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.
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GEOL |
102 |
Environment: Earth |
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GEOL |
115 |
Earth Systems, Cycles and Human Impact |
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ISAT |
113 |
Issues in Science and Technology: Living Systems |
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ISCI |
171 |
Earth and Planetary Science for Teachers |
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ISAT |
100 |
Environmental and Energy Sustainability |
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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 |
