Spring 2027

Development and Environment in Southeast Asia

Examines political, socio-cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of development and human-environment relations in mainland Southeast Asia, focusing largely on rural issues through a critical, theoretically informed lens.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Ian Baird

The course required listening to lectures, completing readings, writing two papers, and taking a final exam. Exams asked very specific questions, and assignment expectations were not always clear.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe key elements that link development and environmental issues in Southeast Asia.

  • Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges regarding a range of important policy issues with environmental and sustainability implications.

  • Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenges associated with a range of development issues that have environmental implications.

  • Analyze the causes of and solutions for sustainability challenges of various development policy decisions.

  • Apply knowledge of development and environmental issues in Southeast Asia when conducting research.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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ENVIRST/GEOG 557

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

IAN BAIRD is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ian Baird

Students described the course as incredibly interesting and recommended it for those interested in Southeast Asia or rural environmental politics, noting the instructor taught from direct experience.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.66 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.16 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ian Baird

The course required listening to lectures, completing readings, writing two papers, and taking a final exam. Exams asked very specific questions, and assignment expectations were not always clear.

Past student reviews · Ian Baird

While some found the lecturing engaging, others found the instructor intimidating and condescending, noting he gave poor justification for controversial issues and made offensive remarks.

Topics

  • Contemporary development and human-environment relations in mainland Southeast Asia.
  • Rural issues in Southeast Asia.
  • Sustainability challenges and policy issues with environmental implications.

Skills

  • Applying a critical and theoretically informed perspective to development and human-environment relations.
  • Applying sustainability principles and/or frameworks to address development issues with environmental implications.
  • Analyzing causes and solutions for sustainability challenges related to development policy decisions.
  • Conducting research on development and environmental issues in Southeast Asia.

Grades

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Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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