Academics: Courses and Research
Courses
Several departments offer courses that cover sustainability-related topics ranging from development and ecology to global environmental change. The below list was developed as part of Elon's 2011 STARS report and is based on courses offered in the 10-11 academic year. It is also meant to serve as a guide for students interested in sustainability issues. This may not be an all inclusive list as new courses are continually added, and the list was largely based on course decscriptions, which are brief and may not reflect all topics to be discussed in the course.
Keep in mind that the semester in which a course is offered is subject to change and some courses are offered every other year. Visit the Registrar’s website for current course offerings and more course details. Please let us know if there is a course that should be added to this list.
Undergraduate
ACC/BUS/FIN 277 Conducting Business in the Pacific Rim
ACC 280 Business in the Caribbean: The Cayman Islands
ANT 112 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 113 Human Evolution and Adaptation
ANT 381 Environmental Archaeology
ART 339 Ecological Art
BIO 103 Reinventing Life
BIO 105-E1 The Past, Present, and Future of Food and Fiber Production
BIO 231 Biodiversity
BIO 335 Field Biology in Peru
BIO 342 Aquatic Biology: The Study of Inland Waters *
BIO 350 General Ecology
BUS 170 Business and Sustainability
BUS 221 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
CHM 305 Environmental Chemistry
COM 331 Environmental Communications
ECO 335 Environmental Economics
ECO 440 Urban Economics and Planning
ENG 339 American Environmental Writers
ENG 372 Writing for Social Change
ENS 101 Current Issues in Environmental Science
ENS 110 Humans and Nature
ENS 111/113 (Lab) Introduction to Environmental Science w/ Lab
ENS 175 - E1 Journey to Sustainability
ENS 175 - E2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
ENS 175 - E3 Animal Social Behavior in a Changing World
ENS 178/BIO 178 Community Agriculture: Fall Harvest
ENS 179 Community Agriculture: Spring Planting
ENS 200 Strategies for Environmental Inquiry
ENS 215 Diversity of Life
ENS/ENG 270 (or ENS 220) Organic Gardening and Sustainable Food Production
ENS/GEO 250 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
ENS 320 Restoration Ecology *
ENS 374 (or ENS 330) Wildlife Ecology
ENS 340/GEO 340 Water Resources Management *
ENS/BIO 346 Wetland Ecology and Management *
ENS 350 Environmental Visions *
ENS 359 Special Topics Seminar *
ENS 372 (or ENS 360) Green Design: Envisioning a Sustainable Future
ENS/GEO 377 U.S. Environmental History
ENS 461 Senior Seminar: Environmental Assessment and Project Development
GST 110 The Global Experience
GST 205 Fossil Fuels: Biological, Chemical, Economic and Social Implications
GST 211 Peru: The Living Heritage of the Andes
GST 244 New Zealand: Business and Culture
GST 252 Costa Rica: Language, Culture, and Ecotourism
GST 253 Ecotourism in Australia
GST 268 Costa Rica: Jungle Service
GST 305 Social Reformers and the Labor Movement
GST 307 The Future Now
GST 314 Plants and Society
GST 329 Sustainability as a Driver for Innovation in Local and Global Enterprise
GST/PHL 330 Economic Justice
GST 336 Costa Rica: Place Story and Sustainability
GST 354 Eco-Spirituality
GST 389 Current Global Issues
GST 413 Living and Learning Local: Story, Sustainability and Sense of Place
GST 416 Wealth and Poverty
GST 225 Periclean Scholars
GEO 121 Global Physical Environments
GEO 131 The World's Regions
GEO 310 (or GST 317) Development and the Environment in Latin America, Africa and Asia
GEO 320 Africa's People and Environments *
GEO 345 Global Environmental Change
GEO 371 (or GEO 346) Natural Disasters
GEO 360 Geography of North America *
HED 111 Contemporary Wellness Issues
HSS 311 Social Policy and Inequality
MGT 422 Sustainable Enterprise Management
PER 271 Periclean Scholars
PER 351 Periclean Scholars
PER 352 Periclean Scholars
PER 451 Periclean Scholars
PER 452 Periclean Scholars
REL 348/PHL 348 Environmental Ethics
PEH 275 Introduction to Outdoor Education
PHY 110 Energy and the Environment
POL 224 Environmental Policy and the Law
POL 344 International Environmental Policy *
POL 392 Topics-International Political Economy
PUB 461 Seminar in Public Administration
PHS 301 Introduction to Public Health
PHS 370 (or PHS 302) Global Health
SCI 121 Science without Borders
SOC 273 Social Issues and Problems in the Local Community
SOC 334 Environmental Sociology *
SOC 341 Ethnic and Race Relations
Graduate
COM 570 Interactive Project for the Public Good
LAW 841 Environmental Law
LAW 751 Leadership and Public Law
LAW 728 Real Estate Transactions *
* Indicates a course in the 10-11 Academic Catalogue/Program Information but not offered in the 10-11 academic year. These courses were not included in the numbers for the 2011 STARS Report, which is based on the courses offered in the 10-11 academic year.
Research
A number of faculty are engaged in sustainability research. The below list was developed as part of Elon's 2011 STARS report and is based on research activity from FY 09 to FY 11. It is also meant to serve as a guide for students interested in doing sustainability research while at Elon. It is organized by academic department. This may not be an all inclusive list. Please let us know if someone should be added to the list.
Art and Art History and Environmental Studies, Samantha DiRosa
Communications, Barbara Miller
Communications, Brooke Barnett †
Communications, Derek Lackaff †
Communications, Michele Ferrier
Economics, Cassandra (Casey) DiRienzo ‡
Economics, Jayoti (Tina) Das ‡
Economics, Steven DeLoach
Economics, Thomas Tiemann
Environmental Studies and Biology, Brant Touchette
Environmental Studies and Biology, Janet MacFall
Environmental Studies, Robert Charest
Environmental Studies, Steve Moore
Finance, Neeraj Gupta ‡
History and Geography, Heidi Frontani
History and Geography, Honglin Xiao
History and Geography and Environmental Studies, Ryan Kirk
Management, Betsy Stevens
Management, Christina Benson
Management, Mary Gowan ‡
Management, Susan Manring
Philosophy, Anthony Weston
Political Science and Public Administration, Laura Roselle
Political Science and Public Administration, Sharon Spray
Religious Studies, Toddie Peters
Sociology and Anthropology, Aaron Peeks
† Indicates a faculty member who regularly teaches in the Interactive Media program.
‡ Indicates a faculty member who regularly teaches in the MBA program.
Sustainability Research Grants are available on a competitive basis for students who are or will be engaged in independent, faculty-mentored undergraduate research related to sustainability.
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