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Full-time Sample Schedule (PDF)

Part-time Sample Schedule
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Center for Creative Change Fall Schedule of Classes
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2008/09 Center for Creative Change Academic Calendar (PDF)

Core Course and Reflective Practicum Descriptions

Specialization Course Descriptions

Sample Elective Courses

Antioch's M.A. in Environment and Community is designed for full- and part-time students. All courses are offered in a four-day weekend module once a month. You being the program in October or April.

Program Introduction: The Retreat

Prior to the first weekend of the program, you attend an off-site orientation and build community among your peers in the Center for Creative Change.

Core Courses

You complete the following core courses during the first three quarters:

  • Communication Design
  • Critical Inquiry and Ways of Knowing
  • Global Pluralism
  • Systemic Thinking for a Changing World
  • Ecological Sustainability
  • Transformative Leadership and Change

Reflective Practicum Courses

  • Reflective Practicum 1: Simulation and Case Study
  • Reflective Practicum 2: Capstone Change Project

Specialization Courses

You complete the following courses during the last four quarters:

  • Theories and Practices of Socio-environmental Change
  • Economics and the Environment
  • Environmental Policy and Decision-making Processes
  • Integrative Environmental Science
  • Four Electives

Sample Elective Courses

Sample elective courses include:

  • Permaculture and Sustainable Systems Design
  • The Political Ecology of Food and Eating
  • History and Culture of the Pacific Northwest Environment
  • Ethics and Environmental Justice
  • Sustainable, Healthy Communities
  • Philosophical Perspectives on Environment and Community
  • Experience of Place
  • Independent Studies