General Education Cluster 3: The Natural World
The following are examples of courses listed as part of the General Education Cluster 3 Requirements. See Cluster 3 for complete details.
| Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
|
GEOL |
102 |
Environment: Earth |
|
GEOL |
115 |
Earth Systems, Cycles and Human Impact |
|
ISAT |
113 |
Issues in Science and Technology: Living Systems |
|
ISCI |
171 |
Earth and Planetary Science for Teachers |
|
ISAT |
100 |
Environmental and Energy Sustainability |
|
ISAT |
112 |
Environmental Issues in Science and Technology (includes lab) |
SUSTAINABILITY COURSES AND COURSES THAT INCLUDE SUSTAINABILITY
Most academic units offer at least one sustainability-related course, and many units offer numerous courses. In the table below are some recent JMU courses which include one of the following: a focus on understanding or solving one or more major sustainability challenges, a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, one or more sustainability-focused activities, or sustainability integrated throughout the course. Use the search box to search by course prefix, course number, or key word.
For current course descriptions, please see the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Log into MyMadison to see which courses are offered in a particular semester. Then, contact the instructor of record listed in MyMadison to learn important details of how sustainability is included in a course, such as how deeply sustainability is explored and which dimensions of sustainability are included.
| Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH | 307 | Climate, Culture and Change |
| ANTH | 317 | Primate Evolutionary Ecology |
| BIO | 310 | Marine Biology |
| BIO | 354 | Global Climate Change and Life: Ecological and Biological Impacts of Climate Variability |
| BIO | 357 | Galapagos Islands: Biodiversity and Conservation |
| BIO | 364 | Human Uses of Plants |
| BIO | 364L | Laboratory in Human Uses in Plants |
| BIO | 366 | Environmental Ecology and Evolution |
| BIO | 402 | Forest Ecology |
| BIO | 447 | Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Disease |
| BIO | 449 | Insect Ecology |
| BIO | 457 | Biological Applications of Geographic Information Systems |
| CHEM | 353 | Environmental Chemistry |
| CHEM | 355 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters |
| CHEM | 395 | Perspectives in Chemistry |
| CS | 330 | Societal and Ethical Issues in Computing |
| ECON | 305 | Environmental Economics |
| EDUC | 455 | Perspectives in Environmental Education |
| ENG | 372 | Ecocriticism and Environmental Ethics |
| ENG | 390 | The Environmental Imagination |
| ENGR | 232 | Engineering Design II |
| ENGR | 411 | Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering and Design |
| ENGR | 412 | Sustainable Engineering and Design II |
| ENGR | 471 | Water in Africa |
| ENVT | 200 | Environmental Systems Theory |
| ENVT | 400 | Capstone Seminar in Environmental Problem Solving |
| GEOG | 200 | Geography: The Global Dimension |
| GEOG | 210 | Physical Geography |
| GEOG | 216 | Earth Observation and GPS |
| GEOG | 280 | Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape |
| GEOG | 290 | Human-Environment Interactions |
| GEOG | 308 | Environment, Nature and Society |
| GEOG | 322 | Agricultural Systems |
| GEOG | 332 | Geography of Europe |
| GEOG | 339 | Geography of the Caribbean |
| GEOG | 340 | Biogeography |
| GEOG | 341 | Wilderness Techniques |
| GEOG | 375 | Political Geography |
| GEOG | 429 | Sustainability: An Ecological Perspective |
| GEOG | 470 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Conservation, Sustainability and Development |
| GEOG | 476 | Sustainable Cities Seminar |
| GEOL | 102 | Environment: Earth |
| GEOL | 115 | Earth Systems and Climate Change |
| GEOL | 211 | Introduction to Oceanography |
| GEOL | 340 | Environmental Soil Science (2, 2) |
| GEOL | 355 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters |
| GEOL | 460 | Hydrogeology |
| GEOL | 477 | Contemporary Issues in the Geosciences |
| HIST | 434 | Recent America |
| HON | 331 | Global Studies I |
| HTH | 352 | Environmental Health |
| HTH | 422 | Public Health and Healthcare Policy |
| HUMN | 201 | Introduction to Humanitarian Affairs |
| ISAT | 100 | Environmental and Energy Sustainability |
| ISAT | 112 | Environmental Issues in Science and Technology |
| ISAT | 211 | Issues in Modern Production Systems |
| ISAT | 212 | Energy Issues in Science and Technology |
| ISAT | 311 | Role of Energy in Modern Society |
| ISAT | 320 | Fundamentals of Environmental Science & Technology I |
| ISAT | 321 | Fundamentals of Environmental Science & Technology II |
| ISAT | 330 | Sustainable Manufacturing Systems |
| ISAT | 410 | Sustainable Energy Development |
| ISAT | 411 | Energy Economics and Policy |
| ISAT | 422 | Industrial Environmental Management |
| ISAT | 423 | Environmental Remediation |
| ISAT | 424 | Natural Resource Management |
| ISAT | 425 | Environmental Hydrology |
| ISAT | 426 | Environmental Information Systems |
| ISAT | 428 | Industrial Ecology |
| ISAT | 429 | Sustainability: An Ecological Perspective |
| ISAT | 430 | Materials and Manufacturing Processes |
| ISAT | 431 | Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Systems |
| ISAT | 437 | Technological Innovation and Sustainable Design |
| ISAT | 455 | Regulatory Issues Biotechnology |
| ISAT | 473 | Local Agriculture and Farm Internships |
| ISAT | 474 | Political Ecology |
| ISAT | 495 | Technology in Our World: Better by Design |
| ISCI | 173 | Life and Environmental Science for Teachers |
| MGT | 461 | Introduction to Supply Chain Management |
| PPA | 484 | Environmental Regulatory Policy and Politics |
| SCOM | 302 | Third Wave Ecofeminism |
| SCOM | 354 | Environmental Communication and Advocacy |
| SOCI | 311 | Sociology of the Environment |
| SOWK | 288 | Human Rights, Social, Economic and Environmental Justice |
| UNST | 151 | Making Sense of Beliefs and Values: A Guided Tour for Global Citizens |
| WGSS | 302 | Third Wave Ecofeminism |
| WRTC | 326 | Environmental Communication and Advocacy |
