Meets the following requirements: HS   

This course explores the historical roots and contemporary themes of environmental psychology.  The major topics include:  environmental stress and human coping processes, crowding, personal space, architectural influences on feelings and actions, wilderness psychology, the development of environmental attitudes, and the determinants of environmental responsibility.  We also examine some of the recent ideas derived from ecology, and the philosophy of nature as they apply to environmental education, voluntary simplicity, and human ecologically informed architecture, technology, and living.  Evaluations are based on class participation and two problem sets.  Introductory/Intermediate.  Offered two of every three years.  Class limit: 20.  *HS* Lab fee $20.