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Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Introduction to Environmental Economics
Anna Klis, Northern Illinois University
This course offers an overview of economic analyses of environmental issues like pollution and resource management for non-majors. Students will receive an introduction to marginal thinking, market-based solutions, valuation techniques, and government intervention, with a focus on current issues and applying economics in an interdisciplinary manner to other environmental fields.

Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Policy:Environmental Economics, Economics:Micro, Macro
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Elements of Environmental Health
Tomoyuki Shibata, Northern Illinois University
Analysis and control of current environmental health problems. Discussion of the effects of environmental factors on human health, and the organization and administration of environmental health programs.

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Health Sciences
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Principles of Microeconomics (Honors)
Laura Jackson Young, Bentley University
Principles of Microeconomics (Honor)s is a semester-long course which focuses on microeconomics. It is designed to provide the newcomer to economics with an understanding of the economic way of thinking and a set of microeconomic tools and models which will be useful for analyzing real world economic problems. 

Subject: Economics:Micro, Markets, Micro policy
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
BASICS Institution: Bentley University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Geomicrobiology
Wesley Swingley, Northern Illinois University
Role of microorganisms in diverse environments at and below the surface of the earth. Topics include life in extreme environments, biodegradation and remediation, biogeochemical cycling, and astrobiology examined from the perspectives of geochemistry, microbial ecology, molecular biology, and ecosystem studies.

Subject: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology:Microbiology, Biogeochemistry
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Nature in Society: Environmental Social Sciences and Humanities
Emily McKee, Northern Illinois University
Examination of how the social sciences and humanities contribute to our understanding of contemporary environmental problems and our efforts to solve them. Focus on how human communities and institutions respond to and serve as agents of environmental change. Practice in effective communication about environmental challenges.

Subject: Environmental Science, Anthropology
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Global Social Entrepreneurship
Sunny Jeong, Wittenberg University
This course is a mix of reading, case discussion, group and individual projects, social entrepreneur interviews and social venture business plan. There are three major components to the course: 1) reading and critically debating chapters and articles prized within the global leadership and social entrepreneur community; 2) completing and presenting the portfolio project; 3) creating a social venture model of your own passion and skills

Subject: Business:Entrepreneurship, Management
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
BASICS Institution: Wittenberg University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Innovation, Social Equity, and Entrepreneurship in Media
Furkan Gur, Northern Illinois University
I integrated the module in an honors seminar on Innovation, Social Equity, and Entrepreneurship in Media which I co-teach with an instructor from Communications department who is also a documentary director. Together we focus on social issues using various forms of media and incorporate entrepreneurship to address these issues.

Subject: Business:Entrepreneurship
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Northern Illinois University

Using the Mississippi River Watershed Module in Science of Sustainability
Ryan Bouldin, Bentley University
This course examines the scientific basis for human development that provides people with a better life without sacrificing and/or depleting Earth's resources or causing environmental impacts that will undercut future generations. A service-learning project concerning conservation, recycling and reuse of everyday materials and products in the local area is a major component of the course.

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
BASICS Institution: Bentley University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Environmental Science and Sustainability
Elizabeth Stoner, Bentley University
This course is an introduction to environmental sciences, highlighting current issues in environmental and ecological sustainability. This lab-based course places a strong emphasis on developing critical thinking skills to assess questions such as: how do we decide what to "believe" about environmental issues? How are humans linked to the environment, and can we modify our interactions with the environment? How can we learn from past environmental problems to solve environmental dilemmas of the present and future? How can environmentally sustainable business practices address environmental challenges?

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Environmental Science
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Bentley University

Using the Zero-Waste Circular Economy Module in Herpetology
Richard Phillips, Wittenberg University
We will study the unique anatomy, physiology, natural history, and evolution of reptiles and amphibians. Our course includes a weekly field experience/lab in which students travel to parks and reserves around the Springfield area.

Subject: Biology:Ecology, Evolution, Diversity, Zoology
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
BASICS Institution: Wittenberg University