Sustainability Course Repository

Provides orientation to theoretical, personal, social and professional components of social justice issues through exploration of literature, investigation of social justice issue, and development of personal philosophical statement

Read more about EDUC-5200 : Social Justice

While in residence, participants generate and conduct an executive-leadership project, under the direction of the faculty. They must weave theories and best practices learned from coursework as they lead a project related to one of the following: an entrepreneurial venture, significant endeavors at work for which students have primary business responsibility, or the intersection of business and social justice. Importantly, participants must be responsible for generating vision, aligning others, ...

Read more about EMBA-5610 : Integral Leadership & Business Practices

An examination of literatures that engagecultural boundaries and the issue of communicating across social and cultural differences. Readings in the course address multiculturalthemes and topics, and focus especially on the role that intersections among race, gender, sexuality, class, and/or national or global history play in the production and reception of literary texts.

Read more about ENGL-2030 : Encountering Intercultural Lit

Argumentative writing for a public forum on issues of policy or other significant social issues. Study of the rhetoric of argumentation with attention to the use of evidence, the internal logic of argument, and the appeal to an audience's sympathies and reason. Development of a flexible prose style that can be adapted to a variety of rhetorical situations and audiences.

Read more about ENGL-3040 : Advanced Writing

An examination of select Indigenous literatures of North America with an emphasis on advanced historical and tribally specific analysis. The course will provide an overview of Indigenous literature ranging from Pre-Columbian times to the present, but with special attention given to the diversity of Indigenous expression. INT

Read more about ENGL-4510 : Indigenous American Literature

This course will provide students an overview of the field of environmental science. It includes invited speakers who discuss their professional experiences, field trips to project sites, and faculty lectures.

Read more about ENSC-1000 : Introduction to Environmental Science

Learn basic field methods used in environmental science, data collection, documentation and sampling techniques. Practice data collection in forest, coastal, riparian, and alpine environments. Specific skills include navigation, mapping, snow studies, tree coring, rock, soil, water, and sediment sampling, hydrologic and hydraulic measurements, and stratigraphic analysis. Instruction and practice in designing a field-based research project. Registration restrictions may be bypassed with permissio...

Read more about ENSC-1500 : Environmental Field Methods

Explores the use of electronic sensors to automatically measure and log environmental variables such as temperature, light, pressure, and precipitation. Focuses on basic sensing approaches, calibration, and communication between sensors and dataloggers.Also explores remote sensor installations by addressing power management/battery life, weatherproofing, and approaches to wireless communication. Requisites may be bypassed by the department with permission of instructor.

Read more about ENSC-2400 : Environmental Sensors

The goal of this course is to develop a scientific understanding of the entire Earth system by describing how its major physical and biological systems function, interact and evolve. The course explores the integrated Earth system which includes the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Topics include global energy balance, circulation and dynamics of atmosphere and oceans, climate, biogeochemical cycles, plate tectonics, ecology and biodiversity, geomorphology, limnology, and gro...

Read more about ENSC-3300 : Natural Systems

Basic principles of microbiology and biochemistry as applied to environmental control and wastewater treatment. Kinetic and energetic aspects are emphasized. Effects of domestic and industrial water pollution on the biological characteristics of natural waters and aquatic life are studied. Laboratory includes plating techniques, studying biological growth kinetics and advanced genetic techniques such as gene amplification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Cross-listed with CEEGR 3410 (forme...

Read more about ENSC-3410 : Applied Environmental Biology