FERMINU - Future Earth Resilience

Undergraduate Minor

W.A. Franke Honors College

Undergraduate

Earth and humankind's future relies upon sustaining healthy ecosystems, developing innovative interdisciplinary solutions, and centering perspectives of marginalized communities to equitably develop adaptation solutions for the betterment of all of Earth's inhabitants. In this minor, students go beyond traditional definitions of resilience by combining earth sciences with other disciplines. Looking at the United Nations Sustainable Development goals to shape the approach as students explore resilience from different angles including climate change, public health, non-Western practices, ethics and equity, education, economic and resource sovereignty, cultural preservation, human rights, etc. By incorporating diverse perspectives and methods, students will have the opportunity to engage in experiential, design-thinking approaches to develop innovative, sustainable solutions to support our planet's life within the reality of our changing earth.

- Translate concepts to develop actionable solutions to real-world challenges for resilience, while demonstrating an understanding of cultural values and complex regional, national, and global challenges.
- Apply and incorporate interdisciplinary problem solving individually and through collaboration.
- Contextualize the intersectionality of resilience considering diverse perspectives across scientific, social, economic, political, environmental, and cultural value systems using concepts of interrelatedness and systems level thinking.
- Understand broad intended and unintended impacts of sustainability and resilience efforts for stakeholders.