Arizona State University The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3 courses 84 total credits
The Doctor of Philosophy program in environmental social science is one of the few doctoral degree programs in the U.S. that draws on the premise that reducing human impacts and developing more sustainable environmental practices is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve without a focus on the social dynamics of environmental issues using critical social science perspectives. The program is organized around theoretically based conceptual domains: culture and the environment environmental hazards and vulnerability environmental justice human environment impacts political ecology science and technology studies These are the bases for addressing various topical foci, including urban environments, technologies and their consequences, landscapes, institutions, and health and the environment. You work with faculty members who have expertise in a broad range of fields, including: archaeology community resources cultural and medical anthropology demography environmental history geographic information systems human and physical geography planning public affairs science and technology studies sociology Coursework for the degree is focused on developing practical skills and a solid grasp of complex social science approaches to environmental issues. You work closely with your committee to develop a curriculum appropriate to your chosen interests and career goals. The complex adaptive systems science doctoral concentration trains you to be a part of the next generation of scientists in advanced concepts and methods needed for approaching diverse phenomena in the social and life sciences. The program is tightly integrated with diverse, ongoing, university-wide research on complex adaptive systems science at Arizona State University, and it emphasizes the value of a complex adaptive systems perspective to give you better insight and a more active role in seeking solutions to a broad array of critical issues facing society today. You become fluent in the common language of complexity while also receiving a solid foundation in the domain knowledge of existing academic disciplines.
| Required Core | 3 credits |
| Concentration | 12 credits |
| Electives or Research | 45 credits |
| Research | 12 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 12 credits |
| Total Credits | 84 credits |
Required Core
ASB 530/ESS 530/SOS 553 Changing Human-nature Relationships (3)
Concentration
one course in mathematics of CASS (3) one course in modeling of CASS (3) one course in application of CASS (3)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ASM 570 | Fundamentals of CAS Science | 3 |
| Total Concentration | 12 credits | |
Electives or Research
Culminating Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ESS 799 | Dissertation | 12 |
| Total Culminating Experience | 12 credits | |
Additional Curriculum Information
When approved by the student's supervisory committee and the Graduate College, this program allows 30 credit hours from a previously awarded master's degree to be used for this degree. If students do not have a previously awarded master's degree, the 30 hours of coursework are made up of electives or research. Students entering the program without a master's degree must earn an additional 30 hours of graduate credit, produce a research portfolio that is formally evaluated by a faculty committee, and present that research in a public forum before continuing in the later stage of the doctoral program. All students must maintain an average GPA of 3.20 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in their courses and complete degree requirements per the program's satisfactory progress policy. Student doctoral dissertations should include the application of complex adaptive systems concepts and methods in their field of study, and students typically have a member of the complex adaptive systems science graduate faculty as a member of their doctoral supervisory committee. Students should see the academic unit for a complete list of approved electives and concentration courses.
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