BiSc3 - Penn State University

The purpose of education is not so much to accumulate knowledge as it is to expand awareness and this is the foundation we use when teaching BiSc3 at Penn State University. We are living in extraordinary times. Over the past half-century environmental scientists have been calling attention to the deterioration of Earth's atmosphere, Earth's oceans, Earth's forests and Earth's soils, along with the loss of Earth's biodiversity, from the tropics to the poles. In this course, Jen Anderson and students explore the root causes of today's environmental crisis and, in so doing, consider scientific, technological, sociological, psychological and personal responses to what is, arguable, the most significant crisis in the history of our species. BiSc3 is based on a blend of experiential and active learning allowing students to: 1-Discover how questions can be powerful catalysts for learning; 2-Grow in your ability to see both yourself and Planet Earth from new and liberating perspectives; 3-Appreciate the power of critical thinking and personal reflection as a means to both personal and global transformation 4-Realize that you can play a significant role in the healing of our world. It’s an invitation to actively engage with the natural world—not as something “out there,” APART from us—but, rather, as something that we are, literally, A PART of… Welcome, to BiSc3.