Sustainability Course Guide Fall 2013

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SUSTAINABILITY COURSE GUIDEFall 2013

CAL POLY POMONA

Sustainability Course Guide was created by:

PowerSave Campus in collaboration with

Sustainability Manager Meaghan Smith. Fall 2013

What is Sustainability?

Throughout the sustainability course guide we refer to courses either as

sustainability focused or sustainability related. But what does “sustainability”

really mean? The term sustainability can mean many diff erent things; there is

no one, simple defi nition. However, for the purpose of this project we referred

to the most widely quoted defi nition of sustainability provided by the United

Nations. They view sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This

compiled list of sustainable courses represents the courses that teach concepts

relating to or focusing on sustainability, chosen by us, reviewed by professors

and approved by department heads.

HOW-TO READ THE GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What is Sustainability? 2

“How-To” Guide 3

College of Agriculture 4

College of Business Administration 5

College of Education and Integrative Studies 6

College of Engineering 7

College of Environmental Design 8

College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences 9

College of Science 10

Looking Forward 12

Contact Information 13


COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture:

(U) • AG 101, Agriculture and Modern World(U) • AG 401, Ethical Issues in Food, Agriculture and Apparel Industries

Agriculure Education:

(G) • AGS 505/A, Young & Adult Programs & Adult Leadership / Activity

Animal and Veterinary Sciences:

(U) • AVS 112, Animal Science I – Food Animal Science(U) • AVS 311, The Animals Industries and Society

Foods and Nutrition:

(U) • FN 228, Food and Culture

Plant Sciences:

(U) • PLT 231/231L, Basic Soil Science / Lab(U) • PLT 232, Irrigation and Water Management(U) • PLT 311, Plants and Civilization(U) • PLT 332/332L, Soil Fertility and Fertilizers / Lab(U) • PLT 401, Crop Ecology

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Finance, Real Estate, & Law:

(U) • FRL 426, Legal Aspects of International Business

International Business and Marketing:

(U) • IBM 406, Ethical Issues in Marketing

Management and Human Resources:

(U) • MHR 318, Multicultural Organizational Behavior(U) • MHR 406, Managing Diversity in Organizations

(U) • MHR 451, International Comparative Management(U) • MHR 452, Emerging Issues in Management

Graduate Business Administration:

(G) • GBA 615, Seminar in Organizational Behavior(G) • GBA 616, Directed Study in Organizational Behavior

(G) • GBA 671, Management Seminar(G) • GBA 672, Directed Study in Management Seminar

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND INTEGRATIVE STUDIES

Ethnic and Women’s Studies:

(U) • EWS 140, Introduction to Ethnic Studies(U) • EWS 145, Study of Women and Men in Society

(U) • EWS 280, Community Service Learning – Service Learning (U) • EWS 301, Ethnic Identity (U) • EWS 401, African American Contemporary Issues (U) • EWS 402, Chicano/Latino Contemporary Issues (U) • EWS 403, Native American Contemporary Issues (U) • EWS 404, Asian American Contemporary Issues (U) • EWS 420, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class (U) • EWS 445, Multiethnic Heritage of California

Interdisciplinary General Education:

(U) • IGE 223, Ways of Living: The Contemporary World

Liberal Studies:

(U) • LS 401, Liberal Studies Seminar (U) • LS 461, Senior Project I

Teacher Education:

(U) • TED 407, Education in Diverse Society

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering:

(U) • CHE 201/211L, Stoichiometry I / Lab

Civil Engineering:

(U) • CE 122, Introduction to Civil Engineering(U) • CE 351/L, Environmental Engineering / Lab(U) • CE 431/L, Water Treatment Engineering / Lab(U) • CE 433/L, Structural Design-Timber / Lab(U) • CE 451, Engineering Hydrology

Engineering:

(U) • EGR 402, Ethical Considerations in Technology and Applied Science(U) • EGR 445, Role of Design Professionals in Society

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering:

(U) • MFE 201/L, Manufacturing Systems Processes(U) • MFE 217/L, Manufacturing Processes–Materials,Metrology and Treatments / Lab

Mechanical Engineering:

(U) • ME 407/L, Solar Thermal Engineering(U) • ME 408, Nuclear Engineering(U) • ME 417/L, Building Energy Calculations / Laboratory

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNArchitecture:

(U) • ARC 301/301L, Architectural Design / Lab (U) • ARC 341/341A, Building Construction / Activity (U) • ARC 401/401L, Topics in Architectural Design / Lab (U) • ARC 405/405L, Topics in Architectural Design / Lab (U) • ARC 460, Architecture and Historic Preservation (U) • ARC 471/471A, Architectural Practice / Activity (U) • ARC 481, Behavioral Factors in Architecture

Environmental Design: (U) • ENV 101/101L, Foundations of Design I / Lab

Regenerative Studies:

(U) • RS 301, Life Support Processes (U) • RS 450, Sustainable Communities

Urban and Regional Planning:

(U) • URP 104, Evolution of Cities (U) • URP 351, Institutional Framework for Planning (U) • URP 434/434A, Community Development Theory and Process (U) • URP 475, Cities in a Global Economy (U) • URP 483/483L,The Urban Development Process / Lab

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COLLEGE OF LET TERS, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Anthropology:

(U) • ANT 101, Introduction to Biological Anthropology(U) • ANT 102, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology(U) • ANT 103, Introduction to Archaeology/Prehistory(U) • ANT 104, Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology(U) • ANT 112, World Cultures via the Internet(U) • ANT 201, Human Nature / Human Aff airs: A Biocultural View (U) • ANT 322, North America Archeology(U) • ANT 350, Environment, Technology and Culture(U) • ANT 354, Laws, Values and Culture(U) • ANT 358, Social Anthropology(U) • ANT 360, Magic, Shamanism, and Religion(U) • ANT 379, Cultural Areas of the World(U) • ANT 394/394A, Field Archeology / Activity(U) • ANT 491, Forensic Anthropology(U) • ANT 499, Special Topics for Upper Division Students

Geography:

(U) • GEO 100, World Regional Geography(U) • GEO 101, Physical Geography(U) • GEO 102, Human Geography(U) • GEO 240/A, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems / Activity(U) • GEO 303, Climatology(U) • GEO 315, Urban Geography(U) • GEO 351, Geography of California(U) • GEO 351H, Geography of California Honors(U) • GEO 359, Europe: Land and People(U) • GEO 405/A, Geo-demographics Using GIS/Activity

COLLEGE OF SCIENCEBiological Sciences:

(U) • BIO 110/ BIO 111L, Life Science / Lab(U) • BIO 115/115L, Basic Biology / Lab(U) • BIO 121/121L, Foundations of Biology: Energy & Matter- Cycles and Flows / Lab(U) • BIO 123/123L, Foundations of Biology: Biodiversity / Lab(U) • BIO 300, Genetics and Human Issues (U) • BIO 304, Environment & Society(U) • BIO 325/325L, Principles of Ecology / Lab(U) • BIO 418, Population Ecology(U) • BIO 442/442L, Marine Ecology / Lab(U) • BIO 420, Water Pollution Biology(U) • BOT 201, Form and Function in Plant(U) • BOT 421/421L, Plant Ecology / Lab(U) • MIC 201/201L, Basic Microbiology / Lab(U) • MIC 301, Germs and You(U) • MIC 320/320L, Food Microbiology / Lab(U) • ZOO 237/237L, Introduction to Invertebrate Zoology / Lab(U) • ZOO 238/238L, Introduction to Vertebrate Zoology/ Lab(U) • ZOO 430/430L, Mammalogy / Lab

Chemistry:

(U) • CHM 101/101L, Consumer Chemistry / Lab(U) • CHM 493, Undergraduate Seminar

Computer Science:

(U) • CS 375, Computers & Society

Geological Sciences:

(U) • GSC 101/101A, The Earth Revealed(U) • GSC 112, Earth, Time, and Life(U) • GSC 323/323L, Geomorphology / Lab(U) • GSC 335, Exploring the Oceans: Oceanography(U) • GSC 320, Studies of a Blue Planet(U) • GSC 350, Natural Disasters

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Physics:

(U) • PHY 102, Fundamentals of Physics(U) • PHY 121/PHY 121L, College Physics / Lab(U) • PHY 122/PHY 122L, College Physics / Lab(U) • PHY 123/PHY 123L, College Physics / Lab(U) • PHY 131/PHY131L, General Physics / Lab(U) • PHY 132/PHY132L, General Physics / Lab (U) • PHY 133/PHY133L, General Physics / Lab

This is just the beginning of a great resource for the students at Cal Poly Pomona. The PowerSave Green Campus team has exciting goals for the future sustainability course guides. We are currently working with Academic Aff airs to create a course guide that provides students with a “sustainability pathway” throughout their college years. The guide would provide a path fi lled with approved sustainable courses that students could take starting freshman year with their required general education courses. Theoretically, if a student were to fi nish this sustainable path throughout their stay at CPP, they would be rewarded with a certifi cate when they graduated signifying that they are well educated in sustainability concepts. In addition, the PowerSave Green Campus team is hoping to merge the content of the course guide with the convenience of Cal Poly Pomona’s online catalog. Students would be able to identify approved sustainable courses by recognizing the green leaf icons used throughout this course guide next to the course title on the CPP online catalog.

The next sustainability course guide will be for Winter 2014.

LOOKING FORWARD...

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