Courses
New History Courses for Fall 2012 (will count as an EHPP elective):
79-336 American Environmental History-Kevin Brown
9 units TR 12:00-1:20
This course examines the varied and often contradictory ways Americans have
imagined, utilized, and politicized "nature" and the "environment," focusing
especially on developments since 1800. While we will examine environmental
movements - from early twentieth century conservationists to more recent
EarthFirst! mobilizations - we will also look for the role of the
environment in making history in less obvious places: Chicago meat markets,
Colorado coal mines, and Oregon hydroelectric dams. Students will read a mix
of primary and secondary sources from historians, activists, and
politicians, while completing several synthetic essays during the semester.
79-359 Sustainable Innovations: Ideas, Policies and Technologies to Make a
Better Planet-Zach Falck
Life on the big ball is not at all what it used to be, nor at all what it
will be. The instability and deterioration of past societies that
resulted from miscomprehending and misusing natural and human resources
will be briefly surveyed. Throughout most of the semester, we will
discuss the origins, implementation, effects, and prospects of
intellectual, regulatory, and technological inventions for greening the
blue marble. We will read widely in fields useful for navigating
Spaceship Earth agricultural science, earth and planetary sciences,
ecology, economics, engineering, environmental law, and regional
planning, among others.
New Course!
History of Money and Monetary Policy (description below) will be taught during the Spring 2012 by Prof. McCallum (will count as an EHPP elective):
| 73-375 History of Money and Monetary Policy |
| Spring: 9 units |
| This course will consider the evolution of monetary institutions and policies from 550 BC to the present, providing an understanding of the role of monetary policy through a critical evaluation of the mistakes and successes of the past. Specific topics will include: Greek, Roman, and Medieval coinage; metallic systems including strengths and weaknesses of the gold standard and bimetallism; American colonial experiences; French episodes including the ‘system' of John Law and the Assignats of the French Revolution; critical British episodes including the Great Debasement and the Restriction of 1797-1821; and the following topics in United States history: the Constitution, early problems, Greenbacks of the Civil War, legal tender cases, the "Crime of 1873," founding of the Federal Reserve, Great Depression, Bretton Woods, the Great Inflation, the Volcker disinflation, and the financial crisis of 2008-10. The course will include a bit of general history and history of economic thought, with just enough economic theory to provide analytical coherence. (Lecture, 3 hours). Pre-req: "C" or better in 73-100 |
Links
Extensive course listings can be found on the Enrollment Services Homepage in downloadable in PDF format.
Department of Philosophy's Course Page
Spotlight Course: 76-492 Rhetoric of Public Policy (offered in the spring):
Course Description
The field of public policy focuses on the study of how to avoid or resolve social problems and achieve social goals through political processes. In traditional approaches to public policy, each step of the policy process from defining a problem to making a case for its solution is assessed in reference to rational models of economic and political actors. This course takes a less conventional rhetorical approach to public policy which focuses attention on the values, beliefs, and argument structures associated with issues as a method of assessing them and as a means for moving forward with effective strategy for their resolution. Towards this end, we will be studying the theories and analytic methods of both classical and modern rhetorical scholarship as well as modern public policy theory. This course can count as an elective for the EHPP major.
Project Course Archive
December 2005:
Technology-Based Economic Development (TBED) in Pittsburgh, 1978-2005
Abstract:
This project is the product of the Fall 2005 Senior History and Policy Project Course. The initial goal of the project was to look into the effects of biotechnology on the Pittsburgh economy, and was later expanded to look at the effects of technology-based economic development, or TBED, on the social, economic, and political fabric of the city. We sought to understand the efforts being taken to revive the city's economy in the wake of the collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s.
Environmental Content Courses, Fall 2010
ARCHITECTURE
48315 Environment I: Climate & Energy
48338 European Cities in the XIX Century: Planning, Architecture, Preservation
48410 Environment II: Lighting
48412 Environment III: Mechanical Systems
48413 Building Acoustics
48431 Bio Logic Responsive Building Technology
48729 Productivity, Health and the Quality of Buildings
48738 Special Topics: Ecological Footprints
48749 Special Topics in CD: Parametric Modeling with BIM
48752 Zero Energy Housing
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
12100 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
12301 Civil Environmental Engineering Projects
12401 Civil & Environmental Engineering Design
12648 Civil Engineering Project
12651 Air Quality Engineering
12702 Fundamentals of Water Quality Engineering
12712 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
12713 Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Design
12725 Fate, Transport & Physicochemical Processes of Organic Contaminants in Aqua Systems
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY-WIDE STUDIES
99238 Materials, Energy and Environment
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
03725 Evolution
CHEMISTRY
09705 Chemosensors and Biosensors
ENGINEERING & PUBLIC POLICY
19424 Energy and the Environment
19622 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
19623 Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Design
19688 Special Topics: Innovation for Energy and the Environment
19751 Air Quality Engineering
HISTORY
79289 Energy, Environment, Globalization in the Americas
79372 Cities, Technology and the Environment
79375 China's Environmental Crisis
CIT INTERDISCIPLINARY
39 610 Energy Conversion and Supply
39611
Energy Demand and Utilization
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
24424 Energy and the Environment
24425 Combustion and Air Pollution Control
HEINZ COLLEGE
90765 Cities, Technology and Environment
90798 Environmental Policy & Planning
90803 Environmental Economics
90804 Energy Policy
Global Content Courses, Fall 2010
ARCHITECTURE
48240 Historical Survey of World Architecture and Urbanism
48338 European Cities in the XIX Century
ART
60390 Special Topics: Image/Word/Place
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
70100 Global Business
70101 Introduction to Business Management
70365 International Trade and International Law
70398 International Finance
70471 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
70480 International Marketing
CFA INTERDISCIPLINARY
62100 Critical Histories of the Art
62375 Photography: The first 100 years
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY-WIDE STUDIES
99151 Privilege, Responsibility, and Community
DESIGN
51271 Design History I
ECONOMICS
73310 Evolution of Economic Ideas
73352 Public Economics
73425 International Economic Development
73469 Global Electronic Markets: Economics and the Internet
ENGLISH
76296 A Century of Russian Films
76309 Image/Word/Place: The Dynamic Interface of Arts and Humanities-Now and Then
76337 Global Literature: Fictions of Globalization
76400 Literary Culture of Russia
76413 19th Century British Literary & Cultural Stdies
76425 Science in the Public Sphere
76446 Renaissance Studies
76453 Postcolonialism Theory
76737 Global Literature: Fictions of Globalization
76825 Science in the Public Sphere
76846 Renaissance Studies
76853 Postcolonialism Theory
ENGINEERING & PUBLIC POLICY
19611 Special Topics: Global Competitiveness: Firms, Nations and Technological Change
HISTORY
79205 20th Century Europe
79207 Development of European Culture
79222 Development of Modern Latin America
79227 Introduction to African History
79229 Origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
7923 Caribbean Cultures
79249 20th Century U.S.
79255 Irish History
79256 20th Century Germany
79262 Modern China
79265 Russian History
79271 A Century of Russian Film
79275 Introduction to Global Studies
79280 Experiencing Globalization
79282 Europe and the World
79287 Colonization and De-colonization in Pacific
79289 Energy, Environment, Globalization in the Americas
79299 Circulation of Children in a Global Context
79318 The Global Civil Rights Movement
79373 Perspectives on Industrial Research and Development
79386 Entrepreneurs in Africa, Past, Present and Future
MODERN LANGUAGES
All courses!
H&SS INTERDISCIPLINARY
67328 Distributed Application Development
MUSIC
57173 Survey of Western Music History
PHILOSOPHY
80348 Health Development and Human Rights
PHYSICS
33115 Physics for Future Presidents
SOCIAL & DECISION SCIENCES
88345 Perspectives on Industrial Research and Development
88359 Globalization
88362 Diplomacy and Statecraft
88384 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International Relations
88412 Economics of Global Warming
88749 Perspectives on Industrial Research and Development
88759 Globalization
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
17609 Global Software Development
HEINZ COLLEGE
90758 Ethics and Public Policy in a Global Society
90752 The Rise of East Asian Economies
90756 Technology & Economic Growth
90763 Human Rights Conflict & Development
90776 The Global Financial system
90839 Global Health Policy