Sustainability-Focused Courses

Sustainability-focused courses concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine a sustainability issue or topic.

• History 304: History of Climate Change
• Interior Architecture 315: Sustainable Design
• Natural Resources 220: Global Climate Change and Water Resources
• Natural Resources 340/540 Basic Concepts of Sustainability: Sustainability and Society (online course)
• Sociology 360: Population Problems
• Soil 461 Soil Management for Resource Sustainability
• Water 220: Global Climate Change and Water Resources

Environmental Emphasis Courses

The Environmental Literacy general degree requirement investigates the ways human societies interact with and affect the natural and biophysical environment. Below is a listing (from the 2009-2011 course catalog) of the different academic disciplines which offer Environmental Literacy courses.

• Anthropology 350: Cultural Ecology
• Art 335: Landscape Painting and the Environment
• Chemistry 100: Chemistry for the Citizen
• Clinical Lab Science 395: Environment, Health, and Technology
• Communication 324 Environmental Journalism
• English 392: Literature and Ecology
• First Year Seminar 155: Various topics
• First Year Seminar 161: Various topics
• Food and Nutrition 357: Ecology of Foods
• Forestry 392: Native American Forestry
• Geography 100: The Physical Environment Under Stress
• Geography 329: Environmental Geography of Europe
• Geography 371: Gender and Environment
• History 204: Modern Global Environmental History
• History 280: US Environmental History
• History 304: History of Climate Change
• History 392: Native American Forestry
• Human Development 381: Families and the Environment
• Human Development 386: Family Resource Management and the Environment
• Interior Architecture 130: Architectural Environments
• Interior Architecture 315: Sustainable Design
• Natural Resources 150: People, Resources, and the Biosphere
• Natural Resources 220: Global Climate Change and Water Resources
• Natural Resources 324: Invasive and Exotic Species
• Natural Resources 370: Introduction to Environmental Study and Environmental Education
• Natural Resources 406: Natural Resources, Culture and Archaeology of the Mayan World
• Natural Resources 407: Cost Rica Tropical Ecology
• Paper Science 103: Paper, Society, and the Environment
• Philosophy 380: Environmental Ethics
• Physics 100: Energy in Today’s World
• Political Science 304: Environmental Policy
• Political Science 305: International Environmental Politics
• Safety and Health Protection 330: Environmental Wellness
• Sociology 355: Environmental Sociology
• Sociology 360: Population Problems
• Water 220: Global Climate Change and Water Resources
• Water 324: Invasive and Exotic Species

Additional Sustainability-Related Courses

Sustainability-Related courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue. The following courses from the 2009-2011 catalog concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue.

• ANTH 101(NW). Human Diversity
• ANTH 110(NW). Contemporary Cultural Diversity
• ANTH 311. Human Evolution
• ANTH 380(NW). Anthropology of Health and Disease
• ANTH 393. Field Trips in Anthropology
• BIOL 305. General Ecology
• BIOL 306. Ecological Methods
• BUS 321. Entrepreneurship
• BUS 390. Ethics in Business
• ECON 342. Environmental Economics
• EDUC 708. Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
• ENGL 248. Introduction to Environmental and Science Writing
• ENGL 363. Nature Literature
• FN 456/656. Advanced Community Nutrition
• FOR 385/585. Applied Landscape Architecture
• GEOG 101. The Physical Environment
• GEOG 113(NW). World Regional Geography
• GEOG 120(NW). Cultural Geography
• GEOG 340/540. Processes of Environmental Degradation
• GEOG 342/542. Soils and Society
• GEOG 344/544. Environmental Hazards
• GEOG 358. Biogeography
• GEOG 369/569. Political Geography
• GEOG 495/695. Advanced Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
• GEOG 496/696. Community Development Practices
• GEOL 330/530. Environmental Geology
• HP/W 102. The Healthy American
• HP/W 107. Special Topics in Seven Dimensions of Wellness
• HD 372/572. Consumer Economics
• HD 381. Families and the Environment
• SHP 330. Environmental Wellness
• HIST 366/566. American Environmental History
• HIST 384. Women’s Rights and Feminism in the United States
• HIST 394/594. Topics in Environmental History
• HIST 598 Environmental History for Teachers
• HLED 280. Health Education in the Elementary School
• HLED 340. Curriculum and Coordinated School Health Programs
• HLED 700. Current Health Issues and Trends in Health Education
• HLED 701 Curriculum and Resources in Teaching Comprehensive School Health Education.
• IA 211. Interior Architecture I
• INTL 300. International Study Tour
• NRES 110: Environmental Management for Homeowners.
• NRES 380/580. Energy Education: Concepts and Practices
• NRES 460. People and Ecosystems
• NRES 462/662. Adaptive Resource Management
• NRES 474/674. Integrated Resource Management
• NRES 478/678. Environmental Issues Investigation and Action
• NRES 479/679. International Environmental Studies Seminar
• NRES 489/689. Applied Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
• NRES 495/695. Ecological Basis for Planning and Design
• PAX 200. Dilemmas of War and Peace: An Introduction to Peace Studies
• PHIL 104. The Ways of Philosophy: Searching for a Worth-while Life
• PHIL 345. Philosophy of Nature
• POLI 180. International Relations
• POLI 331. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
• REL 302. Religion and Cultural Conflict
• SOC 102(MNS). Social Problems
• SOC 262. Social Welfare Policies and Programs
• SOC 327. Social Inequality
• SOC 328. Poverty, Welfare, Social Insurance
• WSTE 380/580. Solid Waste Management
• WOMN 301. Women and Feminism in the Modern World (Social Science Emphasis)