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sustainability at scu

Sustainability in the Classroom

Sustainability in the Classroom

  • iconDepartments

    Departments that offer at least one class related to or focused on sustainability:

    College of Arts & Sciences
    anthropology
    art and art history
    biology
    chemistry and biochemistry
    civil engineering
    communication
    economics
    education
    English
    environmental studies
    ethnic studies
    history

    mathematics and computer science

    modern languages and literatures
    philosophy
    physics
    political science
    pre-health
    psychology
    religious studies
    sociology
    theatre and dance
    women and gender studies

    School of Engineering
    civil engineering
    electrical engineering
    mechanical engineering

    School of Business
    management
    marketing
    operations and management systems
    finance
    economics

    School of Law
    law

  • iconCourses

    Courses that are related to or focused on sustainability. Some of these courses are always focused on or related to sustainability, though others may vary, depending on each lecturer's preferences.
    *Please note, this list is updated as often as we receive new information. To submit a course, please e-mail sustainability@scu.edu with course name, number, and description.*

    ANTH 1 Biological Anthropology
    ANTH 3 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
    ANTH 88 Women, Gender & Sex. Middle East
    ANTH 90 CrossCult Women, Gender & Sex
    ANTH 100 Special Topics
    ANTH 110 Anthropological Theory
    ANTH 133 Human Nutrition and Culture
    ANTH 134 Health, Disease & Culture
    ANTH 151 Law and Society
    ANTH 154 Environmental Anthropology
    ANTH 185 Peoples of Latin America
    ANTH 188 People Culture Change Mid East

    BIOL 5 Endangered Ecosystems
    BIOL 6 The Oceans
    BIOL 22 Intro to Evolution & Ecology
    BIOL 23 Investigations in Ecology and Evolution
    BIOL 123 Nutrition
    BIOL 131 Agroecology
    BIOL 134 California Plant Diversity
    BIOL 136 Arctic Biology
    BIOL 144 Natural History of Baja
    BIOL 135 Biofuels: Sustainable Energy
    BIOL 156 General Ecology
    BIOL 160 Biostatistics
    BIOL 164 Behavioral Ecology 

    CENG 20 Geology L&L
    CENG 119 Design for Sustainable Constr
    CENG 121 Geotechnical Engineering
    CENG 128 Engineering Economics
    CENG 138 Geotechnical Engineer Design
    CENG 140 Water Resources Engineering
    CENG 143 Environmental Engineering
    CENG 144 Environmental System Designs
    CENG 145 Transportation Engineering
    CENG 160 GIS in Water Resources
    CENG 161 Sustainable Water Resources Engineering 
    CENG 219 Design for Sustain Constr

    CHEM 1 Chemistry & the Environment
    CHEM 5 Chem: An Experimental Science

    CLAS 11A Cultures and Ideas I: Natural Law in Literature

    COMM 12 Technology and Communication
    COMM 106A Gender, Health, and Sexuality
    COMM 120A Environmental Communication
    COMM 121A Minorities and the Media
    COMM 149B Science News: How to Report
    COMM 164A Race, Gender and Public Health
    COMM 170A Communication Law/Responsibility
    COMM 197 Senior Thesis 

    CPSY 240 Introduction to Mild/Moderate Disabilities
    CPSY 241 Assessment of Mild/Moderate Disabilities
    CPSY 244 Correctional Psychology/Education

    DANC 146 Advanced Modern Dance 

    ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics
    ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics
    ECON 3 International Econ, Develop & Growth
    ECON 101 Resources Food and the Environment
    ECON 111 Economics of the Environment
    ECON 115 Aggregate Economic Theory
    ECON 120 Economics Research Seminar
    ECON 135 Gender Issues in Dev World
    ECON 160 Economics of Pov & Inequal
    ECON 170 Mathematical Economics & Optim
    ECON 173 Econometrics
    ECON 190 Economics Seminar
    ECON 701 Africa's Economic Decline
    ECON 857 Macroeconomics

    EDUC 470 Advance Theory and Practice of Environmental Education  

    ELEN 280 Intro Altern Energy Sys
    ELEN 281 Power Systems
    ELEN 282 Photovoltaic Devices and Systems 
    ELEN 284 Des & Fabrication of PV Cells

    ENGL 1A Critical Thinking and Writing I: Reading Food, Self, and Culture
    ENGL 1H Writing about Sustainability
    ENGL 1H Critical Thinking & Writing I: Science, Technology, and Society
    ENGL 2 Composition & Rhetoric II
    ENGL 2A Critical Thinking and Writing II: Reading Food, Self, and Culture
    ENGL 2H Critical Thinking & Writing II: Science, Technology, and Society
    ENGL 2H Critical Think & Writing II:Hnrs
    ENGL 11A Cultures and Ideas I
    ENGL 35 African American Women Writers
    ENGL 79 Writing about Literature and Culture
    ENGL 126 Creative Writing and Social Justice
    ENGL 132 Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
    ENGL 172 Advanced Poetry Writing
    ENGL 179 Practical Business Rhetoric
    ENGL 185 Grants, Proposals, and Reports
    ENGL 190 Practicum for Writing about Ethics of Biotechnology 

    ENGR 1 Intro to Engineering
    ENGR 60 Sustainable Electric Energy
    ENGR 90 Solar Decathlon Workshop  

    ENVS 1A Analyzing Green Rhetoric
    ENVS 2A Analyzing Green Rhetoric
    ENVS 10 Joy of Garbage
    ENVS 11A Nature and Imagination
    ENVS 11 Intro to Environmental Science
    ENVS 12A Nature and Imagination
    ENVS 12 Intro to Environmental Studies
    ENVS 13 Soil, Water, and Air
    ENVS 39 Drawing from Nature
    ENVS 50 World Geography
    ENVS 79 Environmental Thought
    ENVS 80 Energy and the Environment
    ENVS 95 SLURP
    ENVS 98 Outdoor Leadership Expedition
    ENVS 101 Capstone Seminar
    ENVS 115 GIS in Environmental Science
    ENVS 120 Intro to Envt'l Law & Reg
    ENVS 122 US Environmental Policy
    ENVS 125 Green Cities
    ENVS 132 Agroecology
    ENVS 134 Plant Ecology in the Tropics
    ENVS 135 Biofuels: Sustainable Energy
    ENVS 140 Sustainability Outreach
    ENVS 142B Writing Natural History
    ENVS 144 Natural History of Baja
    ENVS 145 Environmental Technology
    ENVS 146 Agri, Env & Dev: Latin America
    ENVS 148 Solar Revolution
    ENVS 152 Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity
    ENVS 182 Tropical Marine Ecology
    ENVS 185 Principles of Resources
    ENVS 188 Envr Policy & Socioecon Values
    ENVS 194 Peer Education in Environmental Studies
    ENVS 196 Special Topics in Environ Stud

    ETHN 35 African American Women Writers
    ETHN 156 Environm Racism, Gender &  Justice

    HIST 11A Cultures & Ideas I: Peoples of the Americas
    HIST 12A Cultures &Ideas II: Peoples of the Americas
    HIST 84 Women in American Society
    HIST 85 Intro: U.S. Environment History
    HIST 91 Africa in the World
    HIST 95 Introduction to Modern Latin America
    HIST 141 Independent Africa
    HIST 150 Women in East Asia
    HIST 162 Argentina
    HIST 166 Latin American Empires
    HIST 177 Gay/Lesbians in U.S. History
    HIST 180 Native Americans of U.S.
    HIST 184 American Historical Geography
    HIST 187 History of the American West
    HIST 188 Seminar: US Progressive Era

    IDIS 705 Leadership for Justice & Prosp
    IDIS 861 Corp Social Responsibility & PR

    LAW 288 Environmental Protection Law
    LAW 317 Race and the Law
    LAW 414 Environmental Law Seminar
    LAW 444 Energy Resources Law
    LAW 669 Climate Change Law
    LAW 505 No California Innocence Proj

    MATH 53 Linear Algebra
    MATH 102 Advanced Calculus

    MECH 80 Solar Home Analysis and Design
    MECH 195 Advanced Design II: Implementat
    MECH 196 Advanced Design III: Comp/Ev
    MECH 287 Introduction to Alternative Energy

    MGMT 6 Business Ethics
    MGMT 80 Global and Social Environment of Business
    MGMT 161 Organizational Structure and Design
    MGMT 168 Managing for Sustainability
    MGMT 505 Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Policy
    MGMT 540 Soc, Pol, Legal Env Food & Ag
    MGMT 713 Introduction to Sustainable Business Development

    MKTG 168 Senior Retail Seminar
    MKTG 181 Principles of Marketing

    OMIS 108 Operations Management

    PHIL 2 Introduction to Ethics
    PHIL 5 Ethical Issues in Society
    PHIL 6 Business Ethics
    PHIL 9 Ethical Issues & the Environment
    PHIL 11A Cultures and Ideas I: Personal Identity & Community
    PHIL 12A Cultures and Ideas II: Personal Identity & Community
    PHIL 80 Science, Technology, and Society

    POLI 25 Introduction to International Relations
    POLI 50 World Geography
    POLI 119 European Union Politics
    POLI 121 International Political Economy
    POLI 125 International Law
    POLI 136 Politics in Central America and the Caribbean

    PSYC 2 General Psychology
    PSYC 43 Research Methods
    PSYC 150 Social Psychology
    PSYC 158 Conservation Psychology

    RSOC 18 Religion and Culture
    RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
    RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America

    RSOC 170 Religion, Gender and the Ethics of Globalization
    RSOC XX World Religions and the Environment

    SOCI 1 Principles of Sociology
    SOCI 30 Self, Community, and Society
    SOCI 33 Social Problems in the U.S.
    SOC 149 Business, Technology and Society
    SOC 170 Applied Sociology

    TESP 4 Christian Tradition
    TESP 43 Catholic Social Thought
    TESP 46 Faith, Justice & Poverty
    TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability
    TESP 118 Clare of Assisi/Ignatius of Loyola
    TESP 143 Theology and Ethics of Thomas Aquinas
    TESP 152 Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity
    TESP 176 Finding Your Own Spirituality

    THTR 151 Fashion, Politics, and Issues of Gender

    WGST 50 Intro: Women's & Gender Studies
    WGST 76 Violence Against Women