Western Kentucky University

Sustainability Classes

Classes & Online Classes


The courses listed below have substantial content relating to Sustainability themes. Courses may be listed as Sustainability-focused or Sustainability-related, as defined by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Courses are not offered every semester so check with the appropriate department to find when next offered. This list is rapidly changing and will be updated each semester so check back regularly.

Sustainability-Focused - explores a broad range of sustainability topics, or investigates a sustainability topic in depth, or addresses a subject matter topic using sustainability as the lens.

Sustainability-Related - incorporates one or more sustainability topics or activities but not in great depth or as a primary focus.

AGRICULTURE

AGRI 28

Introduction to Environment

Sustainability-Related

AGEC 468/G

World Food Development

Sustainability-Related

AGED 475

Highlands Amazonia Ecuador Agriculture

Sustainability-Focused

AGRI 492/G

Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainability-Focused

AGRI 494

Contemporary Agriculture Issues

Sustainability-Related


AGRONOMY

AGRI 454   

Soil Management and Conservation

Sustainability-Related


ALLIED HEALTH

GERO 501

Perspectives in Aging

Sustainability-Related

GERO 581

Global Aging

Sustainability-Related


ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 342

Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean (Hudepohl)

Sustainability-Related

ANTH 442

Ecological and Economic Anthropology (Hudepohl)

Sustainability-Focused


ARCHITECTURAL AND MANUFACTURING SCIENCES

AMS 261

Construction Methods and Materials (Downing)

Sustainability-Related

AMS 360

Architectural Design Studio I (Downing)

Sustainability-Related

AMS 460

Architectural Design Studio II (Downing)

Sustainability-Related

AMS 470

Land Development

Sustainability-Related

AMS 475

Green and Sustainable Construction

Sustainability-Focused

AMS 520

Resource Management

Sustainability-Related


BIOLOGY

BIOL 122

Biological Concepts: Evolution, Diversity & Ecology

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 222

Botany

Sustainability-Focused

BIOL 224/HON

Animal Biology & Diversity

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 315/HON

Ecology

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 325/HON

Insect Biodiversity

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 369

Mammoth Cave Internship

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 415/G

Ecological Methods

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 459

Mammology

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 477/HON

Marine Biology (O Meier)

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 485/G

Conservation and Management of African Wildlife

Sustainability-Focused

BIOL 497/G

Aquatic Field Ecology

Sustainability-Related

BIOL 515

Ecological Concepts

Sustainability-Related


BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SEE ALSO MGT, MKT)

BU 253

Business Seminar (Mitchell)

Sustainability-Focused

BA 580

Business Interest in Sustainability

Sustainability-Focused


CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE 300

Floodplain Management

Sustainability-Related

CE 351

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Sustainability-Related

CE 461

Hydrology

Sustainability-Related

 

ECONOMICS  

ECON 430

Environmental and Resource Economics

Sustainability-Related

ECON 465/G

Econometrics (Trawick)

Sustainability-Related


ENGLISH

ENG 300

Writing in the Disciplines

Sustainability-Related

ENG 301

Argument and Analysis

Sustainability-Focused

ENG 370

Multicultural Literature in America (Olmsted)

 Sustainability-Related

ENG 534

Environmental Literature and Ecocriticism

Sustainability-Focused


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

ENVE 520*

Introduction to Environmental Education (Wilson)

Sustainability-Related

ENVE 560

Investigating Environmental Issues (Wilson)

Sustainability-Related

ENVE 580*

Instructional Strategies in Environmental (Wilson)

Sustainability-Focused

ENVE 585

Special Topics in Envir Education *topic varies

Sustainability-Related

 * Required courses for EE Endorsement


ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE  

ENV 280

Intro/Environmental Science

Sustainability-Related

ENV 360

Air Pollution Control – WEB

Sustainability-Related

ENV 375/HON

Introduction to Water Resources

Sustainability-Related

ENV 380/HON

Principles of Env Toxicology – WEB

Sustainability-Related

ENV 460

Environmental Management

Sustainability-Related

ENV 474

Environmental Risk Assessment – WEB

Sustainability-Related

ENV 480

Hazardous and Solid Waste – WEB

Sustainability-Related

ENV 486

Senior Environmental Seminar

Sustainability-Related

ENV 490

Food Safety – WEB

Sustainability-Related

 

EDUCATION

ELED 406

Science Methods in the Elem School (Huss)

Sustainability-Related

EDU 507/GEOG*

Geographic Concepts and Skills for Teachers

Sustainability-Related

ELED/MGE/SEC 570*

Workshops: Environmental Education

Sustainability-Related

*Elective courses for Environmental Education Endorsement

FOLK STUDIES & ANTHROPOLOGY

FLK 280

Cultural Diversity in the U.S

Sustainability-Related


GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY

GEOG 100

Intro to Physical Geography

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 110

World Regional Geography (Reader)

Sustainability-Related

GEOL 111/HON

The Earth

Sustainability-Related

GEOL 210

Human Ecology

Sustainability-Related

GEOL 216

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Society

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 280/BIOL 280

Intro to Environmental Science (Reader)

Sustainability-Focused

GEOL 325

Intro to Rocks and Minerals (Kuehn)

Sustainability-Focused

GEOG 330

Introduction to Cultural Geography

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 380

Principles of Global Sustainability

Sustainability-Focused

GEOL 415

Environmental Geology

Sustainability-Focused

GEOL 427

Water Resources

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 430

Topics in Cultural Geography

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 444

Environmental Ethics (Reader)

Sustainability-Focused

GEOG 455

Global Environmental Change

Sustainability-Focused

GEOG 471

Natural Resource Management

Sustainability-Related

GEOL 474/HON

Environmental Planning

Sustainability-Related

GEOG 475

Principles of Global Sustain (Reader) *topic varies

Sustainability-Focused

GEOG 487/GEOS 487

Environmental Law and Policy

Sustainability-Related

GEOL 489

Alternatives in Sustainability (Reader)

Sustainability-Focused

GEOG 495

Sustainability Practicum

Sustainability-Focused

GEOL 511/ELED*

The Dynamic Earth

Sustainability-Related

GEOS 580

Seminar Urban Geography

Sustainability-Related

*Elective course for Environmental Education Endorsement

HONORS COLLOQUIA

HON 251

Citizen and Self

Sustainability-Focused

HON 301

Community Development Through Service Learning

Sustainability-Focused


INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENSHIP & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ICSR 300

Public Problem Solving

Sustainabiliy-Focused

ICSR 301

Seminar in Social Responsibility *topic varies

Sustainability-Related

ICSR 301

The Pursuit of Happiness

Sustainability-Focused


JOURNALISM

JOUR 481/HON

Special Project Reporting/Farm to Fork

Sustainability-Focused


LEADERSHIP

LEAD 500

Effective Leadership Studies

Sustainability-Related

LEAD 525

Leadership Ethics

Sustainability-Related


MANAGEMENT  

MGT 410

Environmental Policy/Sustainability (Sullivan)

Sustainability-Focused


MARKETING

MKT 324

International Marketing (Todd)

Sustainability-Related

MKT 329

Business to Business Marketing (Todd)

Sustainability-Related

MKT 422

Marketing Management (Todd)

Sustainability-Related

MA 517

Advanced Marketing (Todd)

Sustainability-Related


NURSING

NUR 102

Intro to Professional Nursing (Bormann)

Sustainability-Related

NUR 426

Public Health Nursing (Lovan & Wilson)

Sustainability-Related


PHYSICAL EDUCATION & RECREATION  

PE 300

Leisure Time Outdoor Pursuits (Spencer)

Sustainability-Related

REC 235

Outdoor Recreation Activities (Spencer)

Sustainability-Related

REC 330

Foundations of Outdoor

Sustainability-Related

REC 332

Outdoor Education (Spencer)

Sustainability-Related

REC 335

Outdoor Skills Land (Spencer)

Sustainability-Related

REC 337

Outdoor Skills Water (Spencer)

Sustainability-Related

REC 420/G

Recreation Resource Management

Sustainability-Related

REC 430/G

Recreation Rescue Management (Spencer)

Sustainability-Focused

REC 434/G*

Environmental Interpretation

Sustainability-Related

REC 437

Outdoor Leadership Program (Spencer)

Sustainability-Focused

REC 532

Recreation & Sport Facility Development (Upright)

Sustainability-Related

REC 532*

Environmental Education Resources

Sustainability-Related


POLITICAL SCIENCE  

PS 338

Government and Ethics

Sustainability-Related

PS 457

War and Peace in International Relations

Sustainability-Related


PUBLIC HEALTH

PH 385

Environmental Health

Sustainability-Related

PH 443/G

Health Problems of the Aged

Sustainability-Related

PH 510

Watershed Management and Science

Sustainability-Related

PH 577

Environmental Toxicology

Sustainability-Related

PH 584

Principles of Environmental Health

Sustainability-Related

PH 585

International Health

Sustainability-Related


PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES

PHIL 103

The Committed Life

Sustainability-Related

PHIL 202/RELS 202

Racial Justice

Sustainability-Related

PHIL 321

Morality and Business

Sustainability-Related

PHIL 323/RELS/HON

Social Ethics

Sustainability-Related

PHIL 350

Ethical Theory

Sustainability-Related

PHIL 401/RELS 401

Social Ethics Research

Sustainability-Related


PHYSICS

PHYS 100

Energy

Sustainability-Focused


SOCIAL WORK

SWRK 331

Human Behavior in the Social Environment II

Sustainability-Related

SWRK 510

Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Sustainability-Related


SOCIOLOGY

SOCL 240

Contemporary Social Problems

Sustainability-Related

SOCL 346

Globalization Sociology

Sustainability-Related

SOCL 360

Rural and Urban Communities

Sustainability-Related

SOCL 362

Race, Class and Gender

Sustainability-Related

SOCL 363

Population Sociology

Sustainability-Related

SOCL 470/ENG 399

Environmental Sociology

Sustainability-Focused

SOCL 572

Environmental Criminology

Sustainability-Related


WOMEN'S STUDIES

WOMN 545

Feminist Knowledge & Social Change

Sustainability-Related

WOMN 555

Global/Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women

Sustainability-Related

WOMN 575

Justice, Gender and Sustainability

Sustainability-Focused

WOMN 625

Women and Leadership

Sustainability-Related

 Last Modified 11/10/11