Visit the oldest national park in the United States this summer with a May term program offered through the Department of Bioethics.
“Conservation, Compassion and Awe in Yellowstone National Park: Environmental Ethics and Human Health” is a three-credit spring semester course listed as BETH315Y and BETH415Y.
An information session on the program will be held Monday, May 6, from 4 to 4:45 p.m. in the bioethics conference room in Robbins Building (first floor). Those with questions should contact Leah Jeunnette at 216.368.5377 or lsj11@case.edu.
About the program
This course will be held in Yellowstone National Park in conjunction with Yellowstone Forever, and brings together the study of conservation, ethics and human well-being.
Students will learn about conservation ethics and human relationships with the environment and other species as they impact human health across multiple levels.
Theories, models and methods from psychological anthropology and political ecology will be used to frame the comples dynamics of interaction.
There will be a focus on American bison to understand the multi-level issues over time in culture, politics, environment, human behavior and health.