Available Classes

This course focuses on psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and other people who identify with minority sexual and gender identities.  It emphasizes conceptualization, core developmental themes, and clinical intervention with adolescents, adults, and couples.  Students will examine the social contexts and social construction of sexual identity, gender identity, heterosexist and cissexist bias, and oppressions against sexual and gender minority individuals (SGM).  The emphasis will be on how these influence the lives of SGM persons and their implications for psychotherapy methods to promote psychosocial resilience, as well as address psychopathology and minority stress.  The course will use an active-learning/collaborative process that includes safety-supporting dialogues, topical co-explorations in small groups or with a partner, and cultural analyses with the whole group.

Restrictions: Priority to CP year 3 & 4 students, others with permission of the academic department.  (Submit the application and CE will seek permission for you.)
Section A Instructor: Kate Evarts Rice, Core Faculty
Delivery mode: On Campus at Antioch University New England, Room 269
Times: Saturday & Sunday, April 15 & 16, 2023, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
Credits: 1
Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs: Regular price: $684, Alumni $342

This Couple and Family Therapy(CFT)  elective course will explore the intersectionality of trans-identity within larger community systems, and how that relates to mental health. Systems of privilege and oppression that have resulted in transphobia and cissexism will be explored.  Students will also develop skills to build safe communities and develop trans-affirmative resources. Particular areas of focus may be in family law and family policy, working with groups of individuals and families, and in collaborating with multiple systems levels in clinical work.

Section A Instructor: Colton Schoenike, MS, MF-IT, LAMFT

Restrictions: Permission of Program Director(CE will seek permission when you apply.)

Delivery mode: Online asynchronous January 17 through May 5, one week break March 6-10.

Additional four required Zoom classes throughout the semester Fridays 11 am-1 pm ET  on 1/27, 2/24, 3/31, and 4/28.

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) course builds upon the foundational theories course by extending learning to postmodern approaches to couple and family therapy practice. Theoretical foundations of social constructionism and constructivism will be covered, leading into in-depth coverage of postmodern models of couples and family therapy, such as solution-focused, narrative, and language-systems based approaches. Issues of social justice will be emphasized as a basis for the critique of each model.

Section A Instructor: Kristi Harrisoin, PhD

Section A, Permission of Program Director (CE will seek permission when you apply.)
Credits: 3

Delivery mode: Online asynchronous January 17 through May 5, one week break March 6-10.

Additional 5 required synchronous Zoom classes throughout the semester Thursdays 7-9 pm ET on 1/26, 2/23, 3/16, 4/6, and 4/27.

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This Couple and Family Therapy(CFT) course will provide an understanding of the structure and dynamics of marriage and other committed relationships, and families affected by addiction. The course will review theoretical perspectives of families and addiction through a systemic lens. Students will explore assessments and interventions through various family therapy approaches including behavioral, structural, strategic, and Bowenian therapy.

Section A Instructor: Natosha Wilson, MS,  LMFT-S, LCDC

Restrictions: Permission of Program Director (CE will seek permission when you apply.)

Delivery mode: Online asynchronous January 17 through May 5, one week break March 6-10.

Additional 4 required synchronous Zoom classes throughout the semester Thursdays 7-9 pm ET on 1/26, 2/9, 3/2, 4/13, and 4/27.

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course focuses on professional orientation and ethical practice in counseling. Students will be introduced to the counseling profession through extensive review of the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics and licensure laws for the state in which they plan to practice. Students will understand the benefits of professional membership in counseling organizations (e.g., ACA and its divisions). Legal issues in counseling and the role of social justice and advocacy as they apply to ethics and the law will be introduced.

Restrictions: Priority to matriculated CMHC students, permission of the department. (CE will seek permission once your application is received.)

Sections ONLA and ONLB Instructor: Heather Warfield

Methodology: Online asynchronous January 9 to April 30, plus required zoom meetings,
Sections ONLA on Tuesdays from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
Section ONLB on Tuesdays from 5:30 – 7:00 pm EST.

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs: Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This seminar enacts a critical investigation of the social, political, and cultural narrative and lived experiences of African American/Black girls in the United States. Utilizing Black Feminist and Womanist Frameworks as a grounded approach for investigation, exploration, and understanding of the criminalization of Black girls in schools phenomena.

This seminar will include discourse that examines the relationship between constructed narratives and the criminalization of Black girls in schools. The purpose of this seminar is to engage the student in thoughtful examination around the following broad themes “adultfication”, gendered expectations, policing of bodies, criminalization, healing, and empowerment related to Black girls. The seminar will explore Black feminist pedagogical practices and Womanist ideals that lens unpacks promote an alternative to traditional methods for educating Black girls.

Section A Faculty: Dr. Y. Falami Devoe

Restrictions: Priority to AUO students, others by faculty permission.  (CE will request permission for students upon receipt of the application.)

Delivery Mode: Online, synchronous, weekly meetings 1/9 – 4/23/2023. Exact dates/times (Pacific Time) determined with instructor: [email protected]

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University Online

Costs: Regular price is $2,172, Antioch University Online alumni, $1,086.

The course will explore the intersections of instructional design and student assessment, focused on the construction of multiple types of classroom-based and curriculum-connected problems for students to solve in the form of Critical Skills Challenges. Essential to the successful implementation of problem-based learning and the successful use of Critical Skills Challenges is the use of authentic and multiple assessment tools that effectively engage students, evaluate student performance, and accurately monitor progress toward curricular understanding and critical skill development. The crafting of Challenges and their assessment instruments necessitates fluency in a comprehensive set of design and assessment tools, all examined and practiced in this course. This course provides educators with the capacity to utilize several different strategies for instructional design, feedback, and assessment. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Laura Thomas

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/15/2023-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

As a teacher, teacher educator, or administrator, it is important to develop internal skills (an inner-net) that translate into successful interpersonal skills on the job. Mindful leadership introduces a new approach to leadership development that focuses on the inner world of a leader and “how” a leader works in the moment. Through readings and presentations, this course presents ten core principles and three mindfulness practices that help leaders to directly connect with their inner life and to bring out the best in themselves and others.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Laura Eldridge

Credits: 3
Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/15/2023-4/22/2023

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Compassion and compassionate action in education can be informed by a framework that points to a new and fresh understanding of the source of distress in oneself, one’s students, and one’s colleagues. The framework is known as the eight worldly conditions and it posits a sequence of four opposite conditions that are ever-changing and impersonal. These four opposites are pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, and fame and disrepute. Understanding distress from the perspective of this framework can help educators to recognize and to shape compassionate action as the most caring and useful response to distress. Through readings and presentations, this course presents the eight worldly conditions and three mindfulness-compassion practices that can help educators to directly connect with their own experience and to wise, compassionate action in the midst of their classrooms and educational contexts.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: TBD

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/15/2023-4/22/2023

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

In Mindfulness Practices for Educators, we explore the core practices through demonstrations, guided experiences, and experiential group activities. In discussions, we explore both the philosophical underpinnings as well as the recent research findings in brain research on the impact of mindfulness on children and adults. Equally important, we discuss the many applications of mindfulness to the teacher’s practice and to classroom contexts.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Susan Dreyer Leon

Credits: 1
Delivery: Asynchronous online 1/15/2023-4/22/2023
Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $333.33, AUNE alumni: $274, Audit (not for credit) $330

EDC-6555, Place-based Teaching & Learning, 3 credits, section A, Online
Students are naturally interested in exploring their world and participating as active citizens on projects relevant to them. Place-based teaching and learning (PBTL) in schools and educational organizations offers local culture, the built environment, and nature as an integrating context for learning. This course will explore practical strategies for the implementation of place-based learning in order to meet PreK-12 curriculum standards and organizational goals. Students who participate in place-based education are more likely to have stronger ties with their community. Additional course foci will include the integration of social justice and PBTL; approaches to developing an interdisciplinary place-based curriculum; designing place-based learning experiences to fulfill school and organizational mission statements; and strategies for taking full advantage of the school campus and community as learning sites. Students in this course will design a place-based unit or project that integrates student choice, uses place as a context for learning, and develops school – community ties. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Paul Bocko

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/15/2023-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course is an introduction to Educating for Sustainability, providing an overview of the philosophical, historical, and theoretical underpinnings of EFS. We will study the evolution of EFS during the past quarter century as we clarify for ourselves the meaning of the terms sustainability and educating for sustainability. Beginning with a review of the historical initiatives and events that gave rise to EFS, we will explore the conceptual components of this field, while simultaneously considering our personal perspectives on them. Then we will turn our attention to the strategies and guidelines applied in the practice of EFS, gaining a global perspective by researching the implementation of EFS in a variety of contexts. Students can expect coursework to include: reading, discussion, individual and group projects, reflective and expository writing, and oral presentations. For the final project in the course, each student will submit an overview and critique of an institution or curriculum as seen through an EFS lens. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Ming Wei Koh

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/15/2023-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Equitable Math Practices is about providing access for all students and naming strategies teachers and school leaders can use to disrupt inequities in mathematics classrooms. During the course, we will focus on how schools can reform and use existing structures to prioritize students’ well-being and learn how to build students’ competencies and confidence in mathematics. We will share and use protocols that focus on planning lessons, learning from student work, visiting classrooms, and making learning accessible to all students. This course is designed for Kindergarten through Middle School administrators and teachers (classroom, special education, and specialists). Come and find out how small shifts can create a big difference in your school.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructors: Jana Marie Sunkle and Polly Wagner

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, January 15rd – April 22th 2023, with additional scheduled online meetings on Mondays, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 3/13, 3/20, 4/3, 4/10/2023 from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm ET

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

In the early educational years, young children flourish in settings that encourage their development of a strong sense of self. Connecting with peers and caring adults as they engage in open-ended play-based learning opportunities sets the stage for positive experiences throughout schooling. In this course, participants will establish an understanding of developmentally appropriate practices in order to design a play-based curriculum that attends to the unique needs of young children’s academic, physical, social, and emotional development.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Jessica Arrow

Credits: 2

Delivery: Asynchronous online 1/17/2023-3/5/2023

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1,096, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $666.66, AUNE alumni: $548, Audit (not for credit) $660

Designed for the classroom-based or connected practitioner this course applies knowledge of the physical and psychological effects of trauma on children within the whole of the school community. Different school structures and policies will be examined for their possible positive and negative impact on children who have experienced trauma. A focus of this class will be on adapting existing school environments to maximize learning opportunities for affected children, including how teachers can structure their instruction and classrooms for those affected by trauma.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Jill Anon

Credits: 3
Delivery: Asynchronous online 1/8/2023-2/25/2023
Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course is designed for practitioners who are ready to apply trauma-informed principles to creating emotionally healthy workspaces and teams. Students will explore how to help team members care for themselves and others in ways that build positive relationships, allow for proactive problem solving and foster productive communication. Students will learn principles of building culturally responsive, resilient, and relationship-focused teams; expanding on the information required to be a trauma-sensitive educator toward being a restorative leader.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Jo Slief

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online 3/5/2023-4/22/2023
Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course will focus on the traits of typically and atypically developing readers. The three major disabilities and affecting factors will be discussed. The definition as accepted by the NICHD/IDA will be presented and discussed.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Allison Okolichany

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online 1/8/2023-2/25/2023
Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Introduction to Humane Education explores the principle of doing the “most good and least harm” and applies this ethic with innovative thinking and action to the field of education. The course looks at humanity and the world through a historical lens and offers a vision for a better future that relies on reason, compassion, evidence-based optimism, and systems awareness to bring about positive long-term change. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Mary Pat Champeau

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Just Good Food explores how contemporary food systems and individual food choices relate to human, animal, and environmental social justice issues. Just Good Food focuses on the connections between food systems and issues of hunger, poverty, animal protection, climate change, healthcare, sustainability, legislative policies, and corporate interests. The course surveys a broad range of food-related issues, with the opportunity for further study in a personal area of interest. The course also highlights solutions-focused organizations, practices, and policies. Students learn to think critically about how food choices affect all living beings and the planet and gain insight into food-related politics and policy. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Cynthia Trapanese

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Creative Activism offers a study of literary, performance, and visual artists who focus their work on one or more facets of comprehensive humane education—human rights, animal protection, and environmental stewardship. In addition to studying solutions-focused art and artists, students will examine their own experience with the creative process, design original and collaborative work, and practice integrating art for social change into their own lives, teaching, and/or community outreach. Educators, activists, artists, writers, visionaries, and anyone curious about creative activism will discover ways to cross the bridge from despair to action with the support of a dynamic learning community. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Instructor: Cynthia Trapanese

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course explores issues of human rights by analyzing critical challenges and envisioning possible solutions. Specific issues include modern slavery, child labor, human trafficking, racism, gender inequity, poverty, power, and privilege. The course also examines acts of human courage, collaboration, conscious consumerism, systemic change, and global citizenship. It invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep humaneness and to develop models of compassion, integrity, and courage. Coursework helps students learn to educate in ways that address conflict effectively and eliminate oppression.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Nandita Bajaj

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17 – 4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Creative Activism offers a study of literary, performance, and visual artists who focus their work on one or more facets of comprehensive humane education—human rights, animal protection, and environmental stewardship. In addition to studying solutions-focused art and artists, students will examine their own experience with the creative process, design original and collaborative work, and practice integrating art for social change into their own lives, teaching, and/or community outreach. Educators, activists, artists, writers, visionaries, and anyone curious about creative activism will discover ways to cross the bridge from despair to action with the support of a dynamic learning community. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Instructor: Cynthia Trapanese

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course explores issues of human rights by analyzing critical challenges and envisioning possible solutions. Specific issues include modern slavery, child labor, human trafficking, racism, gender inequity, poverty, power, and privilege. The course also examines acts of human courage, collaboration, conscious consumerism, systemic change, and global citizenship. It invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep humaneness and to develop models of compassion, integrity, and courage. Coursework helps students learn to educate in ways that address conflict effectively and eliminate oppression.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Nandita Bajaj

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17 – 4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

In this course, students explore issues of intersectionality, racism, and racial justice within the specific context of veganism. Through structured conversation as well as research, reflection, and practical application, students learn how to educate effectively and seek solutions that address overlapping systems of racial injustice and animal exploitation. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Dana McPhall

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/ – 4/22/2023

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

In this course participants live like writers, thinkers, and creators of wisdom, cultivating and contemplating questions that matter. Through the medium of transformative language arts, students discover what it means to be earth-inspired, animal-inspired, and human-inspired, positioning and empowering words for personal and social change. Through an online retreat design, writers are immersed in readings, music, short films, mindfulness meditation, and experiential writing activities as a source of inspiration and a springboard for independent and/or collaborative writing projects. All genres are open for exploration. Writing circles meet online to share progress, inspirational tips, and resources. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Kristine Tucker

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Culture and Change explores the many ways in which cultural norms influence ideas, beliefs, and actions; and how change-making happens. Covering social psychology, consumerism, media, economics, and politics, this course provides a foundational overview for understanding the ways in which people are shaped by their cultures. Coursework focuses on critical analysis of cultural systems, the role of cultural conditioning in our lives, and strategies for educating effectively and creatively about these issues. By recognizing the ways in which our thoughts and behaviors are molded by culture, students gain the ability to live and educate more mindfully, and to help bring about transformative cultural change. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Cynthia Trapanese

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Animal Protection covers a wide range of issues including animal agriculture, experimentation, hunting and trapping, companion animals, and animals used in entertainment. The course explores different philosophies regarding the inherent rights of sentient animals to be free from exploitation and abuse and encourages students to grapple with and determine their own ethics regarding nonhuman animals. The course further examines ways in which we can protect humans, animals, and ecosystems for the good of all. Coursework helps students develop techniques for learning and teaching about complex issues in a manner that invites dialogue and solutions. Online course.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Mike Farley

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

The decision to have children or not is arguably one of the most important decisions we make in our lives. It is largely regarded as a personal decision and a natural rite of passage into adulthood. But how personal really is our decision to have a child? The human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately four billion in 1970 to almost eight billion currently. This is no surprise given that we are adding about one million new humans every five days. There is rising public awareness that overpopulation and rampant overconsumption are driving climate change, resource scarcity, and biodiversity loss here and abroad, yet it is a challenging issue to discuss. Together we will explore the concept and roots of pronatalism, its intersectionality with overpopulation, and its impacts on our identity, on other humans, animals, and the environment. Participants will develop techniques for learning and teaching about these issues in a way that invites dialogue and positive solutions.

Restrictions: none

Section A Instructor: Nandita Bajaj

Credits: 3

Delivery: Asynchronous online, 1/17/-4/22/2023

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This is a short travel course for students to immerse in a new culture and habitat. Students examine numerous ecosystems and do rapid ecological assessments creating inventories of the plants and animals. Focusing on sustainability, students conduct interviews in the public and private sectors about cultural, economic and political issues. Students examine environmental sustainability modeled by the local ancient indigenous cultures. Students participate in conservation projects, including habitat restoration, organic farming, and documenting traditional medicine and language. Creating a travel portfolio documenting each experience, videos and articles encourages ecological activism locally and globally. Topics covered on the trip: flora and fauna, ecology, geography, sustainable organic farming, conservation, religion, indigenous rights, and traditions.                         

Restrictions: Permission of the instructor (CE will seek permission for you, once you submit an application.)

Section Instructor: Dr. Dawn Murray

Credits: 3 

Delivery: Trip Dates February 6-16, 2023 with two online synchronous classes before and after trip

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University Online

Costs: Regular fee for the trip including the 3 graduate credits – $13,672, AUO Alumni discount for the trip including the 3 graduate credits – $12,986

There is an art and science to effective advocacy. We will tackle theory, practice, and research as a means of understanding effective venues, strategies, and tactics for advocacy. We will engage in hands-on opportunities to build skills, knowledge, experience, and demonstrated ability. We will explore the role of the environmental professional as advocate in the formation and implementation of public policy at a range of scales and domains: international, national, state, and local levels and within private sector organizations and industries. This includes an advanced discussion of the environmental professional as a change agent in social, political, and economic contexts, and the environmental professional’s roles within private and public sectors. Course participants will research an environmental issue, identify a theory of change, and create a roadmap for effective ways to achieve outcomes. Issues include biodiversity conservation, climate change, community resilience, environmental justice, food security, indigenous rights, and sustainable development.

Restrictions: Permission of Instructor (CE will seek permission for the student when the application is received.)

Section A: Abi Abrash Walton

Time:   ONLINE Synchronous; Thursdays 1 pm-4 pm EST Jan 2 – May 5

Credits: 3

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Climate change has had significant impacts on how humans migrate. While some impacts are better known, like managed retreat associated with sea level rise and flooding, other impacts are just being discovered and studied, like the long-term effects of climate migration on receiving communities. Many of these migrations will have an overwhelming impact on communities of color, along with other disenfranchised populations, that already face a disproportionate burden of climate hazards. This course will explore current research and case studies to understand these impacts with the goal to learn how communities can welcome displaced residents through equitable planning and community engagement.

Section A: Christa Daniels

Times:

ONLINE Asynchronous   January 29^th through February 25^th   

Synchronous meetings with guest speakers:  January 30^th & February 13^th 6pm-7pm EST

Credits: 1

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333, AUNE Alumni $274,
Audit $330.

Already communities are being impacted by a changing climate: the flooding of communities along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast due to sea-level rise, the long-term droughts in the South and Upper Midwest, the wildfires and subsequent landslides in the West, and the hospitalization and associated deaths from extreme temperatures in cities due to extreme temperatures. In responding to such climate-mediated impacts there are three leading criteria in choosing a response strategy: effectiveness of any specific recommendation, ease of implementation, and costs. This module focuses on the associated cost analyses that should accompany any on-the-ground response to projected climate impacts. Marginal cost analysis will be covered, as well as dollar-based valuation approaches, including avoided damage costs, replacement costs, and substitution costs. The issue of financially discounting the future in light of inaction will be addressed. Finally, funding sources and financing strategies will be introduced.

Section A: Taryn Fisher

Times:

ONLINE Asynchronous  April 2^nd – 29^th;

Synchronous meetings with guest speakers:  April 13^th & 24^th    6pm-7pm EST

Credits: 1

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333., AUNE Alumni: $274., Audit: $330.

The choice for a Certificate in Climate Change Education or Required for Certificate in Conservation Psychology

Conservation psychology is the scientific study of the reciprocal relationships between humans and the rest of nature, with the practical goal of promoting environmental sustainability and quality of life. This course will provide an overview of relevant approaches from psychology as they apply to environmental conservation. We will examine relationships among social, cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes from both theoretical and applied perspectives. A new textbook devoted to conservation psychology will be used, along with additional readings. There will be a variety of assignments and activities.

In addition to becoming conversant with basic psychological concepts, students will practice applying conservation psychology and social marketing techniques. Students will choose the topic for their final project, which may range from conservation biology, sustainable business, resource management, education, and land use planning, to advocacy. On completion of the course, students will have a better understanding of how the tools of conservation psychology can be used for a wide range of conservation practices.

Section A: Meaghan Guckian

Time: Fridays, 1:00pm – 4:00pm EST,  January 12 – May 4

Delivery: In person on campus

Section B: Meaghan Guckian

Time:  Wednesdays 4:30pm – 7:30pm EST,  Jan 11^th – May 3^rd

Delivery: ONLINE synchronous

Credits: 3

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course will address the spectrum from responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP), as well as a Request for Qualification (RFQ), to managing a project within budget and on time and producing a robust consultant’s report/documentation. In addition, guidance will provide how to manage project staff and build relationships with potential sub-contractors. Students will learn how to establish a billing rate and bidding a price for services rendered. Tips will be given on how to best market one’s service, which changes if the work is new to the consultant’s portfolio versus if there is a track-record for a specific type of work product.

Section A: Michael Simpson

Times: ONLINE Asynchronous January 10^th – February 21^st 

Synchronous meetings  Tuesdays Jan 10^th & 24^th, Feb 7^th & 21^st  5:30pm – 7:30pm EST

Credits: 1

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333., AUNE Alumni $274,
Audit $330.

Dispute resolution is a skill that one continues to master throughout one’s professional life. This course will introduce the basics of how to address multi-issue, multi-stakeholder environmental disputes. Students learn how to map the e complexity of such disputes and the shared connections and values. Specific skills to be addressed include: identifying invested stakeholders, getting stakeholders to the table, setting ground rules, negotiating in good faith, facilitation vs. mediation, how to use caucuses (private discussions) to move an agenda forward, and building consensus.

Section A: Michael Simpson

Times: ONLINE  Asynchronous April 4^th – 25^th

Synchronous meetings Tuesdays April 4^th, 11^th & 25^th  5:30-7:30pm EST

Synchronous meetings Sundays  April 16^th & 23^rd  10:00am – 2:00pm EST

Delivery: Online Asynchronous with five additional online meetings at scheduled times

Credits: 1

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333,  AUNE Alumni $274.,
Audit $330.

Climate change represents a nexus of environmental and social injustice with deep roots and deeper implications for the future(s). Unpacking the injustice of climate change requires us to examine what/whose futures have been curtailed. Likewise, working towards climate justice requires us to be able to envision liberatory environmental futures. In this course, students will engage with a wide range of environmental futures through narrative, theory, and practice. Apocalyptic and dystopic futures abound throughout the climate discourse but too often obscure more about environmental (in)justice than they reveal, reinforcing the status quo rather than providing us with tools for transforming it. The goal of this course is for students to develop their skills for discerning how climate and other environmental narratives employ environmental values towards just and unjust futures and much in between. With these skills, students will undertake a research project—with both critical and creative components—that delves into the environmental narratives and futures at play in the contexts/communities central to their work and/or homes.

Section A: Julia Gibson

Times: Thursdays  1pm -4pm  Jan 12 – May 4

Credits: 3

Delivery: In person, on campus
Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

The goals of this course are to explore a range of historical and contemporary methodologies of science and environmental education, to consider the relationships between the social contexts of science, environmental studies, and educating for sustainability and how they are taught in the classroom, and to examine science as an evolving knowledge system. With an emphasis on philosophy and theory as well as practice, we will consider questions regarding the nature of science education, environmental education, and education for sustainability and how we distinguish between them. You will reflect on your own personal experiences as a learner and as a teacher as you study trends of the past 150 years and ponder how these trends will apply to your practice as an educator.

Section A: Ellen Doris

Times: Jan 12 – May 4

Credits: 3

Delivery: ONLINE asynchronous

Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University New England

Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

This course will introduce both the language and construct of any organization’s financial framework. This foundational knowledge will allow you to be invited to the table when budgets are created that address complex challenges on the landscape.

Students will be introduced to the core three aspects of financial administration: 1) financial sustainability or an organization, reflected in the income statement (profit/loss statement) 2) the Achilles Heel of cash flow that can be the death of any organization 3) the factors informing financial management decisions for investing in new sustainable practice, including the discount rate, opportunity costs, and impact to supply chains and product demand. Related to these topics will be how to set up an internal enterprise fund to build upon initial financial success.

Section A: Taryn Fisher

Times: Thursdays 6pm – 8pm EST; March 16^th, 23^rd, 30^th & April 6th

Credits: 1

Delivery: ONLINE; Synchronous

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333., AUNE Alumni $274., Audit: $330.

This two-credit course explores essential themes related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as they relate to power, social and economic marginalization, and environmental movements and organizations. This understanding will be used to support personal agency and self-location within movement and organizational change processes. The curriculum will focus on communities that have been systemically marginalized and oppressed, a critical analysis of diversity, equity, and inclusion work, and an exploration of how dynamics such as structural racism and indigenous erasure play out in the environmental field and social justice movements. This course is designed to help train emerging environmental professionals to advocate for and implement strategies that support social and environmental justice. Students will learn methods and strategies for understanding the dynamics of social oppression; building mutual and respectful relationships across difference and addressing power dynamics integrating equity considerations into environmental and social change initiatives. This course aims to help students develop awareness and skills that will allow them to effectively support just, equitable, and inclusive outcomes in their work and scholarship.

Section A: Instructor TBD

Times:  Fridays 1:00 – 4:00 pm EST; Jan 20^th, 27^th; Feb 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th;  Mar 17^th, 24^th, 31^st; April 7^th

Maximum: 18

Credits: 2

Delivery: ONLINE synchronous

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $1098, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $666, AUNE Alumni $548,
Audit (not for credit) $660.

This course is designed to give students an interdisciplinary perspective of ocean science focusing on the importance of marine ecosystems and the services the oceans provide as the largest ecosystem on Earth. Topics covered include ocean circulation, acidification, marine productivity, oil spills, hypoxia, coral bleaching, and marine reserves. Numerous marine habitats will be examined including coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries, sandy beaches, rocky shores, the open ocean, and the deep sea. We will also examine Indigenous knowledge and stewardship practices connected to marine systems. Students will advocate for policy/solutions focusing on ocean health.

Section A: Dawn Murray

Times: ONLINE Asynchronous Jan 12^th – May 4^th ; Wednesday synchronous meetings 8pm-9pm EST

Delivery: ONLINE Asynchronous w/ synchronous meet times

Credits: 2

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $1098, Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $666, AUNE Alumni $548,
Audit (not for credit) $660.

What are the techniques we use to assess wildlife? What are the components of a well-rounded inventory? We will use winter snow and spring melt conditions to investigate the methods of detecting fur-bearers, amphibians, and birds. We will review the basics of developing investigation plans, base mapping, and map & compass use, and then begin our field sampling of wildlife signs, calls, and sightings. Lecture and field time will be combined to provide an in-depth review of line intercept, transect, and point count methods.

Assessments will be derived from quantitative data in order to provide guidance for management purposes.

Section A instructors: Laura Deming & Steven Lamonde

Time: Fridays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm January 12 – May 4

Delivery: In person, on campus

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

The flora of New England is one of the best-studied and well-known in the world. Over 4000 species of plants can be found in this region. Because of the unique topographic, edaphic, and successional diversity of central New England, the greatest collection of species in the northeast can be found within a 50-mile radius of the shared borders of VT, NH, and MA. This course focuses on the identification and taxonomy of woody and herbaceous vascular plants of central New England through the examination of the plants’ anatomical and physiological characteristics. The course will begin with the study of evergreen woody plants, followed by deciduous woody plants (both winter and summer characteristics), and ending with spring wildflowers. Lectures and local field excursions will be used to convey information. Students will utilize plant characteristics (e.g., twig, bud, bark, leaf, and flower characteristics) in conjunction with taxonomic keys to assist with the identification of the flora.

Section A: Peter Palmiotto

Time: Fridays, 8:00 – 11:00 am, January 12– May 4

Delivery: In person, on campus

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Participatory action research (PAR) offers environmental professionals an approach to collaborate with communities to analyze social-ecological issues and take collective action to foster positive change. PAR brings together research, community organizing, and project design and management.  This course will focus on the theory and principles that inform PAR as well as specific methods and skills needed to carry out PAR in practice. Particular attention will be paid to topics including cultural humility, incorporating multiple ways of knowing, and issues of equity and power. Students will explore approaches to relationship building, participatory data collection and analysis, and community-level action.  Students will consider how PAR principles and approaches can enhance their ongoing graduate study and their future careers.

Section A: Jason Rhoades

Times: ONLINE Asynchronous, January 8^th – February 4^th Synchronous meetings: Thursdays January 19^th and February 2^nd   6pm-7:30pm

Credits: 1

Delivery: ONLINE Asynchronous + 2 synchronous meetings

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England

Costs: Regular price $548 Try-us-out discount (Only first course at AUNE) $333., AUNE Alumni: $274.,
Audit (not for credit) $330.

Political economy seeks to explain how political institutions, the economic system, applied sciences, and social movements interact over time. This course will focus on how these dynamics generate varied outcomes in relation to the goals of sustainability, justice, and economic well-being. Students will examine the political and economic roots of the global sustainability crisis. Students will assess political and economic reforms, policy processes, and policy tools that might yield better outcomes. Students will also develop a greater understanding of possible action strategies from within civil society, the business sector, government, and/or international bodies for creating a transition toward a more sustainable society.

Section C:  Christa Daniels

Times:  ONLINE Asynchronous; + additional synchronous meetings Jan 17^th , Feb 7^th, March 14^th ,  April 18^th , May 2^nd ;  5:30pm-7:30pm

Delivery: ONLINE asynchronous + 1 synchronous meeting per month

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Choice for Certificate in Climate Change Education or

Choice for Certificate in Food Justice & Resilient Communities

Restricted to ES Env Ed students from November 2-15; open to all ES students on November 16.

This course introduces program development techniques for youth and adult environmental education activities in non-formal contexts. Designing educational programs is an extremely creative process, filled with controversies and dilemmas. It is a political, philosophical, and theoretical process. In this class, we will analyze, critique, and redesign both the explicit and hidden curriculum of a variety of materials as we attempt to resolve our conflicting conceptions of program planning and develop our own philosophy of curriculum design. Consider this course as a way to help you move further along with your own questions and concerns about curriculum design and as an opportunity to twist, stretch, and flip your current understanding of what it means to design educational programs.

Section B:  Shannon Walz

Times: Online asynchronous, with additional Synchronous meetings:  Thursdays 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm on Jan 12, Feb 2, March 16, April

Delivery: ONLINE asynchronous with additional synchronous meetings:  Thursdays 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm on Jan 12, Feb 2, March 16, April 6, and May 4

Credits: 3

Sponsoring Organization: Antioch University New England
Costs:  Regular price $1644, Try-us-out discount (Only for the first course at AUNE) $1000, AUNE alumni: $822, Audit (not for credit) $990

Enhancing your leadership identity takes strategy and cultivation. This course provides opportunities to develop your change-making skills, resiliency strategies, and civic knowledge through skill development and theoretical understanding of various modes of social change.

Section A Facilitator: Anissa Stewart, Ph.D
Delivery mode: Online asynchronous (no set meeting times)
Credits: 3
Times: February 6, 2023, for 7 weeks
Sponsoring Campus: Antioch University Online

Cost: Regular price $1200

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We live in a world that rewards women for making themselves small. This course uses the bestselling book, “A Woman’s Guide To Claiming Space” a deep dive into the five aspects of claiming space. These include enhanced body language techniques, stopping self-sabotage, thwarting sexual harassment, and embracing intersectionality. It will explore both big ideas and actionable tools which empower women both professionally and personally. Synchronous live weekly meetings.

Section A Facilitated by Eliza VanCort, Speaker, Teacher, Thought-Leader, and Best-Selling Author.

Delivery mode: Online synchronous (live online meetings)

Times: Starting April 10, 2023

Credits: 3

Sponsoring campus: Antioch University Online

Cost: Regular price $1,200.

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