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Environment and Development- Period 1
Business & Economics Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - early Jun 2026
Environment and Development- Period 1
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: International Relations
Instruction in: English
Course Code: S_ED
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
DESCRIPTION
What do we mean by the concepts of environment and development and how mare the two related? What are the causes and consequences of global environmental change? How is the global community dealing with ecological problems? How can the world adequately feed more than 9 Billion people by 2050? Is sustainable development, with its notions of environmental 'friendliness', really achievable?
During the course we will address these and other ciritical and societally relevant questions. The course takes a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective and looks both at: (1) Global Issues - such as environment-trade-poverty links; and (2) Local Issues - focusing on land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity and how these have an impact on human development. By means of illustrated case studies from all over the world students learn to appreciate the complexity and interlinked nature of environmental and development issues at both global and local levels. Students also develop their own (critical) opinion regarding current (and potential) international environmental challenges and their impacts.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
During the course we will address these and other ciritical and societally relevant questions. The course takes a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective and looks both at: (1) Global Issues - such as environment-trade-poverty links; and (2) Local Issues - focusing on land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity and how these have an impact on human development. By means of illustrated case studies from all over the world students learn to appreciate the complexity and interlinked nature of environmental and development issues at both global and local levels. Students also develop their own (critical) opinion regarding current (and potential) international environmental challenges and their impacts.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.