The Center for Ethics at The University of Montana will hold its third annual Environmental Ethics Institute in late summer 2008. The institute provides a unique opportunity for scholars, students, professionals, and interested citizens to gather in beautiful Missoula, MT to discuss and reflect on environmental issues. The institute consists of a seminar, a course and several public lectures/panel discussions. The course requires 4 to 5 weeks of asynchronous online study prior to the 4 to 5 days of face-to-face contact in Missoula. Students last year loved this format, one commenting that it was "the perfect balance of a variety of teaching strategies!" The seminar is a new offering in 2008, and will be held over two days. This format means that a wide variety of interested individuals-- students, professors, community members and professionals-- all have the opportunity to take part! To learn more about the Environmental Ethics Institute and Andrew Light's course visit last year's Web page: http://www.umt.edu/ethics/Qeei/2007/default.html
The 2008 course offering will be Environmental Ethics and Policy, taught again by Andrew Light, Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Washington.
The 2008 weekend seminar will be taught by Karen Warren, Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), and is called Gender, Health, The Environment, and Social Justice: Exploring Their Interconnections.
Few universities offer a setting with such beauty and recreational resources as The University of Montana. Missoula is a dynamic college town surrounded by mountains. It is located at the confluence of three rivers: the Clark Fork of the Columbia, the Blackfoot and the Bitterroot. The Rattlesnake Wilderness Area is within minutes of campus by bicycle or city bus, and Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks are within easy driving distance.
“Most scenic campus in America”
- Rolling Stone magazine
“Among the top 10 colleges nationally for combining academic quality and outdoor recreation”
- Outside Magazine
Course Information
The courses offered during the annual Environmental Ethics Institutes are designed for a wide variety of participants.
Journalists, professionals, activists, early- and mid-career professors, retired community members and others have all taken earlier classes, though they certainly can be taken by traditional students and are available for graduate credit.
Because of this diversity, one distinct advantage of the summer course option is that it allows a rich and exuberant discussion about environmental ethics between individuals from different backgrounds and with different experiences. Previous students have highly enjoyed this aspect of the course, along with the deep philosophical conversations, levity and fellowship that these courses are uniquely suited to offer.
In addition, the courses are set on the beautiful campus of The University of Montana in Missoula, MT, and EEI events are held throughout the surrounding area.
Western Montana is renown for the numerous outdoor activities it supports, including hiking, fishing, camping and rafting. Glacier National Park is within easy driving distance, as are several wilderness areas. The 2008 EEI offers not only a chance to study and discuss environmental ethics and issues but an opportunity to explore one of the most scenic and wild places left in the United States. Previous students have expanded their time in Missoula to include day trips around the area, and others have simply incorporated the course into their annual summer vacations. Even if you simply come for the duration of the course, the evenings and weekends can easily accomodate brief adventures into the beautiful Montana wilderness.
Finally, because of the small size and intimate nature of the classes, the EEI courses always offer an incredible opportunity to interact directly with nationally renown professors and speakers-- both during the courses and as a part of the evening lectures. Professor Andrew Light has taught EEI courses since the Institute's first year (2006), and we are pleased to welcome Professor Karen Warren, who is new to the Institute in 2008 and is a well-known ecofeminist. Of course, in addition to these incredible instructors, students have the opportunity to interact closely with all of the 2008 EEI guest speakers as well.
Registration Information
All courses can be taken as a workshop (no credit and no academic transcript) for professional or personal development, or as an academic course for an additional fee. In addition, EEI courses are "cross-listed" in both the Philosophy and Environmental Studies departments at UM. Cross-listing means that participants can pick which department they want to take the course from, but regardless of the option individual students pick, all students be in the same class together.
If you're interested in receiving academic credit, you'll need to decide whether you want graduate or undergraduate credit. If you have any questions about what the difference between the two options is, please review the course syllabus or contact the instructor directly. Taking the graduate credit option typically requires an additional paper or presentation.
Environmental Ethics and Policy
Gender, Health, The Environment, and Social Justice: Exploring Their Interconnections
As an academic course
( 3 credits) Available for graduate or undergraduate credit
As a workshop
(no credit)
As an academic course
(1 credit) Available for graduate or undergraduate credit. Pending academic approval.*
• Cost (including fees)
• Early registration
• Late registration
$348
$408
$483
$543
$100
$120
$235
$255
Registration
Print and send in the CFE course form, along with CFE workshop payment ($300/$360 for Early/Late registration).
Pay the online fee to Continuing Ed by following this link. Be sure that you select "no" for the credit question.
The CE fee is $48.
Print and send in the CFE course form, along with CFE workshop payment ($300/$360 for Early/Late registration).
Pay the online & credit fees to CE by following this link. Be sure that you select "yes" for the credit question. Also, please specify whether you want undergraduate or graduate credit.
The CE fee is $178.
Print and send in the CFE course form, along with CFE workshop payment ($100/$120 for Early/Late registration).
That's all!
Print and send in the CFE course form, along with CFE workshop payment ($100/$120 for Early/Late registration).
Pay the credit fee to Continuing Ed by following this link*. Also, please specify whether you want undergraduate or graduate credit.
The CE fee is $135. *This course is pending academic approval. The credit option will be available once it is approved.
Continuing Education (CE) fees must be paid through the Continuing Education website. Please follow the links provided.
CE fees cannot be paid to the Center for Ethics.
These courses are offered through the Center for Ethics at The University of Montana, with online components for the Environmental Ethics and Policy course delivered from July 1 through 25. Courses also meet on The University of Montana campus at the times specified below. All participants pay a course fee to the Center for Ethics; depending on the course requirements and credit option selected by the individual student, separate fees to UM Continuing Education for online learning and academic credit may also be required. Use the information above to pay the Center for Ethics fees and the applicable Continuing Education (CE) fees. Please contact us if you have any questions.
CFE contact information is listed at the bottom of this page.
