Courses

This course provides a foundation for sustainability knowledge and problem solving. It explores the relationships between people and natural systems, examines pressing global challenges, and outlines leadership solutions to wicked challenges. Students gain deeper understanding of the most urgent concerns tied to living out of balance with the systems that sustain life. 

WSTN 314, M/W 3:00pm-4:15pm

This course is designed for a non-science major. We explore chemical principles in the context of technological and societal issues with an environmental theme, such as global warming, water quality, energy sources, and waste management. As we discuss various issues, key chemical concepts are included on a need-to-know basis.

CHEM 110-01: GOTW E305, M/W/F 10:30am-11:30am 

This course is designed for a non-science major. We explore chemical principles in the context of technological and societal issues with an environmental theme, such as global warming, water quality, energy sources, and waste management. As we discuss various issues, key chemical concepts are included on a need-to-know basis.

GOTW C218 THR 1:30pm-4:30pm

Overview of contemporary environmental issues, including species extinction, resource depletion, and pollution. Students examine behavior leading to environmental degradation, the scientific, ethical, and economic aspects of the resulting problems, and study policies intended to provide solutions.

GOTW A101, M/W 1:30pm-2:45pm

Overview of contemporary environmental issues, including species extinction, resource depletion, and pollution. Students examine behavior leading to environmental degradation, the scientific, ethical, and economic aspects of the resulting problems, and study policies intended to provide solutions.

GOTW A001/INTC 342, M/W 3:00pm-4:15pm

Basic concepts of earth systems science and physical geography. Includes earth-sun relationships, weather and climate, environmental hydrology, landforms and geomorphology, climate change, and human-environment interactions.

GOTW A100, TU/THR 9:00am-10:15pm, F 9:00am-11:40am

Rapid climate change is causing an increase in the temperature of the atmosphere and oceans. This is a truly global problem that requires international research and collaboration to resolve. The USA is a major producer of the atmospheric “greenhouse” gases that make a significant contribution to this global “anthropogenic” warming. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the global environmental impact of anthropogenic climate change, and to challenge students to think about the possible impact of the way we live in the USA on poor, marginalized, and at risk communities around the world.

INTC 231, W 6:30pm-9:10pm

This course explores the impacts of recent and future climate change on health outcomes, including temperature related illness and mortality, degraded air and water quality impacts, and vector-borne infectious diseases. Students will learn about strategies for mitigating, communicating, and adapting to the health impacts of climate change, including policy and community-based interventions. Through case studies and hands on exercises, students will gain a deeper understanding of the inequities, challenges and opportunities for protecting public health in the face of a changing climate.

INTC 230, M 4:30pm-7:00pm

Examines legal aspects, both regulations and case law, of environmental policy. Central issues are whether legal responses (1) effectively address the needs of the parties most affected; (2) properly weigh such facts as economic efficiency, protection of nonhuman species, and the possibility of unintended consequences; and (3) are diluted by the political process).

WSTN 306, M/W 4:30pm-5:45pm

Introduction to our earth as home to people and place through geographic approaches that analyze cultural, societal, economic, political, and environmental change. Topics include: human dimensions of climate change; sustainability; spatial analysis techniques and theories; population distributions and migration; cultural geographies; global economic development and its distribution; urbanization; political geography; and human-environment relations.

INTC 299, TU/THR 10:30am-11:45am

Introduction to our earth as home to people and place through geographic approaches that analyze cultural, societal, economic, political, and environmental change. Topics include: human dimensions of climate change; sustainability; spatial analysis techniques and theories; population distributions and migration; cultural geographies; global economic development and its distribution; urbanization; political geography; and human-environment relations.

INTC 299, TU/THR 12:00pm-1:15pm

Comparative analysis of economic growth, income and wealth distribution, trade and finance, population, agriculture, and industrialization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

BUS 254, TU/THR 9:00am-10:15am

Comparative analysis of economic growth, income and wealth distribution, trade and finance, population, agriculture, and industrialization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

BUS 254, TU/THR 9:00am-10:15am

Geographic perspectives on economic development and spatial analysis of trends in the global economy. Topics include: natural resource location and distribution; commodity flows and chains; technological change and diffusion; international trade; entrepreneurship and innovation; industrial location theory; social and cultural dimensions of development; geographies of labor; and regional development theories and trends.

HUM 211, TU/THR 10:30am-11:45am