Looking to take a course on renewable energy? Wondering how you can learn more about climate change? Thinking about building your social justice toolbox? Maybe you just want to expand your knowledge of sustainability concepts in your field.
Look no further!
Below is a list of the over 300 courses offered here at UB that you can take to become sustainability literate and an agent of change after graduation.
Liberation Struggles | AAS | 425SEM | GRI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Focuses on the movements of people of African descent in search of freedom from colonialism, racial oppression, slavery, and apartheid. Uses a comparative approach to trace evolving programs and conceptions of the freedom struggle across generations and |
Health Prob Black Commun | AAS | 414SEM | DPT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Addresses issues of health and disease in the African Diaspora from the point of view of African peoples biology and culture. Includes African healing traditions in the Caribbean and North America, as well as black responses to modern medical revolutions. |
Race, Law & Society | AAS | 293SEM | LUL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores that part of U.S. law that has dealt with the human and civil rights of African Americans (and by implication other racial ethnic groups in U.S. society: Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, etc.) We do this by examining the rel |
African American History | AAS | 261LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Surveys the history of African Americans from African origins to the present. The course focuses on the often overlooked but crucial role of African Americans in shaping US and world history. Topics include: West African civilizations, the slave trade and |
Intro African American Studies | AAS | 100LEC | JPO | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Offers an overview of the major themes, debates, and issues animating the discipline of African-American Studies and an introduction to the social, cultural, and political history of the African diaspora. |
Diversity & Cultural Awareness | AAS | 504SEM | SBF | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course seeks to provide a critical and rigorous grounding in the ideals and practices of modern citizenship that is diversified, fragmented, and noted for cultural differences. It will examine the contradictions of modern living in plural societies t |
Intel Domain: Urban Design | ARC | 629SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Intel Domain: Inclusive Design | ARC | 623SEM | A558 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Tech Method Situated Technolog | ARC | 617DIS | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | There is no digital architecture anymore: just architecture. Considers architecture in the expanded field of computational and media technologies within constructed environments. Complex assemblages of code, people, space, material, infrastructure, practi |
Urban Design: Case Studies | ARC | 566LEC | U566 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Urban Design: Case Studies examines how American cities are so thinly spread out compared with many other nations. What is density and what does it mean? What are the relations between density and sustainability? This graduate seminar is intended to exami |
Urban Design: Understndng Form | ARC | 565LEC | U565 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Urban Design 1: Understanding Urban Form is a multidisciplinary course with its roots in architecture, urban planning, and environmental design. Intended to be an introduction to urban design, the course is open to students who are interested in neighborh |
Tech Methods: Urban Design | ARC | 551LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Technical methods in urban design and architecture works at the confluence of the scale of buildings and the scale of cities. Straddles the fields of architecture, urban planning, and development to critically examine parameters of contemporary urban form |
Tech Methods: Ecological Pract | ARC | 546SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Offers students an intense exploration of the role that architects play in the design of the built and natural environments. Encourages multidisciplinary collaboration among allied professions and disciplines. Explores the following issues: connections am |
Tech Methods: Material Culture | ARC | 544SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Material Culture projects forward from this history and the research group explores ways in which the culture of materials shapes our environments and contributes to our constructive sensibilities. Our research scrutinizes the transformation from idea to |
Architecture History 2 | ARC | 534LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the fundamentals of architectural design from the theory and practice of the 1450's to the built and written manifestos of modern times. Situates the evolution of the architectural discipline within the context of social, cognitive and technolo |
Site Planning & Design | ARC | 526SEM | U526 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examine the integration of requirements in site planning and design. Topics may include pedestrian movement and circulation; public transit; provisions for the handicapped; services and utilities; site assessment (including zoning, climate, topography, wa |
Architectural Theory | ARC | 362LLB | A562 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Overview of architectural theory and approaches. Examines architectural theory as applied to building design, using architectural theory as a basis for developing design paradigms. Introduces research methods used in architectural theory. |
Structures 1 | ARC | 352LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the fundamentals of statics and strength of materials and the principals of structure. Provides a theoretical and scientific basis for understanding how various structural systems and structural materials work and withstand loading. Investigate |
Environment & Landscapes | ARC | 300LEC | E275 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Theme is discovering landscape design. Explores perspectives on the physical environment and design, focusing on relationships between people, the natural and constructed environments, and landscapes. Introduces new ways of seeing, understanding, and comm |
Intro to Environmental Systems | ARC | 241LEC | A541 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Overview on interrelationship of the physical environment and buildings, specifically examining site design and environmental technologies, as they relate to environmental building systems design. More specifically, will develop an ability to respond to s |
Arch History: 1450 - Present | ARC | 234LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the fundamentals of architectural design from the theory and practice of the 1450's to the built and written manifestos of modern times. Situates the evolution of the architectural discipline within the context of social, cognitive and technolo |
Arch History: Ancient - 1450 | ARC | 231LR | A531 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the development of urban and architectural form in a cultural context from the first settlements of Neolithic times to the consolidation of architecture as a discipline in the 1450s. |
American Diversity & Design | ARC | 211LEC | 001 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | An approved SUNY Arts and SUNY American History general education course. Examines the history and diversity of cultural experiences within the United States and their attendant design issues. Specifically, the course concentrates on the ways in which our |
Introduction to Architecture | ARC | 121LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces students to the vocabulary of architecture, and the understanding of design and applied arts in the human experience. Topics include historical examples of 19th and 20th century architecture, design, landscapes, and urbanism as a tool for devel |
Intel Domain: Ecological Pract | ARC | 628SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Offers students an intense exploration of the role that architects play in the design of the built and natural environments. Encourages multidisciplinary collaborations among allied professions and disciplines. Explores one or more of the following issues |
Tech Methods: Inclusive Design | ARC | 620SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Topics on inclusive design technical methods for environments, products, and systems for a wider range of people. |
Environmental Systems 3 | ARC | 475LEC | A575 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Explores and synthesizes environmental systems for a design studio project, or investigates how these systems operate in an existing building as part of a semester-long project. Analyzes and examine how design criteria vary with factors like geography, cl |
Environmental Systems 2 | ARC | 473LEC | A573 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | A majors-only course. Examines active systems of climate control in buildings and their relation to energy management. Assesses evaluation and selection of mechanical equipment systems, cost implications, and effectiveness. Investigates design considerati |
Chi Tradition & Guanxi | AS | 380LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Continuation of CHI 280. Surveys major cultural and traditional elements that have influenced various aspects of contemporary Chinese life. Topics include Chinese philosophical ideals, religion, women, family, education, Chinese language and symbolic refe |
Gender in Asian Literature | AS | 323LEC | HAQ | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will examine the different ways in which gender is constructed through Asian literature, theatre, and film. It is intended to introduce students to the literature of Asia, foregrounding the ways in which gender shapes different types, or genre |
Human Evolutionary Genomics | BIO | 550LEC | GOK | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course conveys genomics approaches to tackle the questions: "What makes us human?" and "Why are we different from each other?" Specifically, this course will introduce the state-of-the-art concepts and methodologies in human evolutionary genomics exp |
Evolutionary Ecology | BIO | 438LEC | POU | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will explore the theoretical and practical interaction between the fields of ecology and evolution through the lens of optimality theory. Separate sections of the course will examine population and community processes, using both theoretical a |
Marine Ecology | BIO | 411LEC | WEI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Surveys tropical marine ecosystems, with an emphasis on coral reef communities. Examines processes controlling abundance and distribution of marine taxa using primary literature. This course is the same as GLY 411, and course repeat rules will apply. Stu |
Plant Biology | BIO | 318LEC | WIL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course focuses on land plants and algae. Topics include photosynthesis, water relations, plant nutrition, reproduction, development, ecology, economic botany, and others, depending on student interest. Topics will be covered from molecular to organ |
Ecology | BIO | 309LEC | HEN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Processes that control the abundance and distribution of organisms in their natural environments; emphasizing population, community and evolutionary ecology. This course is the same as GLY 309, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult |
General Physiology Lec | BIO | 303LEC | EZA | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Covers general physiology principles, using cells, plants, and animals as models to illustrate mechanisms by which living organisms maintain internal function and adapt to their external environment. Previously BIO 203LEC. |
Evolutionary Biology | BIO | 200LLB | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is designed as a general introduction to organismal biology: what happens at the level of the organism and above. Students will learn how evolution works, what organisms evolution has created, and how those organisms interact with the environ |
Advanced Ecology | BIO | 507LEC | HEN | SUST | SUSCOURSE | |
Materials Principles | CE | 540LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course covers the fundamental principles of material science and engineering for graduate level students as they apply to basic chemical and biological engineering systems. Four topics will be discussed in-depth, including materials structure, thermo |
Materials Sci & Corrosion | CE | 433LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Properties of solids, which chemical engineers need to understand and exploit in regard to chemical processing and industrial equipment; how chemical and physical structures determine the uses of the products of the chemical industry. Crystal structure, c |
Chem Eng Plant Design | CE | 408LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Applies chemical engineering principles to the design of chemical plants and process equipment. Preliminary economic evaluations of plants. Process flow sheet development; material and energy balances; equipment specification, fundamentals of engineering |
Separations | CE | 407LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Staged operations of distillation, absorption, leaching, and extraction. Phase equilibria and application of equilibrium data to calculational methods provide knowledge of solution methods and limitations for binary and multicomponent systems. |
CE Product Design | CE | 404LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Integrates the general framework for product design and development with molecular structure-property relations, enables students to evaluate the design of existing products and participate in the design of improved and new products. |
Applied CE Math | CE | 341LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course covers fundamental numerical and computational methods for modeling physical phenomena and processes with a focus on chemical engineering applications. An emphasis is placed on the implementation of the numerical methods in a programming env |
Chem Engr Thermodyn 2 | CE | 304LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Applies the laws and tools of equilibrium thermodynamics to chemical engineering problems, including calculation of thermodynamic properties of pure fluids and mixtures, computation of energy requirements for changing the state of a system, analysis of ph |
Fund of Chemical Eng | CE | 212LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Integrates fundamentals of mathematics, physics, and chemistry into chemical engineering concepts; laws of conservation of mass and energy. |
Electrochem Energy Environ | CE | 422LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course is for senior undergraduate students in Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry, who are interested in sustainable renewable energy and environmental technologies. Development of such cutting-edge technologies heavily relies on understanding of el |
Psych Learng & Instr | CEP | 560LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The study of educational psychology involves both theory and practice. Focusing upon applying the principles of psychology and research to the practice of teaching, the ultimate goal is the understanding and improvement of learning and instruction. This c |
Sch-Wide Prac Diverse Lrnrs | CEP | 551SEM | SP | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course covers diversity issues and school-wide practices for school psychologists in training. Diversity dimensions covered within the course include ethnicity, culture, language, socio-economic, sexual orientation, and disability. An emphasis is pla |
Yoga for Health and Healing | CEP | 549SEM | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Yoga for Health and Healing is a graduate level course for those in the helping field who would like to learn more about the role of yoga in maintaining wellbeing and school engagement. The course will provide an overview of yoga theory and practices. The |
Mental Health Counseling | CEP | 521LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This introductory course provides an overview of mental health counseling as a profession. The texts and assignments are designed to introduce students to the field. Core topics include: history and current trends of counseling, mental health counselor's |
Educational Psychology | CEP | 400LEC | OE1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of Educational Psychology and its contributions to classroom teaching and learning. Through lectures and interactive exercises, we will explore the dynamic relationship between |
Experimental Design | CEP | 524LEC | JL | SUST | SUSCOURSE | The course introduces the principles and applications of experimental and quasi-experimental research designs in education, behavioral and social sciences. It covers various advanced statistical modeling and data analysis techniques for policy/program eva |
Diversity & Human Relations | CEP | 412LEC | OE1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This undergraduate course is designed to examine the multiple dimensions of human diversity and how it impacts human interactions in everyday and work life. The influence of factors such as globalization, technology, information sharing, communication met |
Health Behavior Change | CHB | 502LEC | 2 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Health Behavior Change is an overview of the health behaviors contributing most dramatically to increased morbidity and mortality in the United States. The course emphasizes public health interventions and strategies to promote healthy behaviors and disco |
Behavior Driven Disease | CHB | 210LD | DIS1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This study abroad course in Jamaica will allow students to explore how lifestyle choices are linked to obesity and overweight from 2 different perspectives the United States and Jamaica. Students will attend classroom sessions before departure to learn ho |
CHHB Interventions | CHB | 602LEC | A | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course is a designed to give students an in-depth understanding of the state of the science in health behavior and community health interventions, including individual, family, community, and policy interventions. Students will be prepared to critica |
Princ of Com Health & HB | CHB | 601LEC | A | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course is a designed to give students an in-depth understanding of the state of the science in health behavior and community health interventions, including individual, family, community, and policy interventions. Students will be prepared to critica |
Pub Hlth Popultn Wellbng | CHB | 550LR | A | SUST | SUSCOURSE | "Provides a perspective on public health for students from a variety of health professions programs. As such, the specific relation to the overall program of studies differs depending on the student's program. Completion of the course should, regardless |
Refugee Health | CHB | 522SEM | 1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course provides an introduction to both the global and local health issues related to refugee populations. Health, cultural issues, barriers to care, and services for refugee populations in the United States will be featured, with an emphasis on West |
Public Health Ethics | CHB | 520LEC | 1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Public Health Ethics explores interdisciplinary perspectives using literary, philosophical, and historical examples. Public Health Ethics has a special concern about functions of the state and organizations in protecting and promoting health. The American |
Study of Health Behavior | CHB | 501LEC | HOO1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examination of selected approaches for explaining people's health-related behaviors (i.e., cultural, economic, social structure, social psychological), and a review of intervention strategies designed to modify health-related behaviors. |
Env Fate Transport Pollutants | CIE | 562LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides a quantitative description of the physical, chemical, and biological processes governing the migration and transformation of pollutants in surface water, ground water, soil, and atmospheric systems. Topics include mass and energy bala |
Wind Eng & Turbulent Flow | CIE | 561LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Develop understanding of wind load effects on structures; be able to quantify wind loads and their effects on structures based on basic theories, numerical schemes, experimental methods, full-scale observations and codes & standards. |
Groundwater Engineering | CIE | 541LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course presents the fundamentals of fluid flow and mass transport in porous media. The governing mass and energy balance equations are derived and several commonly applied solutions are developed. Other topics covered in the class include groundwater |
Env Eng Design | CIE | 449LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Design of environmental engineering systems, such as water-distribution networks; storm and wastewater collection systems; treatment systems for air, water, and wastewater; and hazardous waste site remediation. This is a professional practice-oriented cou |
Chem Princ Env Eng | CIE | 448LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Presents fundamentals in aquatic chemistry as applied to natural waters, water treatment, and wastewater treatment. Topics include equilibrium concepts, chemical thermodynamics, acid-base reactions, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation and reduction, |
Treatment Process Eng | CIE | 442LR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Overview of environmental engineering treatment systems analysis and design. Topics include water distribution, water treatment, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, sludge processing, and industrial waste management. |
Ecological Engineering | CIE | 441LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Focuses on the physical, chemical, and hydrodynamic processes governing pollutant fate in natural systems. Topics include mass and energy balances, mixing processes, partitioning processes (exchange with solids and air), and particle removal. Examples fro |
Traffic Ops & Design | CIE | 436LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course addresses the design, operation, control and management of transportation facilities. Topics covered include geometric design of roadways, capacity analysis for freeway segments, signal timing and design, and intersection design and layout. St |
Structural Engrg 3 | CIE | 423LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Emphasizes the matrix formulation of the equations that describe the response of statically indeterminate systems, and it also provides an introduction to plastic analysis, approximate methods of analysis, and structural dynamics for seismic applications. |
Civil Capstone | CIE | 416LEC | S | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Second course of a two-course sequence. Students work in teams of four to six on a design problem that is drawn from industry. The project is introduced in CIE 415. Teams compete against each other and are required to complete a preliminary design report |
Prof Practice Issues | CIE | 415LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Ethical issues in civil engineering practice, the professional licensure process, the project life cycle, engineering economics fundamentals, construction contracts and delivery methods, cost estimating fundamentals, project scheduling fundamentals, proje |
Fluid Mechanics | CIE | 354LR | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Provides an introductory treatment of the dynamics of fluids, emphasizing incompressible fluids. Develops and applies hydrostatics, thermodynamics, fluid characteristics, kinematics, and dynamics; methods of analysis including the infinitesimal and finite |
Hydraulics and Hydrology | CIE | 343LLR | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to pressurized flow systems, hydraulic machinery and open channel systems with introduction to hydraulic drag and surface/subsurface hydrology. Topics include minor and major losses in laminar and turbulent f |
Environmental Engineering Sci | CIE | 341LLB | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | CIE 341 covers basic concepts of microbiology and chemistry and their links to applications in environmental engineering, including, but not limited to, water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, and ecology. Content is closely coordinate |
Brownfield Restoration | CIE | 569LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | A brownfield is a property whose redevelopment is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances. With more than an estimated 450,000 brownfields in the U.S., their cost-effective and sustainable management is an important natio |
Air Pollution | CIE | 461LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Introduces the fundamental aspects of the science and technologies associated with air pollution. Topics include: atmospheric chemistry and basic chemical kinetics; photochemical reactions in the atmosphere; aerosol physics and chemistry; sources of outd |
Sustainability | CIE | 447LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Engineering policy dimensions of sustainability. Topics include: (1) definitions and concepts of sustainability, (2) introduction to climate change science and policy, and (3) relevant analytical tools such as life cycle assessment and carbon footprint an |
Environmental Engineering | CIE | 340LR | 1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course introduces the quantitative analysis of natural and engineered systems in the context of environmental engineering. Basic concepts include mass, energy, and number balances and risk. Applications include water pollution and treatment, air poll |
War in Anc Mediterr World | CL | 228LEC | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Warfare has been a constant feature of societies and civilizations. Provides a historically anchored survey of warfare in the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, particularly those of Greece and Rome. Not simply a history of strategies and battles, our i |
Roman Civilization | CL | 223LEC | DUG | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Survey of Rome's mythical beginnings to the time of the emperors that covers the full spectrum of Roman cultural expression. Topics covered are not only literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture but also details of everyday life in the Roman world |
Greek Civilization | CL | 222LEC | TEE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Elements of Greek civilization analyzed from synchronistic and developmental views to produce a coherent image of that culture as a living and expanding entity.This course is the same as HIS 203, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consul |
Myth & Religion Anc World | CL | 113LEC | WDD | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Provides an introduction to the mythology of the Greeks and Romans. In addition to considering the myths themselves, we study how they have been employed by ancient through contemporary cultures as reflected in areas ranging from religious and social prac |
Health Communication | COM | 380LEC | KET | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines health communication and health communication campaigns in the interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication contexts with an emphasis on communication research. |
Intercultural Communication | COM | 202SEM | BJR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores cultural factors that impinge upon the process of human communication; gives attention to nonverbal and verbal factors, as well as international mass media. |
Hardware/Software Integrated | CSE | 453LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Software designs produced in the prerequisite CSE 450 Software Engineering course are carried here to a complete hardware realization. Bringing skills learned from previous hardware and software-oriented courses, students form multidisciplinary workgroups |
Software Eng Concepts | CSE | 442LR | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines in detail the software development process. Topics include software life-cycle models; architectural and design approaches; various techniques for systematic software testing; coding and documentation strategies; project management; customer rela |
Games, Gender and Culture | DMS | 448SEM | MEJ | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Comprehensive investigation of the emerging field of Games Studies, the critical analysis of games and interactive environments made possible by the computer. Addresses different theoretical perspectives that view games and gaming as historical, social, c |
World Cinema | DMS | 333LEC | COL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This class explores a range of competing terms at the intersection of transnationalism, globalization and political/activist cinema. These include 'Third Cinema' (Solanas & Getino), 'Intercultural Cinema' (Marks), 'Accented Cinema' (Naficy), 'Minor Cinema |
Social and Mobile Media | DMS | 331LEC | ANST | SUST | SUSCONTENT | In this production course students will become familiar with cross-platform web technologies for mobile and social media, in the context of a critical perspective of media culture. |
Impact On Society | EAS | 202SEM | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | EAS 202 is a one credit freshman seminar course aimed at broadening students' vision of engineering problem solving, and elucidating how engineers can make a difference in meeting key societal needs. The course focus is the National Academy of Engineerin |
Topics in Economics | ECO | 794SEM | WIN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The description of this course varies from semester to semester. Please consult the Economic Department for more information regarding this course for this semester. |
Labor Economics | ECO | 743SEM | RAO | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The approach is primarily that of applied microeconomics, with occasional excursions into macroeconomics. The difficulties in identifying and estimating the demand for labor, short run and long run, are explored. On the supply side, we include a revie |
Economic Development | ECO | 725SEM | LIU | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Application of contemporary methods of economic analysis to typical and critical problems of poor countries. Depending upon staffing, topics may include: problems of agricultural change and industrial development, organization of markets and risk-s |
Microeconomic Theory 2 | ECO | 666SEM | ANAH | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The course covers aspects of core theory, general equilibrium theory, choice under uncertainty, bargaining games, moral hazard, adverse selection and signaling games, and mechanism design. |
Microeconomic Theory 1 | ECO | 665SEM | KIML | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduction to theories of the consumer, the firm, and markets. Emphasis on developing the analytical tools used extensively in advanced economic theory. Topics include consumer behavior, producer behavior, advanced treatment of utility and produc |
Econometric Applic & Meth | ECO | 614SEM | LI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The course treats asymptotics, AR and MA models, distributed lag models, seemingly unrelated regressions, with major emphasis on simultaneous equation models. Standard computer software (2SLS, 3SLS, etc.) is used to analyze the various models using rea |
Intro to Econometrics | ECO | 613SEM | LI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The course covers multiple regression under classical assumptions; Multicollinearity; dummy variable techniques; specification error analysis; heteroscedasticity (generalized least squares) and serial correlation. Standard computer software is used to an |
Macroeconomic Theory 2 | ECO | 610SEM | PEI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is the second part of the macroeconomics graduate sequence. The course studies the relationship between nominal and real variables. It reviews the leading contemporaneous theories of money and prices, nominal rigities and economic fluctuatio |
Macroeconomic Theory 1 | ECO | 609SEM | MTX | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is the first part of the macroeconomics graduate sequence. The sequence aims to help the student develop the analytical and methodological tools to follow and understand modern professional research in macroeconomics. The course assumes that |
Urban Economics | ECO | 521LEC | ANA | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course seeks to develop an understanding of the economics processes and public policies which have shaped the development of metropolitan areas with emphasis on the United States. Topics include: theory of urban growth, trends in urbanization, locati |
Environmental Economics | ECO | 512LEC | FAH | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is dual-listed with ECO 412. |
Microeconomic Theory | ECO | 505LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The primary goal is to explain and forecast the behavior of consumers and firms and the performance of specific markets under alternative market structures. Topics include: supply and demand, individual and market demand, consumer behavior, production, co |
Economics of Regulation | ECO | 470LEC | BEN1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course analyzes the economic criteria for regulatory policies and the effects of regulation in various sectors of the economy. This course provides a framework to understand the regulatory process, the mechanism, and consequences behind regulations. |
Economics & Game Theory | ECO | 467LEC | ZHE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course covers basic game theory, which is used to formalize and analyze interactive decision making where one party's outcome depends on not just its own choice, but also another party's choice. Game theory describes essential aspect of social behavi |
Economics of Education | ECO | 440LEC | LI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course analyzes topics in education, including the returns to education, the economics of class size, school quality effects, cognitive test achievements, school performance assessment, student dropout behavior, and the post-schooling labor market ex |
International Economics | ECO | 435LEC | CHA | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course covers various trade theories and policies and apply them to real-world trade issues. Theoretical models include classical Ricardian, neoclassical Heckscher-Ohlin, specific-factors models, and the recent developments on strategic trade models |
Economics of East Asia | ECO | 418SEM | YIN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The world's fastest-growing economies in the post-WWII period are clustered in East Asia. This course provides, through economic analysis, a deeper knowledge of East Asian economic growth and an understanding of the growth and development process through |
Economic Developmnt | ECO | 416LEC | LIU | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A majority of people live in poverty, mostly in economically underdeveloped countries. Why does harsh poverty in some countries persist alongside abundant wealth in other countries? Why do rates of economic growth differ so much between countries? How do |
Health Economics | ECO | 411LEC | WU | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course investigates the economic behavior of the health-care industry, including hospital services, physicians, and health insurance and considers rationales for government intervention in planning and insurance. ECO 211 and ECO 411 cannot both be ta |
Macroeconomic Theory | ECO | 407LEC | BEN1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is an intermediate-level examination of the sometimes-competing models of the macroeconomy. It uses economic theory to explain the causes of inflation, business fluctuations, unemployment, and economic growth. |
Microeconomic Theory I | ECO | 405LEC | FAH | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course presents the core analytical tools that economists use to model the behavior of consumers, firms, and markets. Topics include the analysis of supply and demand, consumer and producer behavior, competitive markets, monopoly, and pricing with ma |
Intro Health Economics | ECO | 211LEC | YIN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces health economics and the U.S. health care system. Basic economic principles are used to understand health-related economic issues and the impacts of various health policies. Students are expected to be able engage in effective healt |
Intro to Envirnmtl Econ | ECO | 208LEC | FAH | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces students to the application of microeconomic theory to current, real-world environmental issues. The course describes the circumstances under which markets fail to allocate resources efficiently and then introduces market-based poli |
US Economic History | ECO | 201LEC | DOW | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course explores important themes in U.S. economic history, focusing on the drivers of American economic growth. Topics include investment in human capital, technological innovation, improvements in health, and demographic change, as well as income in |
Intro to Microeconomics | ECO | 182LD | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides an overview of how individuals and firms make decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources to maximize the value they obtain from these resources. The course also looks at how markets are structured and how resource scarcity |
Intro to Macroeconomics | ECO | 181LD | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides an overview of the fundamental economic principles and economic measures used to evaluate the economy, such as gross domestic product, the inflation rate, the unemployment rate, and federal deficits. The course examines how the econom |
Power Systems Engineerg 2 | EE | 583LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Quantum Mechanics for Eng | EE | 518LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | ABC of nanoscience and nanotechnology is quantum mechanics. In the current course students acquire and learn quantum-mechanical notions from the numerous examples of nanostructures and hands-on experience in the Nanotechnology Lab. The course will lay a s |
Power Systems Engineerg 1 | EE | 482LLB | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Surveys the field of modern energy systems, with the foundation being classical electrical power and related power electronics. Topics include complex power, per unit analysis, transmission line parameters and modeling, and compensation. Students also stu |
Quantum Structure Devices | EE | 457LLB | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The major goals and objectives are to provide students with knowledge and understanding of nanoelectronics as an important interdisciplinary subject. Through the examples, exercises, virtual labs, hands-on labs, and lectures the course covers in details O |
Photonic Devices | EE | 455LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | First, discusses the basics of p-n junctions including current flow, and recombination. In addition, discusses light emitting diode light sources, fundamentals and applications. The course ends with a discussion of solar cell fundamentals, heterojunctions |
Fundamentals of Energy Systems | EE | 336LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | All aspects of electrical energy generation (ac and dc, conventional and alternative), transmission and distribution and utilization with the goal of providing students an idea of how electrical energy affects their life and the world around them. It will |
Ren Distbtd Gen & Storage | EE | 570LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course introduces a specific type of electric power system, the microgrid. With ongoing deregulation of the electrical utility industry and emergence of more renewable smaller generation sources advancement into the electrical power industry will be |
Epi Appl to Environ Hlth | EEH | 575LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Epi of Infec Diseases | EEH | 573LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Nutritional Epidemiology | EEH | 572LEC | A. | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Environmental Health | EEH | 550LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Business of Health Care | EEH | 539SEM | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Business of Health Care |
Health Policy in the US | EEH | 536LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Princ of Epi | EEH | 501LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduction to the basic principles, methods, and uses of epidemiology. This course is a masters/doctoral level course designed to introduce epidemiology, its methods and its role in public health. A major portion of the course will be devoted to overvie |
Intro to Health Economics | EEH | 538LEC | A | SUST | SUSCOURSE | |
Intro to Health Care | EEH | 530LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This graduate level course introduces students to the historical development, structure, operation, and current and future directions of the major components of the American health care delivery and public health system. It examines the ways in which heal |
Global Health | EEH | 521LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | |
Intro to Epidemiology | EEH | 500LEC | A | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course is intended to provide a basic introduction to principles and methods of epidemiology for students. The course emphasizes the conceptual aspects of epidemiologic investigation and application of these concepts in public health and related prof |
Law & Public Education | ELP | 604SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is designed to familiarize students with legal principles of particular importance to current and future public school administrators and school attorneys. The course will explore issues of school district organization and governance, finance, |
Education and Socialization | ELP | 589SEM | 0 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | ELP 589 explores the socialization tradition in education, focusing specifically on the literature on social class, race/ethnicity and gender as linked to educational institutions and families. We will pay particular attention to the ethnographic research |
Education & Globalization | ELP | 575SEM | 0 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Globalization has become a buzzword in the 21st century when complex economic, cultural, political, and educational forces propel nations and citizens to think globally and act locally. What is globalization? How is education affected by major global deve |
Higher Education in US | ELP | 501SEM | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The purpose of this course is to provide a broad introduction to the study of higher education including the development of higher education in the U.S., its purposes, organization, administration, curriculum, and financing and its relation with society f |
Sociology of Education | ELP | 405LEC | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will offer a sociological overview of American schools and schooling, and their connection to broader social structures, institutions, and practices. With a particular focus on social inequality in education, we will discuss central themes, is |
Educ Pol & Ldrshp for Soc Just | ELP | 200SEM | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Complex twenty-first century issues facing students, parents, local communities, and school personnel underscore the importance of knowledge about educational equity and justice. Thoughtfully developed leadership and policy skills are integral to this kno |
Environmental Planning Methods | END | 578SEM | U578 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Planning & Development Law | END | 567LEC | U567 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores historical and legal foundations of planning and development. Provides a legal perspective on land use, zoning policies, environmental regulations, housing, and other areas of interested related to urban planning and development. Reviews politica |
Transp Land Use & Urb Frm | END | 562LEC | 001 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is equivalent to URP 562. |
City & Envrnmnt in Real Estate | END | 546SEM | U573 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Considers the urban landforms and natural resources where a city is developed and built (as well as open spaces, especially for health and recreation); physical infrastructures (including transportation systems and infrastructure); residential land use, n |
Strategc Urban Transprt Planng | END | 544SEM | U544 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines goals of strategic urban transportation planning to develop sustainable transportation systems for an urban area to promote desirable patterns of human activities. Using case studies, introduces methods for the sustainable development of urban tr |
Evolution of Urban Structure | END | 501SEM | U501 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Focuses on the spatial structure and function of cities and regions and the roles that urban planners play in analyzing and shaping the urban and built environments. Objectives include a critical understanding of the cultural, environmental, and historica |
Research Projects Env Dsn | END | 498SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A required senior undergraduate research and creative activity course. Engages students in environmental design methodologies and individual research on a topic of contemporary interest. Topics vary annually. In the past this course addressed community |
Visions of the City | END | 494SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Student-led, faculty-guided reading course covers classic and contemporary books on the natural, built, and urban environments. An undergraduate senior capstone course. |
Legal Issues Planng & Dev | END | 467LEC | U567 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores historical and legal foundations of planning and development. Provides a legal perspective on land use, zoning policies, environmental regulations, housing, and other areas of interest. Reviews political, legal, and administrative institutions |
Environ Design Workshop 3 | END | 450SEM | 001 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A majors-only capstone studio workshop. Engages students in community planning and environmental design fieldwork in Western New York. Under the instructor's supervision, students work with clients and neighborhood groups to understand complex community p |
Site Planning & Develpmnt | END | 426SEM | U526 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines site planning, design, and development of residential, commercial, and industrial properties within various community settings. Reviews property site selection procedures and community landscape planning. Investigates activities within site devel |
Economic Develpmnt Planng | END | 422SEM | U522 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Covers theory, concepts, and practices in contemporary economic development planning. Considers alternative approaches to job growth, including industrial development, workforce training, and quality of life strategies. May be offered on an intermittent b |
Housing & Community Developmnt | END | 406SEM | E606 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Studies theories, concepts, and practices of housing and community development, emphasizing neighborhood planning and design in urban environments. Involves lectures, discussions, and fieldwork. May be offered on an intermittent basis. |
Strategies Property Management | END | 403LEC | U503 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces strategies and methods of property management, including creating financial reports, knowledge of property marketing, understanding leasing contracts, awareness of emerging practices in energy management, evolving security and emergency procedu |
Real Estate Development Fundam | END | 402LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces students to the fundamentals of real estate development, including planning, site acquisition, project feasibility, finance, and physical development in urban environments. Uses case studies, small group activities, fieldwork, readings, and dis |
Cities and Globalization | END | 363LEC | U563 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Cities and Globalization: Global Development Planning explores issues, trends, and debates in environmental design, planning, and urban development for cities in the Global South. Focuses on how governance, environmental planning, and urban development po |
Environ Design Workshop 2 | END | 360SLB | 1LAB | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A majors-only core studio workshop. Examines modes of visual literacy for comprehending the built environment. Introduces rudimentary graphic representation skills for visually communicating urban planning and design concepts through readings and hands-on |
Environ Design Workshop 1 | END | 350SEM | 001 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A majors-only core studio workshop. Introduces how to integrate research inquiry, information analysis, and environmental design. Provides students with methodologies in gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating qualitative and quantitative in |
Health & Urban Environments | END | 308SEM | E308 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores current health issues found in urban and physical environments. Examines diverse public health conditions, including environmentally-caused diseases, pollution-related diseases, aging populations, and the globalization of illness. Considers vario |
Perspec On Land Use & Dev | END | 301LEC | E301 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Covers concepts and practices of urban land use and development in U.S. Topics include zoning, growth management, site design, environmental issues and land use evolution. Involves lectures, discussions, and fieldwork. |
Explore Design Buffalo Niagara | END | 279LEC | TRAY | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores the planning and design history of the Buffalo Niagara region in relation to the future. Examines proposals aimed at revitalizing development, improving the quality of life, and preserving the environment of Buffalo Niagara for future generations |
Introduc to Urban Environmnts | END | 120LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | An introductory urban environments course. Studies how physical, design, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape our urban environments. Examines concepts and content related to cities, suburbs, and metropolitan regions within |
Computing for Env Analysis | END | 356SLB | LAB | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Covers basics of geographic information systems (GIS) and other computing tools for understanding, mapping, and analyzing natural and built environments. Includes weekly computer lab. May be offered on an intermittent basis. |
Sustainable Urban Environments | END | 302LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examines the relationship of urban and natural environments, focusing on sustainable development and global climate change. Emphasis on biodiversity, pollution, efficiency, and renewable energy. Considers appropriate use of resources that are environmenta |
Transportation & Urban Life | END | 285LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Introduces how communities look to urban transportation systems to address environmental design challenges, including urban development, congestion, pollution, sprawl, public safety, obesity, and physical isolation. Explores multi-modal transportation (wa |
Urban & Environ Planning | END | 212LEC | BITT | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Urban and Environmental Planning (END 212) provides an introduction to the planning, design, and development of cities, communities, and the natural environments in which they are situated, with the creation of sustainable communities as the overall goal. |
Adv Creatv Writg Fiction | ENG | 435SEM | ANA | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This intensive fiction workshop asks students to submit original work for review and revision, and to offer critical responses to their peers. Students will wrestle with and refine their writing, while developing a better ear for language. If, as Blanchot |
Women Writers | ENG | 387LEC | X | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course studies writing by women across a variety of periods and genres, with focus on the historical and cultural context of women's lives. A: "Twentieth-Century Women Writers Study" treats writing of twentieth-century women, attending to its differe |
Heaven, Hell & Judgement | ENG | 375LEC | CHR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examination of the iconography and literature of the sacred tradition in art. For example: Prof. D. Christian, Heaven, Hell & Judgement The course will consider ideas and images of eternal reward and punishment & stories and pictures of heaven, hell, and |
Queer Theory | ENG | 371LEC | X | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course offers an interdisciplinary study of how human sexuality can be conceived outside the terms of fixed identity, and how certain ideas about sexuality and sexual politics have come, over the past few decades, to be know as queer theory. Does que |
Writing in the Health Sciences | ENG | 285LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces students to the rhetorical practices of technical and professional communication in the health sciences, including technical reporting, communicating with the public, and visual and oral presentations. |
Environmental Humanities | ENG | 263LEC | EIL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course surveys environmentalist writings, from 19th-century touchstone works like Thoreau's *Walden* through contemporary essays, articles, fiction, and poetry. Students will investigate how evolving conceptions of the environment have shaped the for |
Studies in World Literatur | ENG | 383LEC | ANA | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Courses in literature primarily from outside the United States and Britain. All texts in English or in English translation. A: Transnational Literature The study of literature from geographically and culturally diverse places that undermines the usual cla |
Hlth Promo Prev&Wellness | ES | 428LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines health promotion from a public health perspective, a community and corporate perspective, and in terms of individual behavior change. |
Restoration Ecology | EVS | 445LEC | HEN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Restoration ecology is the art and science of repairing lands that have become damaged by natural or human disturbance. Examines ecological and social reasons for restoration. Focuses on how to identify and repair the key physical, chemical and biotic com |
Wildlife Management | EVS | 441LEC | GRE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Wildlife and Wildlands Management will focus on the application of ecological principles to studying and managing wildlife populations with emphasis on habitat management. This course serves as an introduction to wildlife ecology and management and focu |
Field Ecology | EVS | 315LEC | GEF | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This is a field oriented course that explores the interrelationships of life with one another and their relationships with the environment that supports them. Classes are conducted both on and off campus and are focused in the areas of environmental analy |
Ecological Methods | EVS | 310LLB | H1A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Field exercises to illustrate major concepts of modern ecology, and the techniques and procedures used in ecological research. This course is the same as BIO 310, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department reg |
Science Religion & Nature | EVS | 238LEC | GEF | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This environmental philosophy course explores the impact of religious traditions and modern science upon our perceptions of nature and how these perceptions ultimately determine our relationship with one another and the world in which we live. Specific ar |
Environmental Movements | EVS | 442SEM | ROM | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course offers a comprehensive analysis of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. Though Americans have addressed many environmental problems, we still face serious challenges. By analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of environment |
Energy Environ & Society | EVS | 385LEC | RAD | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Focuses on the relationship between energy use and the associated impact on the environment and society. Explores our dependence upon traditional energy resources such as oil, coal, nuclear and natural gas as well as renewable energy resources such as ge |
Env Impact Stmnt & Resrce Mgt | EVS | 360SEM | RAD | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examines the objectives, development, and preparation, of EIS in response to federal/state laws and regulations. Explores the environmental impact assessment process as it relates to the protection and potential impact of natural, cultural and economic re |
Great Lakes Ecology | EVS | 326SEM | WEI | SUST | SUSCOURSE | The Great Lakes hold nearly 20% of all the available fresh water on the planet. They provide drinking water, hydroelectricity, and both economic and recreational opportunities to millions who live around their shores. This class provides an understandin |
The Politics of Sustainability | EVS | 317LEC | THO | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Focuses on the relationship between environmental problems and the political process. Explores definitions of an environmentally sustainable society. Then we attempt to answer the question of "how to get there from here." This involves developing a theory |
Intro Envir & Sustain Studies | EVS | 118LEC | THO1 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Involves an interdisciplinary approach to social-ecological issues. Explores ecological concepts, human environment, air and water pollution, pesticides, solid waste handling, mineral and energy resources, the nuclear fuel cycle, population and food resou |
Environmental Statistics | GEO | 577LEC | YOO | SUST | SUSCONTENT | In recent years considerable amounts of advances have been made in Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), although the potential of GIS and RS within the environmental sciences is limited by uncertainty, particularly, in connection |
Global Change Ecology | GEO | 546LEC | WIL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Global environmental change has significant impacts on social and ecological systems around the world. Global Change Ecology is an emerging field that aims to understand the ecological implications of environmental change (especially anthropogenic climate |
Integr Environment Mgmt | GEO | 470LEC | REN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces an integrated framework for natural resource management that addresses biophysical, social, and economic issues affecting natural resources such as water, soil, air, plant and animal communities and their use through agriculture, forestry, and |
Geography of Development | GEO | 460LEC | SP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines how regions, cities, and countries are engaged in economic, political, and institutional strategies in order to tackle problems related to poverty, underdevelopment, economic decline, and/or economic stagnation. Attention is given to the influen |
Conservation Biogeography | GEO | 435LEC | LAR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines components of biodiversity: what it is, why we like it, where it is highest, and what threatens it. Focuses on the application of spatial solutions to biodiversity maintenance in wildlands, and to biodiversity management in working landscapes (es |
Geography of Health | GEO | 412LEC | MSP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Studies human disease and health from an ecological prospective. Students gain an appreciation for the geographic variation in the rates of both infectious and chronic diseases. The effect of the environment will be examined in terms of population densi |
Urban Social Geography | GEO | 367LEC | LUS | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines human activities central to the internal working of cities in the context of globalization, fragmentation, and difference. Students will consider theories about how society and space mutually condition each other in processes of social stratific |
Urban Geography | GEO | 366LEC | SP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Provides an introduction to the knowledge areas of urban systems and structure, and a brief overview of fundamentals and general information that one needs to build upon in order to become a professional urban geographer. The course examines the formatio |
Forest Ecology | GEO | 356LEC | LAR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores forests in terms of their diverse structure, composition, and function. Examines factors that control growth of individual trees, development of forest stands, and dynamics of forest landscapes. Field trips and lab work develop the ability to rec |
Introduction to Soils | GEO | 352LEC | REN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the concepts of soil science, composition and classification of soils, and the spatial distribution of major soil categories. Analyzes soil properties, soil/plant relationships, nutrients, land management practices, and ecological and engineeri |
Climatic Geomorphology | GEO | 347LEC | MAC | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces land-forming processes at work on the Earth's surface, including water, wind, waves and ice. Emphasizes the roles of climate and human impact on earth surface processes, and it considers the hazardous consequences of these processes, such as fl |
International Bus Cultures | GEO | 334LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces students to the interconnections among culture, social expectations, and international business. Covers cross-cultural communication and negotiation, cross-cultural management and alliance formation, and corporate social and environmental resp |
International Trade | GEO | 333LEC | COO | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Involves a theoretical and empirical study of the spatial aspects of commodity flows among countries and regions; also examines conditions leading to trade, and to barriers to the movement of goods. |
Dynamics of Internat Bus | GEO | 330LEC | HAM | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines the rapidly changing dynamics of the international business environment and its impact on corporate strategies and patterns of international trade, investment and development. Covers the political, legal, technological and cultural underpinnings |
International Health | GEO | 112LEC | ALD | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This is an introductory course in international health. The course will focus on understanding the environmental, economic, and social factors that result in health disparities within and between places. The complex relationships between economic developm |
Environmental Science | GEO | 104LEC | WIL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Environmental science is the interdisciplinary study of the physical, chemical, and biological systems that sustain life on our planet. In this course we will explore current environmental challenges such as the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainab |
Intro to Human Geography | GEO | 102LEC | MET | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduction to thinking about human activities from a geographic perspective. While considering the why of where, students will be exposed to the global dynamics of urbanization, industrialization, migration, economic development, international relations |
Global Climate Change | GEO | 106LEC | EVA | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examines climate changes of the past, present and future. Considers the various causes of past and present climate change and how to predict future changes. Describes predicted environmental and social impacts of, and possible solutions to, future clima |
Global Econ Geographies | GEO | 103LEC | POON | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examines the diverse economic systems that characterize a world economy in rapid transition. Highlights the complex processes of globalization and its impact on regions, cities, and countries. Examines the organization of economic activities and resource |
Earth Systems Science | GEO | 101LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Earth Systems Science examines modern environmental problems through quantitative methods, analysis, and modeling grounded in basic and applied science and research. The goal of the course is to introduce students to the fundamental processes that domina |
World Regions & Issues | GEO | 100LEC | LUS | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examines the geography of the emerging global village, especially the stress between the increasing globalization of human societies and natural habitats, and their idiosyncratic traits. Deeply rooted in today's changing world, the course surveys regions |
Intro to Native American Women | GGS | 301SEM | MCC | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Traces historical periods that affected Indigenous women's lives; emphasizes current laws and policies that have impacted their families and communities. This course is the same as AMS 301, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with |
Women in Devlp Countries | GGS | 241SEM | NIX | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Survey of women's socio-economic and political status in developing counties. Examination of policies and practices that shape their lives, as well as discourses that construct their experiences. Analyzes women's organizing, advocacy and social mobiliza |
Geohaz Volc & Geodynamics Sem | GLY | 597SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This seminar is focused on one theme or challenging issue each semester, designed to engage and instruct graduate students in scientific communication, including oral and written communication, and critical reading of peer-reviewed scientific papers. Curr |
Aqueous Geochemistry | GLY | 462LLB | MAR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Presents the chemical principles governing natural water chemistry and the behavior of anthropogenic pollutants. Emphasizes topics such as the evolution of groundwater chemistry, thermodynamics of water-rock interactions at low temperatures, and predictio |
Sedimentary Geology & Paleo | GLY | 315LLB | BOY | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduction to the types and origins of sedimentary rocks and their depositional environments, stratigraphic orientation, fossil content, and relationship to geologic time. Requires labs and field trip. |
Surface Proc & Hydro | GLY | 312LLB | BOY | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Acquaints students with near-surface geomorphic and hydrologic processes, their interpretation, and their role in shaping landforms. Studies the occurrence and movement of water on and within the earth including basic hydrostatics, hydrology, hydrogeology |
Natural Hazards | GLY | 101LEC | GRE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This Scientific Literacy and Inquiry course explores the solid Earth and ways that ongoing, natural processes act to harm people and property. The course aims to put geological hazards in a broader context by examining the latest science at the micro (e.g |
Climate Change | GLY | 102LEC | MEE | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This Scientific Literacy and Inquiry course offers an interdisciplinary discussion of both natural and human-induced global environmental and climate change at various scales (space and time). Provides a comprehensive description of how advances in the ph |
Problems:20c US History | HIS | 450SEM | GZU | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Varying topics in 20th century U.S. history, as chosen by the professor. USH |
History of Brazil | HIS | 328LEC | LAN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines major topics in Brazilian History, including the conquest of Amerindians, the consolidation of Portuguese colonial society, the role of slavery and abolition, the interplay of political independence and economic independence, and the contest betw |
Global Inequality and Power | HIS | 143LR | LA03 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The increasing interaction of peoples and nations we call globalization benefits some more than others. This course focuses on the historical origins and consequences of a world divided between the rich and poor, the privileged and excluded, the mainstre |
Civilizations and Beliefs | HIS | 142LR | SP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will examine major civilizations in world history since roughly 1300, with particular attention to the foundational ideas and beliefs that have both inspired and challenged them. Human civilizations have been continuously evolving, adapting, e |
World History since 1500 | HIS | 142LR | DA03 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will examine major civilizations in world history since roughly 1300, with particular attention to the foundational ideas and beliefs that have both inspired and challenged them. Human civilizations have been continuously evolving, adapting, e |
World History to 1500 | HIS | 141LEC | SCE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | History 141 explores the development of societies in diverse regions of the world, from earliest times up to about 1500. Because it covers such a long period of time and such a wide range of places, the course is necessarily selective; it examines some th |
Engineering Economy | IE | 320LEC | F2 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Applied concepts of economic decision making, including present worth analysis, cash-flow equivalence, replacement analysis, equipment selection. Open to students in any discipline. |
Sustainable Manufacturing | IE | 521LEC | FAD | SUST | SUSCOURSE | The course is designed for engineering undergraduate/graduate students who are interested in furthering their knowledge in green engineering techniques. The approaches presented in this class are from the levels of manufacturing, machine and systems, as w |
Religion, Science, & Politics | JDS | 396SEM | AG1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | What is the relationship between science and religion? Is science true and religion merely a myth? How does the relationship between the two affect the structure of human societies? A group of contemporary critics of religion, known as the "New Atheists," |
Justice | JDS | 284LEC | AG1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | A comparative study of the relationship between justice, law, and society in pagan, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Thought. This course is the same as RSP 284 and LAW 284, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major depart |
Intro to Judaism | JDS | 103LEC | AZ | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Survey of Judaism and the rich Jewish legacy: basic philosophical, theological, social, and political values and practices of Judaism as they developed over time in a variety of social and political environments. This course is the same as RSP 104 and cou |
Science Instruction Topic | LAI | 533SEM | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | In this course, students examine learning theories (e.g. constructivism, developmentalism, behaviorism, Hebb's cell assembly model) and relate them to instructional strategies for the science classroom and laboratory. The development of a repertory of eff |
Agencies & Svs for Chldrn | LAI | 526LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | In addition to teaching, today's educators are bombarded by a host of issues that affect the growth and development of children. In our professional preparation we are generally taught to teach, make lesson plans, and manage behavior. Yet, those who have |
Intro to Social Education | LAI | 520LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This is the first course in our social studies Ed.M. program. Its major purpose is to open doors to the field, to uncover it. We will be examining trends, changes, and persisting issues in both content and pedagogy. In so doing, we will be raising questio |
Early Childhood Theory & Pract | LAI | 416LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is intended to provide undergraduate students with a broad overview of early childhood education, including topics such as Early Childhood Foundations (history and theory), Curriculum and Assessment based upon Developmental Domains, and Early |
Introduction to Education | LAI | 350LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is intended for students contemplating a career in education. It is designed to provide information and a forum for discussion of American education. Among the topics covered are a brief history of American education, the learning environment, |
Intro to Intl Climate Chng Law | LAW | 315LEC | BRA | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course will explore legal and policy developments pertaining to climate change. Approaches considered will range in jurisdictional scale, temporal scope, policy orientation, regulatory target, and regulatory objective. Although course readings and di |
Thermodynamics Materials | MAE | 570LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Heat Transfer 1 | MAE | 545LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Design Project | MAE | 494LT | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Students working in teams of two or three under the supervision of a faculty member complete an original engineering design, which in some cases results in hardware. Design problems are drawn from industry and initiated by faculty. Where practical, two or |
Manufacturing Automation | MAE | 464LLB | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the theory of automation as related to manufacturing and design integration, including hardware, software, and algorithm issues involved in fast and flexible product development cycles. Studies strategies of automated manufacturing systems; CAD |
Design Process & Methods | MAE | 451LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Discusses the fundamental concepts and activities of design processes. Investigates domain-independent topics of design processes. These topics include idea conception, teamwork, quality, experimental design, optimization, and technical communication. In |
Product Design-CAE Envirn | MAE | 377LLB | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course examines detailed mechanical design of functional, pragmatic products, including topics in computer-aided-design (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), and geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T). The lab portion of the course will focus on |
Thermodynamics 1 | MAE | 204LR | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Covers conservation of mass, first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic properties, equilibrium, and their application to physical and chemical systems. |
Business Economics | MGE | 604LEC | S1E | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Global Economics | MGE | 602LEC | SAT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This purpose of this course is to provide business students with six core abilities in macro/global economics: to understand the historical debate between government's role and free enterprise in the economy; to understand the components of the aggregate |
Business & Society | MGG | 150LEC | F1G | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Comprehensively provides a broad understanding of business, including various functions and their interrelationships; terminology; management fundamentals and competitive factors; legal and ethical issues; and consideration of various external elements, i |
Healthcare Delivery Models | MGH | 644LEC | PM1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | An industry-driven course that will outline how major providers and health insurance companies are changing the health care delivery network. The course will go through the entire health care delivery continuum, highlighting the experiences of local and r |
Human Resources Mgt | MGI | 301LR | A10A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces the management of human resources (HR) at the level of the firm. Focuses on the systems and practices required to implement such HR functions as selection, development, compensation, and performance appraisal. Evaluates these HR decisions with |
International Marketing | MGM | 483LEC | F2M | SUST | SUSCONTENT | As the world becomes a global village, and more corporations around the world market their products and services in foreign countries, the demand for business students with an understanding of international marketing is dramatically increasing. Thus, it b |
Supply Chain Management | MGO | 303LEC | F1O | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course deals with design and management of supply chains for competing effectively in global markets. The management of specific functions within supply chains such as manufacturing, procurement, distribution and inter-organizational information and |
Sem in Operations | MGO | 795SEM | F1O | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This seminar provides a critical review of theory and empirical research in the supply chain and operations management area, along with closely related areas such as e-commerce, and marketing management and logistics. Particular emphasis will be on exposi |
Sustainable Operations | MGO | 639LEC | S1O | SUST | SUSCOURSE | In this course, we will focus on the environmental impact of business operations, by taking a cradle to cradle approach that includes raw material acquisition through manufacturing, use, end of life disposal (reuse/recycling/re-manufacturing). The topics |
Supply Chain Analytics | MGO | 636LEC | F10 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course focuses on design, modeling and optimization of supply chain networks. Topics covered include: global supply chain strategy formulation, performance metrics, new forecasting models applicable for supply chain contexts, newsvendor models for ca |
Sustainable Operations Mgmt | MGO | 439LEC | S1O | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Many companies are actively pursuing strategies to reduce their impact on the environment. Such strategies cannot focus only on the individual organization, but should encompass suppliers, supply networks, inbound logistics, distribution systems involving |
Applied Business Programming | MGS | 314LR | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | An introductory programming course with an emphasis on business applications and problem solving. Students will learn object oriented design techniques, programming structures, programming logic and user interface design. A current market accepted softwar |
Public Policy, Law & Mgmt | MGT | 401LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Focuses on the regulatory and policy implications of the interaction between government and private business entities, including corporations, partnerships and other business forms. Designed to help students understand the legal environment in which busi |
RN Leadership Syn Project | NBC | 494SLB | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is designed specifically for the registered nurse student completing the baccalaureate nursing program and focuses on nursing leadership in professional nursing practice. The student will integrate concepts of collaboration, safety, quality, l |
Transitioning to Practice | NBC | 476SEM | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The purpose of this course is to prepare the RN student for transition to practice as a baccalaureate prepared leader/manager. Organizational structures and processes of health care organizations as context for professional nursing practice are discussed. |
Evdnce Bsd Prac & Nur Research | NBC | 348LEC | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Foundations for evidence-based practice in nursing. Specific elements of evidence-based practice include formulating the clinical question, conducting a search strategy, critically appraising the evidence, and implementation of evidence in the clinical en |
Hlth Prom & Disease Prev | NBS | 378SEM | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The course addresses health promotion and disease prevention within populations and reflects political, social, economic and ethical issues. Health indicators such as the U.S. Government?s Healthy People?s national objectives, serve as a basis for identif |
Professional Nursing Practice | NSG | 475LEC | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Prepares the baccalaureate nursing student for transition to professional nursing practice as a leader/manager. Discusses organizational structures and processes of heath care organizations as context for professional nursing practice. Analyzes the coll |
Public Health Nursing | NSG | 410LEC | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course explores concepts of public health and principles of population health within the context of the interdisciplinary public health system domestically and globally. Core functions of public health, principles of epidemiology, and public health n |
Info and Health Care Envnt | NSG | 393SEM | 01 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces students to the health care environment emphasizing the interface between the health care delivery system and informatics. Explores various environments where people obtain health care, including clinics, hospitals, and community settings. Stud |
Human Physiology | PGY | 300LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Functions of the human body; interrelationships of the organ systems as humans respond and adapt to their environment. |
Medical Ethics: Values in Med | PHI | 237LEC | HOV | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines current ethical positions and their application to ethical and social questions in medicine. This course is the same as SSC 237, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions o |
Environmental Ethics | PHI | 234LEC | PHI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examination of how humans should interact with the environment, both as individuals and as members of groups or organizations. |
Astronomy and Cosmic Origins | PHY | 121LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | PHY 121 is a one-semester survey of astronomy. In PHY 121 we study the history of astronomy, the origin and structure of the Solar System, the stars and stellar evolution, neutron stars and black holes, cosmology, and life in the universe. |
Toxicology Fundamentals | PMY | 455LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Introduces students to the basic principles of toxicology. Toxicology is defined as the study of adverse effects of natural compounds or manmade chemicals on living organisms. Specific areas covered will include: the history of toxicology, general princip |
American Politics | PSC | 505SEM | CAM | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Intro Political Inquiry | PSC | 500SEM | BAT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course complements the introductory graduate course on research methods and extends the introduction to the discipline of political science and political inquiry. It is designed to help students to develop an appreciation of the diverse forms of kno |
Canadian Politics | PSC | 345LEC | EAG | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores the politics and government of America's largest trading partner and neighbor to the north. Gives primary attention to Canadian politics and institutions, but also makes some comparisons with the United States. This course is the same as CDN 345 |
Internat Relations Theory | PSC | 333LEC | KIM | SUST | SUSCONTENT | How do we know what is a good theory versus a bad theory? This course attempts to answer this question by introducing students to the logic of social scientific theories and their evaluation. Students will be introduced to and analyze international rela |
Environmental Politics | PSC | 317LEC | NEI | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course will introduce students to the politics of the formulation and implementation of environmental policy. Students will critically assess the nature of the public policy debates concerning environmental protection, conservation of natural resourc |
Judicial Politics | PSC | 305LEC | DON | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course examines the distinguishing characteristics of the legal process. It treats the adversarial system, the nature of law, the character of legal reasoning, the system of precedent, law school education, judicial policy-making, and the limits and |
Law & Political Process | PSC | 215LEC | MAT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides an introduction to the American legal system. A primary focus is the connection between law and politics. To that end, it examines the nature of judging and judicial decision-making, the organization of the state and federal legal s |
Intro to Comparative Politics | PSC | 103LEC | KAT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course in Comparative Politics will equip you with the necessary concepts, theories, and methods to better understand variations in politics across different regions of the world. This course compares the behavior of governments and citizens across v |
Intro Internat Politics | PSC | 102LEC | MCL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces students to contemporary and historical international relations centered on the scientific study of international politics and the principal forms of international conflict and cooperation. The nature of the international system, th |
Intro American Politics | PSC | 101LEC | YOS | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces students to the theory and practice of the American political system. Students will come to know the basic functioning of American political institutions and understand the ways in which they have changed over the years. At the end |
Cognitive Psychology | PSY | 341LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Information-processing approach to human behavior; how people interpret and understand the environment; recognition; memory; language. |
Pub Hlth Systems and Policies | PUB | 330LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course addresses how the public health system and the broader health care system function to promote health and treat illness, as well as how governments function to address public health issues. Major topics addressed will include the structure and |
Interv Address Pub Hlth Prob | PUB | 325LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course addresses how public health professionals take action to solve public health problems. Building on the foundation of understanding problems from PUB 320, the course addresses interventions used to prevent and treat infectious diseases, to chan |
Behavioral & Soc Infl on Healt | PUB | 220LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The discipline of public health helps inform decisions that shape the behavior of individuals, communities, and societies. PUB 220 is an exploration of theories, models, and methods of social and behavioral disciplines relevant to the identification, desc |
Global Public Health | PUB | 210LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | PUB 210 will provide upper division undergraduate students with a meaningful appreciation of the challenges in achieving the human right to health in low- and middle-income countries worldwide. Students will understand the leading causes of illness, death |
Sociology of Work | SOC | 614SEM | HAT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is an introduction to the sociology of work. Its focus is the relationship between work and equality/inequality, specifically how inequality is produced and reproduced in the workplace. Students begin with some of the classical and contemporar |
Sociology of Law | SOC | 562SEM | TRA | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course explores law as a social institution, emphasizing how some of its central features (lawyers, disputes, rules, etc.) are related to wider historical and social characteristics. Students will read classical and contemporary work that define the |
Social Stratification | SOC | 551SEM | MOR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This seminar explores the nature, causes, and consequences of social inequality. We will review historical trends in social inequality and the principal theoretical frameworks that social scientists have developed for understanding inequality and the poli |
Urban Sociology | SOC | 522SEM | ADE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This seminar provides a foundational overview of the subfield of urban sociology, covering classic to current theoretical approaches with an emphasis upon critical urban theory. The aim of the course is to understand how major developments and shifts in t |
Race & Racism | SOC | 387LEC | MOR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Can racism be solved with new laws and better attitudes, or is something deeper at stake? Is it possible to be colorblind? Students in this course explore such questions, learning how race and racism work in such arenas as politics, the economy, communiti |
Social Inequalities & Health | SOC | 378LEC | SP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides an overview of current issues in health and inequality, including the impact of social class, race, and gender on health; the social processes and institutions underpinning health disparities; and current health policy debates (includ |
Sociology of Food | SOC | 358LEC | STR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores the central role of food in social life, considering similarities and differences in the sociality of food across communities, places, regions, and nation-states. The sociological significance of food is approached from multiple perspectives: ins |
Environment & Society | SOC | 341LEC | SOC | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Is a capitalist economy inherently destructive to the environment, or can the economy be greened? This course provides an overview of the major topics that sociologists study to understand the relationship between society and the environment: the social c |
Wealth and Poverty | SOC | 331LEC | SP1 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | What do poverty and wealth mean? Who is poor, who is rich, and what are the causes and consequences of each? What should be done, if anything, about wealth and poverty? This course explores issues related to poverty and wealth, including housing/homelessn |
Sociology of City Life | SOC | 315LEC | ADE | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Have you ever noticed the striking differences between rich and poor city neighborhoods? Have you ever looked for a job in a city and found only advertisements for waiting tables? This course explores everyday city life in the U.S. and the social structur |
Social Change | SOC | 309LEC | BES | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Change seems to be everywhere. In fact constant rapid change is a defining characteristic of modern societies. How do social scientists explain social change? Throughout the course we will explore broad patterns of social transformations and the effects o |
Population Problems | SOC | 229LEC | SOC | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces concepts from demography and population research. Students will learn demographic theories and methods and topics such as the demographic transition of populations; population processes such as fertility, mortality, and migration; t |
Sociology of Diversity | SOC | 211LEC | FOR | SUST | SUSCONTENT | What does diversity mean in the contemporary United States? Under what conditions is diversity positive or negative? This course applies a sociological lens to the meaning and experience of diversity, paying particular attention to dimensions of differenc |
Social Justice | SOC | 204SEM | CPM | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course introduces students to the many concepts of community organizations and how they are formed, structured, and managed. The course is conducted through lectures, readings, and writing assignments; community visits; and guest lectures. Analyzes c |
Grantwriting Nonprofits | SSC | 414LEC | LOT | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Prepares student in human services, environmental studies, and urban and public policy for grant development. Overview of fundraising among non-profits, development of grant-writing strategies, and how to research and create grant proposals in a competit |
Violence and the Family | SSC | 343LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Addresses issues in violence and violence prevention with sections on theoretical definitions and historical context. Topics include the social context of violent behavior in families, child abuse and neglect, abusive parenting, violence against women, ab |
Intro to Hlth & Hum Srvcs | SSC | 103SEM | KIN | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Studies the health and human service system in the United States and locally, as it has been affected by history, changing values, and changes in the economic and political environment. Particularly emphasizes the gerontological, childhood, and community |
Strategc Urban Transprt Planng | STL | 544SEM | STL | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines goals of strategic urban transportation planning to develop sustainable transportation systems for an urban area to promote desirable patterns of human activities. Using case studies, introduces methods for the sustainable development of urban tr |
Supply Chain: Design, Modeling | STL | 503LEC | F10 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | This course focuses on design, modeling and optimization of global supply chain networks. The course deals with modeling approaches and quantitative tools and techniques for design and optimization of global supply chain networks. The course also covers i |
Reproductive Justice | SW | 725LEC | AON | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course employs the reproductive justice framework, which is a framework developed by women of color infusing social justice and reproductive rights, to examine the history, cultural and societal attitudes, and associated politics of reproduction and |
Advan Policy Dev/Analys | SW | 563LEC | AON | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course examines theories and methods of policy development and analyses with a specific focus on social policies that affect socially and economically disadvantaged populations. Emphasis is placed on both qualitative and quantitative analysis approa |
Diversity and Oppression | SW | 503LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to examine issues of diversity and human rights in social work practice with individuals, families, groups, and social systems. The effects of social locations (e.g., race, class, gende |
Global Child Advocacy Issues | SW | 245LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is designed to increase student understanding of the adverse experiences of children growing up in various countries. The purpose of this course is to expose students to considerations of socioeconomics, health, culture, religion, and politics |
Intro to Comm Organizing & Dev | SW | 220LEC | A | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course provides a general introduction to the history, organizations, strategies, and practice issues related to community organizing and development. Specifically, this course examines different types of community organizing and development approach |
Studies in Design | TH | 439SR | THD | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Development a hard copy and digital portfolio of work as associated with departmental design and technology assignments. Explore more expanded general knowledge of theatre practices and vocabulary. Have the experience of putting theory to practice. |
Performing America | TH | 220LEC | AD | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Examines 20th century American drama and theatre performances as reflection on changing American identities. Looks at the ways in which plays and performances defined what it meant to be American, as well as how individual playwrights and theatre artists |
Built Environ and Health | URP | 605SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | The discipline of planning claims to improve the welfare of people and their communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places for present and future generations yet is rarely explicitly addressed in tradition |
Environmental Planning Methods | URP | 578SEM | E578 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Environmental Planning Methods for Sustainability identifies issues with attention to methods for preventing and ameliorating environmental problems. The problems addressed in Environmental Planning Methods for Sustainability include those caused by inter |
Plng Techniques in Action | URP | 577LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Enviro Land Use & Physcl Plnng | URP | 573SEM | E546 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Surveys the evolution of environmental physical planning as a professional field, and will introduce key theories and debates relevant to land use, the environmental planning process, physical planning, planning law, zoning, location analysis, environment |
GIS Applications | URP | 569SEM | 001 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is dual-listed with END 569. |
Planning & Development Law | URP | 567LEC | E467 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores historical and legal foundations of planning and development. Provides a legal perspective on land use, zoning policies, environmental regulations, housing, and other areas of interested related to urban planning and development. Reviews politica |
Urban Design: Case Studies | URP | 566LEC | U566 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Urban Design: Built Environment Case Studies examines how American cities are so thinly spread out compared with many other nations. What is density, and what does it mean? What are the relations between density and sustainability? This graduate seminar i |
Urban Design: Understndng Form | URP | 565LEC | A565 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Urban Design 1: Understanding Urban Form is a multidisciplinary course with its roots in architecture, urban planning, and environmental design. Intended to be an introduction to urban design, the course is open to students who are interested in neighborh |
Cities and Globalization | URP | 563SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Transp Land Use & Urb Frm | URP | 562LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | This course is equivalent to END 562. |
Central City Revitalizatn | URP | 542LEC | E442 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Financing Develpmnt Projects 1 | URP | 525SEM | E525 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Procedural aspects of development, including requests for proposals, methods of finance, project feasibility analysis, program evaluation and review, and government incentives. |
Economic Develpmnt Planng | URP | 522SEM | E422 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Covers theory, concepts, and practices in contemporary economic development planning. Considers alternative approaches, strategies, and methods for creating job growth, including industrial development, workforce training, regional development, and qualit |
Design for Real Estate Develpm | URP | 515SEM | E515 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Course will examine selected topics in real estate development. Where appropriate, the course will incorporate guest speakers with expertise in real estate development, urban planning, architecture, environmental design, law, and community development, am |
Research Methods in Plng | URP | 512LLB | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Plng Concepts & Controver | URP | 510LEC | 000 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | |
Race, Class, Gender + the City | URP | 508SEM | 408S | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Explores the intersectionality of race, class, gender & the city in the knowledge economy-based urban environment. Reviews how the shift from an industrial to a knowledge-based economy reshaped and recreated the central city and its surrounding suburban r |
Evolution of Urban Structure | URP | 501SEM | E501 | SUST | SUSCONTENT | Focuses on the spatial structure and function of cities and regions and the roles that urban planners play in analyzing and shaping the urban and built environments. Objectives include a critical understanding of the cultural, environmental, and historica |
Urban Planng Resrch Design | URP | 617SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | |
Advanced Planning Theories | URP | 616SEM | 001 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | |
Housing & Community Developmnt | URP | 606SEM | E406 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Studies theories, concepts, and practices of housing and community development, emphasizing neighborhood planning and design in urban environments. Involves lectures, discussions, and fieldwork. May be offered on an intermittent basis. This course is equi |
Food Systems Planning | URP | 604SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | The quality of a community's food system has significant social, environmental, economic, and health implications. This graduate seminar introduces students to the fundamentals of food system planning. Students learn to critically analyze a community's fo |
Environmental Planng & Policy | URP | 568SEM | 000 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Environmental resources are managed by governments, organizations, communities, and other stakeholders through a broad range of policy and planning mechanisms. Environmental Planning and Policy provides an introduction to the regulatory structures of envi |
Design Inclusive Environm | URP | 558SEM | A558 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | 3This course is an introduction to inclusive design of places, products, and systems with a particular focus on the implications of a life span perspective. The aging of populations in industrialized countries and the disability rights movement have come |
Site Planning & Design | URP | 526SEM | E426 | SUST | SUSCOURSE | Examine the integration of requirements in site planning and design. Topics may include pedestrian movement and circulation; public transit; provisions for the handicapped; services and utilities; site assessment (including zoning, climate, topography, w |