Teaching
Undergraduate teaching and research have increased in part as a reaction to the groundswell of student interest. In addition to the undergraduate program in Environment & Sustainability, the university also has strong environmental offerings and faculty expertise in the Virginia Institute of Marine Science/School of Marine Science, The Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, the Law School and the Business School.
The Commonwealth Center for Energy and the Environment encourages research, teaching and community-based activities at the cutting edge of a variety of environmental issues and involving a variety of disciplines, including science, policy, law, the arts and humanities.
Listed below are academic courses that include sustainability content or concepts. The content may include the ability of a system (natural, physical or human) to maintain its functions and processes over time, in addition to general issues of environmental stewardship.
Arts & SciencesAmerican StudiesAMST 203 Medicine in America AnthropologyANTH 203 Introduction to Biological Anthropology Applied ScienceAPSC 150 Recycling Technology Art & Art HistoryART 319 Figure Modeling I BiologyBIOL 105 Plants, People and Agriculture ChemistryCHEM 308 General Chemistry II for Life Sciences Computer ScienceCSCI 120: Computational Problem-Solving for Environmental Studies EconomicsECON 322 Environmental Economics EnglishENGL 150W Hot, Flat, and Crowded Environment & SustainabilityENSP 101 Introduction to Environment and Sustainability Film StudiesFILM 350 Section on environmental documentaries GeologyGEOL 101 The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology GovernmentGOVT 322 Global Environmental Governance |
Hispanic StudiesHISP 150 Ethical Fashion HistoryHIST 226/ENSP 249 American West since 1890 KinesiologyKINE 164 Rock Climbing PhysicsPHYS 102 Introductory Physics PsychologyPSYC 202 Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science Public PolicyPUBP 635 Environmental Science for Policy Religious StudiesRELG 321 Ecology and Ethics SociologySOCL 328 Environmental Sociology Theatre, Speech and DanceDANC 350 Physical Theatre Mason School of BusinessBUAD 300 Business Perspectives School of EducationEDUC 305 Designs for Technology-Enhanced Learning-Secondary School of LawLAW 424/PUBP 628 Environmental Law Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceMSCI 330 Introduction to Oceanography |
| American Studies |
| AMST 203 Medicine in America |
| Anthropology |
| ANTH 203 Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
| ANTH 310 Primate Behavior |
| ANTH 322 Archaeology of North America |
| ANTH 350 Ethnobotany |
| ANTH 315 Environmental Archaeology |
| Applied Science |
| APSC 150 Recycling Technology |
| APSC 201 Intro Materials Science |
| APSC 422 Materials Characterization |
| APSC 455 Population Dynamics |
| APSC 621 Applied Solid State Science |
| APSC 622 Materials characterization |
| APSC 623 Surface and Interfaces |
| Art & Art History |
| ART 319 Figure Modeling I |
| ART 320 Figure Modeling II |
| ART 325 Sculpture Mass |
| ART 420 Advanced Sculpture |
| Biology |
| BIOL 105 Plants, People and Agriculture |
| BIOL 108 Intro Ecology and Environmental Science |
| BIOL 204 Principles of Biology I: Organisms, Ecology, Evolution |
| BIOL 205 Integrative Biology II: Non-animals |
| BIOL 416 Ornithology |
| BIOL 417 Population and Community Ecology |
| BIOL 426 Aquatic Ecology |
| BIOL 427 Wetlands Ecosystems |
| BIOL 664 Advanced Topics in Plant Conservation |
| Chemistry |
| CHEM 308 General Chemistry II for Life Sciences |
| CHEM 341 Physical chemistry for Life Sciences |
| Computer Science |
| CSCI 120: Computational Problem-Solving for Environmental Studies |
| Economics |
| ECON 322 Environmental Economics |
| ECON 483 Development Economics |
| ECON 484 Economics of Growth |
| English |
| ENGL 150W Hot, Flat, and Crowded |
| ENGL 362 The American Renaissance |
| Environment & Sustainability |
| ENSP 101 Introduction to Environment and Sustainability |
| ENSP 201/GEOL314 Watershed Dynamics |
| ENSP 203Public Commons Workshop |
| ENSP 204 Geographic Information Systems |
| ENSP 205 Marine and Environmental Science |
| ENSP 210 The Ethics of Sustainability: Beyond Environmentalism? |
| ENSP 211 The Ethics of Globalization and Sustainability |
| ENSP 250 Seminar topics in environmental science and policy |
| ENSP 302 Philosophic History of American Environmentalism |
| ENSP 303 Issues in Environmental Ethics |
| ENSP 440 Asian Environmental Issues in 21st Century |
| ENSP 440 Future Energy Choices |
| ENSP 440 Sustainability and Agriculture |
| ENSP 440/PUBP 635 Fundamental of Environmental Science for Policy |
| ENSP 440/PUBP 390 Environment and Energy Regulation |
| Film Studies |
| FILM 350 Section on environmental documentaries |
| Geology |
| GEOL 101 The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology |
| GEOL 110 Physical Geography: Earth's Environmental System |
| GEOL 150W Extinction is Forever |
| GEOL 150W Double, double, oil and trouble |
| GEOL 160 Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory |
| GEOL 305 Environmental Geology |
| GEOL 306 Marine Geology |
| GEOL 312 Weather, Climate, and Change |
| GEOL 315 Hydrology |
| GEOL 316 Environmental Geochemistry |
| GEOL 330 Introduction to Oceanography |
| Government |
| GOVT 322 Global Environmental Governance |
| GOVT 350 Intro to Public Policy |
| GOVT 353 State & Local Govt |
| GOVT 381 Human Geography |
| GOVT 454 Politics in Metro Areas |
| GOVT 491 International Organizations and Environmental Governance |
| GOVT 491 Environmental Thought and Action |
| GOVT 491 Global Civil Society and Environmental Governance |
| GOVT 631 State & Local Policymaking |
