SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Natural Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply a simple physical model to evaluate sustainability claims from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, energy, water, land use and conservation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how economic, social and cultural factors that don’t explicitly involve matter or energy can also affect environmental sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Produce thoughtful written work that integrates guest lectures, readings, other texts and/or current events related to environmental sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of climate change, water scarcity, land and water degradation, energy use and biodiversity loss. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply a simple physical model to evaluate sustainability claims from a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, energy, water, land use and conservation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how economic, social and cultural factors that don’t explicitly involve matter or energy can also affect environmental sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Produce thoughtful written work that integrates guest lectures, readings, other texts and/or current events related to environmental sustainability. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of climate change, water scarcity, land and water degradation, energy use and biodiversity loss. Audience: Undergraduate