Courses
Courses
Several departments offer courses that cover sustainability-related topics ranging from development and ecology to global environmental change. The below list is based on courses in the 20-21 Academic Catalog, courses offered in the 20-21 academic year and the STARS v2.2 course criteria. 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.
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.
Faculty interested in incorporating or enhancing a focus on sustainable principles and practices in their courses should consider applying to the Sustainability Faculty Scholars program.
Undergraduate
This list is organized by subject or discipline.
Note: Course ID numbers changed to four digit numbers for most courses in 21-22. When available, the four digit number is provided in parenthesis.
Adventure Based Learning
ABL 372 Garden-Based Learning ^
Anthropology
ANT 112 (1120) Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 113 (1130) Human Evolution and Adaptation
ANT 114 (1140) Introduction to Archaeology
ANT 270 Latin American Social Movements ^
ANT 385 (3850) Culture and Business
Art
ART 114 (1140) Time Arts
ART 339 (3390) Eco Art
Biology
BIO 105 B (1050) The Terror of the Deep ^
BIO 150 E (1050) Bringing Your Biology to Life ^
BIO 106 (1064) Biology: The Science of Life
BIO 212 (2512) Introductory Population Biology
BIO 324 (3650) Toxicology
BIO 335 (3642) Field Biology *
BIO 348 (3104) Biotechnology *
Business
BUS 221 (2210) Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
BUS 465 (4970) Strategic Management
Chemistry
CHM 131 (1310) Culinary Transformations: The Science Behind What’s Cooking
CHM 305 (3050) Environmental Chemistry
CHM 341 (3410) Inorganic Chemistry *
Cinema & Television Arts
CTA 355 (3550) The Documentary
CTA 370 The Push for Equity: Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood ^
Communication Design
CDE 358 (3580) Design of Visual Images
Communications
COM 331 Environmental Communications
Core Curriculum
COR 307 (3070) The Future Now *
COR 314 (3140) Plants and Civilization
COR 331 (3310) Wilderness and Adventure Therapy
COR 339 (3390) Exploring Mathematical Thinking and Access ‡
COR 354 (3540) The Moral Limits of Markets ^
COR 361 Economics and Ecology in a Globalized World ^
COR 393 (3930) Ordinary People in the Struggle for Change *
COR 399 (3990) Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia * (ENS 310/3100)
COR 404 (4040) Africans and African Development *
COR 405 (4050) Prison Nation: Deconstructing the Prison Industrial Complex
COR 416 (4160) Wealth and Poverty
COR 424 (4240) Nature Awareness
COR 429 (4290) Permaculture: Food, Culture and Sustainability *
COR 430 (4300) Food and the Environment *
COR 432 (4320) To Boldly Belong: Space Exploration and Environmentalism as Sustainable Quests
COR 441 (4410) Science and Humanity – War, Peace and Prosperity *
COR 443 (4430) Poverty and Social Justice
COR 445 (4450) Global Partnership through Service
COR 454 (4540) Diversity and Social Justice: Building Cultural Competency
COR 455 (4550) Sustainable Development: Social, Economic, and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities
COR 456 (4560) So you Think you Can Save the Planet? *
Economics
ECO 317 (3410) Gender and Development *
ECO 335 (3230) Environmental Economics
ECO 3231 Markets and Environmental Justice ‡
ECO 372 Economics of Microfinance ^
Education
EDU 431 (4310) Environmental Education
Elon College Fellows
ECF 212 Elon College Fellows Sophomore Seminar
English
ENG 255 A Disability & Illness in Literature ^
ENG 255 B Reading & Writing About Race ^
ENG 255 I Humans in Crisis ^
ENG 255 M Coal Mining Literature of Appalachia ^
ENG 339 (3330) American Environmental Writers
Entrepreneurship
ENT 250 (2500) Creativity and the Doer/Maker Mindset
ENT 340 (3400) Entrepreneurial Finance
ENT 355 (3550) Entrepreneurship for the Greater Good
ENT 460 (4600) Bringing the Venture to Life
ENT 490 (4900) Design Thinking for Action *
Environmental Studies
ENS 101 (1010) Current Issues in Environmental Science
ENS 102 (1020) Journey to Sustainability *
ENS 103 (1030) Animal Social Behavior in a Changing World
ENS 104 (1040) Issues in Animal Conservation *
ENS 110 (1100) Humans and Nature
ENS 111/113 (1110/1130) Introduction to Environmental Science w/ Lab
ENS 120 (1200) Community Agriculture: Fall Harvest
ENS 121 (1210) Community Agriculture: Spring Planting
ENS 160 (1600) The Art of Sustainable Architecture
ENS 172 Climate Change – Communication ^
ENS 173 A Renewable Energy Future ^
ENS 173 B Environmental Science in Movies ^
ENS 178 Introduction to Geology
ENS 220 (2200) Garden Studio: Fall and Winter Gardening
ENS 221 (2210) Garden Studio: Spring and Summer Gardening
ENS 232 (2320) Solar Greenhouse and Fourth Season Harvest *
ENS 242 (2420) Environmental Land Use Management
ENS 244 (2440) Natural Resource Management and Sustainability *
ENS 310 (3100) Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia * (COR 399/3990)
ENS 311 (3110) Sustainable Food Production
ENS 314 (3140) Agroecology
ENS 320 (3200) Restoration Ecology
ENS 321 (3210) Urban Ecology *
ENS 331 (3310) Biogeography and Conservation
ENS 340 (3400) Water Resources Management * (GEO 340/3400)
ENS 350 (3500) Environmental Visions *
ENS 360 (3600) Green Design: Envisioning a Sustainable Future *
ENS 366 (3660) Sustainable Design Technologies *
ENS 461 (4970) Senior Seminar: Environmental Assessment and Project Development
Finance
FIN 413 (4130) Advanced Managerial Finance
FIN 473 Advanced Investments ^
Geography
GEO 121 (1210) Global Physical Environments
GEO 131 (1310) The World’s Regions
GEO 171 Human Geography ^
GEO 310 (3100) Development and the Environment in Latin America, Africa and Asia *
GEO 340 (3400) Water Resources Management * (ENS 340/3400)
GEO 345 (3450) Global Environmental Change
GEO 346 (3460) Natural Disasters
Global Education
GBL 203 (2030) Miami, Florida: Ecology, Conservation and Sustainability *
GBL 230 (2300) The Call of South Africa *
GBL 231 (2310) Peru: The Living Heritage of the Andes *
GBL 245 (2450) Barbados: Culture, Politics and Society *
GBL 252 (2520) Costa Rica: Language, Culture, and Ecotourism *
GBL 253 (2530) Australia: Ecotourism in Australia *
GBL 255 (2550) Elon in Alaska *
GBL 266 (2660) Critically Engaged Eco-Tourism in New Zealand *
GBL 268 (2680) Costa Rica Unplugged: Sustainable Ecotourism *
Human Service Studies
HSS 311 (3110) Social Policy and Inequality
HSS 350 (3500) International Human Services
HSS 382 (3981) Practicum Away: Theory and Practice of Human Service Studies *
Interdisciplinary Studies
IDS 164 (1640) Service Learning and Communities *
IDS 224 (2240) Disarming Justice: Nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement
IDS 225 (2250) Periclean Scholars
International Business
INB 250 (2500) Introduction to International Business
Management
MGT 323 (3230) Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior
MGT 424 (4240) International Business Strategy *
Marketing
MKT 416 (4160) Global Marketing
Periclean Scholars
PER 252 (2520) Sophomore Periclean Scholars
PER 351/352 (3510/3520) Junior Periclean Scholars
PER 451/452 (4510/4520) Senior Periclean Scholars
Philosophy
PHL 348 (3480) Environmental Ethics (REL 348/3480)
Physics
PHY 110 (1100) Energy and the Environment
Political Science & Policy Studies
POL 348 (3480) International Human Rights
POL 392 (3920) Contemporary Global Issues ^
PST 320 (3200) Food Policy *
PST 324 (3240) Environmental Policy
PST 344 (3440) International Environmental Policy *
PST 373 Labor Policy ^
Public Health Studies
PHS 201 (2010) Introduction to Public Health
PHS 302 (3020) Global Health
PHS 372 Disability and Public Health ^
Religious Studies
REL 239 (2390) Judaism and the Environment *
REL 348 (3480) Environmental Ethics (PHL 348/3480)
Science
SCI 121 (1210) Science without Borders
SCI 126 (1260) Journey through Time
Sociology
SOC 111 (1110) Introductory Sociology
SOC 220 (2200) Social Issues and Problems in the Local Community
SOC 311 (3110) Sociology of Families
SOC 334 (3340) Environmental Sociology
SOC 341 (3410) Ethnic and Race Relations *
SOC 372 Global Social Problems ^
SOC 375 Black Lives Matter: Addressing ^
Sport Management
SPT 226 (2260) Facility and Venue Management
SPT 351 (3510) Sport Marketing
Wellness and Health Education
WHE 230 (2300) Perspectives in Health Promotion: Foundations to Function
WHE 285 (2850) Perspectives in Personal and Global Health
Graduate
This list is organized by graduate program.
Note: Course ID numbers changed to four digit numbers for most courses in 21-22. When available, the four digit number is provided in parenthesis.
Higher Education (MHE)
MHE 731 (7310) Diversity and Social Justice
Interactive Media (M.A.)
IME 670 (6700) Interactive Project for the Public Good
Physician Assistant Studies (M.S.)
PAS 540 (6400) Special Populations
Law (J.D.)
LAW 736 Cause Lawyering ^
LAW 768 Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic
LAW 831 Agricultural & Food: Law & Policy *
LAW 841 Environmental Law *
LAW Gender and the Law ‡ (course number not available when Academic Catalog published)
* Indicates a course in the 20-21 Academic Catalog but not offered in the 20-21 academic year. These are not included in the STARS report.
^ Indicates a course offered in the 20-21 academic year but not in the 20-21 Academic Catalog. These are included in the STARS report.
‡ Indicates a course not offered in the 20-21 academic year and not in the 20-21 Academic Catalog. These courses were offered in 21-22. These are not included in the STARS report.