course is suitable for Honors students from all disciplines interested in applying interdisciplinary, practical solutions to global problems. We will study practical approaches to the second nine (9) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will use Harvard Business Simulations to gain experiential learning.

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Eco-Choreographies

Niurca Marquez

Weds., 2:00P-3:15P

Centered on concepts of environmental choreography, this interdisciplinary course analyzes the interconnectedness of body and land in the formation contemporary politics, spiritual practices, and identity. By focusing on choreographic principles and some of the latest research in botany, embodiment, somatics, and environmental sciences, the course will expose students to considerations about the body and land that point that the inextricable connections between humans and their environment. We will explore layers of relationality and lines of tension that emerge in the discourse and practice of the body and land. Choreography in this context is presented as an expression of a more general sensibility, to be transited, to be sensed, to be explored. The course includes interactive sessions in three sites where students will have an opportunity to engage with methods and approaches to site-specific and site-responsive work while engaging some of the more complex problems we face today.

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Save our Parks: Environmental Law, Policy and Politics

Anthony Rionda

Mon., 6:00P-7:15P

Our National Parks are America’s Crown Jewels. They are worshipped by avid adventurers, campers, road-trippers and the former students of FIU Honor’s Everglades course. The aim of this course (Save our Parks) is to focus on how politics, policy, and law have shaped, saved, and at threatened our most beautiful natural legacy.

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