Sustainability in the Curriculum
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.
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 2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog and the 2019-20 Graduate Catalog. 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 | 300 | The Anthropology of Food |
ANTH | 352 | Birth, Death, Sex: Exploring Demography |
ANTH | 430 | Primate Conservation Biology |
BIO | 171 | Earth and Planetary Science for Teachers |
BIO | 100 | Environmental and Energy Sustainability |
BIO | 112 | Environmental Issues in Science and Technology (includes lab) |
BIO | 103 | Contemporary Biology |
BIO | 342 | Mathematical Models in Biology |
BIO | 354 | Global Climate Change and Life: Ecological and Biological Impacts of Climate Variability |
BIO | 364 | Human Uses of Plants |
BIO | 364 | Laboratory in Human Uses of Plants |
BIO | 366 | Environmental Ecology and Evolution |
BIO | 402 | Forest Ecology |
BIO | 447 | Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Disease |
BIO | 450 | Developmental Biology |
BIO | 452 | Population Ecology |
BIO | 456 | Landscape Ecology |
BIO | 457 | Biological Applications of Geographic Information Systems (2, 4) |
BIO | 459 | Freshwater Ecology |
BIO | 465 | Environmental Toxicology |
CHEM | 354 | Environmental Chemistry Field Camp |
CHEM | 355 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters |
CS | 330 | Societal and Ethical Issues in Computing |
ECON | 305 | Environmental Economics |
ECON | 365 | Economic Development |
ECON | 405 | Political Economy |
ENG | 390 | The Environmental Imagination |
ENGR | 112 | Introduction to Engineering |
ENGR | 231 | Engineering Design I |
ENGR | 232 | Engineering Design II |
ENGR | 331 | Engineering Design III |
ENGR | 411 | Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering and Design |
ENGR | 412 | Sustainable Engineering and Design II |
ENGR | 476 | Principles of Chemical Processes |
ENVT | 200 | Environmental Systems Theory |
ENVT | 400 | Capstone Seminar in Environmental Problem Solving |
GEOG | 290 | Human-Environment Interactions |
GEOG | 310 | Environmental Issues |
GEOG | 325 | Environmental Ethics |
GEOG | 375 | Political Geography |
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 | 400 | Geology and Ecology of the Bahamas |
GEOL | 460 | Hydrogeology |
GEOL | 477 | Contemporary Issues in the Geosciences |
HIST | 150 | Critical Issues in Recent Global History |
HIST | 150 | Critical Issues in Recent Global History (H) |
HTH | 352 | Environmental Health |
HUMN | 201 | Introduction to Humanitarian Affairs |
ISAT | 100 | Environmental and Energy Sustainability |
ISAT | 112 | Environmental Issues in Science and Technology |
ISAT | 212 | Energy Issues in Science and Technology |
ISAT | 311 | Role of Energy in Modern Society |
ISAT | 410 | Sustainable Energy Development |
ISAT | 416 | International Energy Studies |
ISAT | 420 | Environmental Analysis and Modeling |
ISAT | 421 | Environmental Policy and Regulation |
ISAT | 422 | Industrial Environmental Management |
ISAT | 423 | Environmental Remediation |
ISAT | 424 | Natural Resource Management |
ISAT | 428 | Industrial Ecology |
ISAT | 429 | Sustainability: An Ecological Perspective |
ISAT | 473 | Local Agriculture and Farm Internships |
ISCI | 171 | Earth and Planetary Science for Teachers |
ISCI | 173 | Life and Environmental Science for Teachers |
JUST | 225 | Justice and American Society |
JUST | 235 | Justice in the Global Community |
JUST | 341 | Gender and Justice |
JUST | 372 | Ethics and International Politics |
MATH | 342 | Mathematical Models in Biology |
MGT | 375 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility |
NUTR | 380 | Global Nutrition |
POSC | 340 | Political Development in the Third World |
POSC | 372 | Ethics and International Politics |
POSC | 392 | Peace Studies |
PPA | 484 | Environmental Regulatory Policy and Politics |
SCOM | 302 | Ecofeminism |
SCOM | 354 | Environmental Communication and Advocacy |
SOCI | 110 | Social Issues in a Global Context |
SOCI | 311 | Sociology of the Environment |
SOCI | 352 | Birth, Death, Sex: Exploring Demography |
SOWK | 335 | Social Policy |
UNST | 151 | Making Sense of Beliefs and Values: A Guided Tour for Global Citizens |
WGS | 302 | Ecofeminism |
WGS | 341 | Gender and Justice |