Learning Outcomes

"This Is EcoTap" is part of a CCA curricular initiative to emphasize environmental and sustainability issues.

The following are some of the learning outcomes used to assess whether a course meets CCA's EcoTAP criteria.

These outcomes span from broad overviews of ecological concepts to more specific outcomes:

EcoTAP courses involve the making of projects that investigate or explore . . .

• the impact of human environments on natural systems

• literature, theories, or philosophies (or all) on or of nature, the environment, and ecology

• the imagery of nature or human (or both) interactions with nature in art, design, and architecture

• supporting (or attempting to support) the quantity and quality of local and global natural resources

• the sustainable management of local and regional energy, water, and waste systems

• concepts of environmental justice, political ecology, or urban political ecology (or all)

• how to positively affect the physical health of those involved in making and using works of architecture and design

• models for socio-environmental change through design, architecture, craft, the arts, and writing

• an emergent aesthetic that evolves from embracing any of the above as a core principle

• influencing end-user behavior to benefit or restore ecology through design

• the role of power and privilege in design and the environment

• new roles for designers in a time of ecological crisis