This is an introduction to disaster risk reduction and society. The course deals with nature-based disaster to which the understanding of human/societal factors is crucial. It comprises two components of disaster risk reduction: knowledge and practice. From the geographical perspective, it explores interactions between humans and topographic features of the environment, and risks contemporary societies face. A discussion on practice of risk management and capacity building is included. Emphasis is placed on the engagement with place. Field-based projects, such as geohazard mapping and assessment of a community, and fieldwork in a disaster-prone settlement are part of the course.

This course explores how social problems can be addressed through financially sustainable earned-income activities. This course presents different social enterprise models and discusses various aspects of the social dimension of social enterprises, including the social dimensions of business operations.

This course introduces the students to current practices vis-à-vis the CSV framework. It also discusses concepts that serve as a foundation to understanding CSV and developing CSV strategies (value chain, business models, identifying societal issues and metrics). The overarching objective is to develop the students to become CSV practitioners.

This course shows how business principles can be integrated with social responsibility and the application and contextualization of these principles to social development. Case studies are analyzed to illustrate the concrete application of social entrepreneurship concepts.

Drawing on political economy, this course provides an overview of the different approaches and models concerning the use and access of environmental resources. It also investigates their social, economic, and political consequences. Issues and illustrative cases from the Philippines and other countries are discussed in view of globalization, the Sustainable Development Goals, and contemporary environmental challenges such as climate change and the spread of diseases.

This is an in-depth review of sustainable development. Topics include the dialectical impact of population, urbanization, poverty, and markets on sustainable development. Interventions for sustainable development are assessed.

Prerequisite: ECON 110

This is an analysis of the relationship and effects of economic activities on the environment but also the conceptual and policy tools to address environmental problems. Key topics include market failure and externalities, economic functions of the environment, and meaning, conditions, and constraints of sustainable development. Other topics include culture and values in resource management, market and non-market based approaches to environmental problems, valuation techniques of non-marketed goods, property rights and concept of environmental rights and justice, and importance of environmental education in promoting positive environmental attitudes.

Prerequisite: ECON 110

This is a historical map of economic thought including contemporary social, political, and ecological economics. Starting from the early classical works of the Physiocrats, Sismondi, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx, the development of these streams of thought are traced to provide fresh insights into modern problems.

Prerequisite: ENVI 10.01

This course addresses the impact of industry on the environment and the ways by which such effects can be assessed and mitigated through sustainable product and process design and technology. The course introduces the principles and tools of industrial ecology, with examples on the business case for a green economy and a review of environmental standards relevant to Philippine industry. The course includes case studies and applications of material flow assessment, life cycle assessment, whole systems design and green design, and environmental standards, integrated with other tools for product design such as market studies and the business model canvas.

This integrated lecture and laboratory course provides an overview of the concepts, theories, components, operations and methodologies necessary for understanding and applying geographic information systems (GIS) to applications to various fields, such as environmental science, social science, computer science, humanities, engineering, and management. It gives an introduction on the use of GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS or Integrated Land and Water Management System (ILWIS). This course also covers a brief overview of remote sensing and its importance to GIS.

The course gives students an overview of environmental decision-making in the Philippines, focusing on the interplay of science (the natural and social sciences) and law in establishing norms and resolving environmental disputes. Students are introduced to a spectrum of approaches to environmental issues, including command-and-control systems, market-based approaches, pollution prevention, community-based resource management and sustainable development. They are also given an overview and analysis of global environmental issues and international environmental law, in particular, those that are relevant to the Philippine setting.

This course examines the emergence of environmental movements in the local, regional, and global spheres. The historical, cultural, and political origins of influences of these movements are reviewed and discussed. This course also examines the ideology behind both mainstream and radical/militant movements through examining specific cases on urban environmental reform, environmental activism, environmental justice, and contemporary movements — and why these succeed or fail. Particular attention is given to the Philippine and Asian contexts.

Prerequisite: ENVI 10.01

This course deals with understanding the nature of the interrelationship between human economy and natural environment. It tackles systematic development of principles and frameworks needed for clear understanding and analysis of environmental and resource issues. It emphasizes the need to balance economic growth and preserving environmental integrity, and how this concern can be achieved. The course clearly presents the ties between ecology and economics. Most problems are presented visually and use a geometric approach to solve mathematical questions.

Prerequisite: ENVI 10.01

This course aims to equip students with the basic knowledge and skills in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The scope of the course includes the theoretical framework, methodology, and applications for EIA in the Philippines. It includes discussions on the rationale of the EIA process, the potential impacts of development projects on the biophysical and socio-cultural environments, and impact assessment methods. This is an integrative course offered to students who have adequate perspectives in both the natural and social sciences.

This course discusses the evolving concepts, models, and tools of sustainability and social responsibility, particularly as applied to organizations and enterprises; the role of stakeholder engagement in this field; thinking in systems; sustainability leadership and its ethical implications. It looks into current paradigms, such as Creating Shared Value and Circular Economy. The concepts and principles are illustrated with the help of examples and cases in business and industry.

Social entrepreneurship involves the promotion and building of enterprises or organizations that create wealth, with the intention of benefiting not just a person or family but a defined constituency, sector or community usually involving the public at large or the marginalized sectors of society. The course aims to inspire students to establish or participate in social enterprises. It highlights that the social enterprise, like business enterprises, is also concerned with financial sustainability. However, the social enterprise goes beyond profits, it provides bottom lines that achieve its development objectives.

This course covers the transformation of concepts in corporate sustainability, from the traditional financial and operational viability, to the development of Corporate Social Responsibility, to the concepts of sustainable development as applied in business organizations. It looks into the development of sustainability vision and strategy.

This course discusses the importance of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives in solving problems of sustainable development related to business and industry. The course involves using mixed perspectives in finding solutions to economic, social, and environmental challenges of businesses. It highlights the importance of systems and the need to think beyond limits of disciplines.

This course discusses environmental issues from an ethical standpoint, focusing on the problem of the human being’s relationship with nature.

This course analyzes the constitution and reconstitution of socio-political and economic spaces and urban life through an examination of concepts and theories that inform urban studies and their application to empirical issues. Field work assignments are given for better understanding of discussions done in class.

Subject to the approval of the Program Director