Sustainability Studies Electives

The Sustainability Studies concentration was created with climate and environmental justice in mind, and with an awareness that there can be no environmental justice without racial, social and economic justice.

For this reason, the Concentration was built around the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are internationally accepted standards for sustainable practices that acknowledge that racial, social and economic justice intersect with environmental and climate justice.

For information about how the UIW Sustainability Advisory Board is fostering a sustainable campus, read the UIW Annual Sustainability Report 2024 (pdf).

Course Options and Related UN Sustainable Development Goals

Courses and UN Sustainable Development Goals alignments for HEB School of Business
Course Name Prerequisite UN SDG Alignment (Current or could be incorporated)
ACCT 3312 Intermediate Accounting II ACCT 2312  
ACCT 3313 Cost Accounting ACCT 2312  
ACCT 3345 (Not currently active) International Accounting ACCT 2312, BINT 3331 4, 5, 16
BFIN 4325 Student Managed Fund BFIN 3324 8, 9, 10, 12
BMGT 4380-R Integrative Business Analysis and Decision Making All 2000/3000 level business core courses listed in degree plan  
BMGT 4390 Business Ethics None  
BMKT 3331-R Principles of Marketing None 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17
BMKT 4390 Marketing Management BMKT 3331, BMKT 3377 5, 9, 10, 17
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics None 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16 (2, 3, 6, 11, 12, and 13 if needed)
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 2301 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16 (6, 7, 11, 14, and 15 if needed)
Courses and UN Sustainable Development Goals alignments for College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Course Name Prerequisite UN SDG ALignment (current or could be incorporated)
ENGL 1311L Composition 1 None 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
ENGL 1312 Composition 2 ENGL 1311L 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
ENGL 2310 World Literature Studies ENGL 1312 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15
ENGL 3361 Literary Theory ENGL 2310 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
ENGL 3333 Ecocriticism ENGL 2310 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17
CRJU 3330 Environmental Crime None 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
GOVT 2350 Environmental Politics and Policy None 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
LEAD 1300 Emerging Leaders None  
LEAD 1350 Social Justice Leadership None  
PHIL 3385 Justice: Tradition and Transformation First-level course in PHIL 3, 8, 11, 13
PHIL 4350/BIOL4350 Bioethics First-level course in PHIL 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17
PSYC Social Psychology PSYC 1301 5, 6, 7, 10
RELS 3375 Environmental Theology and Ethics First-level course in RELS 5, 10, 16, 17
RELS 3375 Catholicism Today First-level course in RELS 5, 10, 16, 17
RELS 3381 Christianity and Global Justice First-level course in RELS 1, 5, 13, 17
Courses and UN Sustainable Development Goals alignments for School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
Course Name Prerequisite UN SDG Alignment (current or could be incorporated)
BIOL 1401 Diversity of Life and Lab (non-science major) None 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15
BIOL 1402, 1403 General Biology I, II for Majors MATH prereq 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15
BIOL 3442 Ecology BIOL 1401/1402 or 1403 and CHEM 1302 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
ENSC 1410 Environmental Science and Laboratory None 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
ENSC 3340 Special Topics: Environmental Impact Assessments Prereq ENSC 1410 and GEOL 3450 Various, depending on EIAs discussed
ENSC 3420H Human Dominated Ecosystems None (restricted to Honors Program) 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
ENSC 4315 Environmental Science Research Senior capstone course Any due to choice of research project
ENSC 4399 Special Topics: Sustainability None (all majors of at least junior status 1-17 as possibilities
ENSC 4460 Research in Water Quality Senior level 6, 13, 14
ENSC/BIOL 3410 Research in Soils Conservation BIOL 1401, 1402 6, 14, 15
ENSC/BIOL 4460 Water Quality Research Senior level 6, 11, 13, 14
GEOL 1401 Physical Geology None 6, 13, 14
GEOL 3450 Environmental Geology GEOL 1401 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15
METR 1360 Climatology None 13
METR 1430 Meteorology None 13
METR 3340 Hydrology (lecture) METR 1430 or 1360 6, 11, 13, 14, 15
METR 4315 Air Pollution Meteorology METR 1430 7, 11, 13
NUTR 2400 Environmental Nutrition BIOL or CHEM prereq 2, 3
NUTR 4460 Community and World Nutrition NUTR 2341 (others) 2, 3, 12
Courses and UN Sustainable Development Goals alignments for Rosenberg School of Optometry
Course Name Prerequisite UN SDG Alignment (Current or Could Be Incorporated)
VISC 3291 Junior-Fall: VISC 1112 and VISC 3211 1, 3, 5
VISC 3292 Junior-Spring: CHEM 4351, VISC 3211 3, 4, 5
VISC 4212 Public Health and Epidemiology MATH 2303 and VISC 3211 and 3292 All goals
VISC 4223 Ocular Disease VISC 3292 3, 4
VISC 4291 Clinical Internship II VISC 3291 1, 3, 5
VISC 4311 Visual Optics VISC 3211, VISC 3292  
VISC 4312 Ophthalmic Lenses and Optical Design PHYS 2305/2105, 2306/2106, VISC 3211, 3292, 4311 7, 9, 10, 12
VISC 4322 Overview of Immunology and Eye Disease VISC 3292 and CHEM/BIOL 4351 3, 4
VISC 4392 Clinical Internship III VISC 4291 1, 3, 5
Courses and UN Sustainable Development Goals alignments for School of Media and Design
Course Name Prerequisite UN SDG Alignment (Current or Could Be Incorporated)
FADS 3325 Draping FADS 2331  
FMGT 2341 Textiles None  
FMGT 3345 Sustainability in Fashion FADS 1305  
FMGT 4350 Global Fashion Economics None  
INTD 3336 Environmental Systems and Sustainability INTD 3325  
INTD 4380 Historic Preservation INTD 2355, 3325, 3363, and 3367  
INTD 4382 Wellness and Transparency in Interior Design INTD 3336 and 3370  
INTD 2325 Construction and Details INTD 1410  
INTD 2350 Interior Materials INTD 2360  
INTD 2360 Textiles for Interior Design INTD 2375  

More courses to be added.