STARS Information:
- Credit Rationale: This credit recognizes institutions that offer academic courses related to sustainability.
- Environmental Benefits: Sustainability-related courses help build knowledge about a component of sustainability or introduce students to sustainability concepts during part of the course. They may compliment sustainability-focused courses by providing students with in-depth knowledge of a particular aspect or dimension of sustainability (such as the natural environment) or by providing a focus area (such as renewable energy) for a student’s sustainability studies, or they may broaden students’ understanding of sustainability from within different disciplines.
- Scoring: Institutions earn the maximum of 10 points for this credit if sustainability-related courses comprise 30 percent or more of all courses offered. Incremental points are available based on the percentage of course offerings that are sustainability-related.
CSU Channel Islands Summary:
The following have been identified as sustainability-related courses at California State University Channel Islands:
- ANTH 105 – Intro to Archaeology
- ANTH 310 – World Prehistory (a new class)
- ANTH 323 – Native Californians (a new class)
- ANTH 332 – Human Ecology (CL ESRM 332)
- ANTH 445 – The Seacoast through Time
- ART 101 – What is Art?
- ART 102- Multicultural Children’s Art
- ART 311- Three-Dimensional Art: Sculpture Media and Techniques
- ART 321- Three-Dimensional Art: Sculpture Theory and Process
- ART 330 – Critical Thinking in a Visual World
- ART 331 – Art, Society, and Mas Media (CL COMM 331)
- ART 382 – Art for Social Media
- ART 390- Screen Printing
- ART 451 – Diversity in the Visual Arts
- ART 489 – Art Seminar
- ART 490 – Special Topics in Art
- ART 499 – Art Capstone Project
- BIOL 301 – Microbiology
- BIOL 303- Evolutionary Biology
- BIOL 312- Marine Biology
- BIOL 313- Conservation Biology (CL ESRM 313)
- BIOL 326 –Scientific and Professional Ethics (CL MGT 326)
- BIOL 335- The Biosphere
- BIOL 336- Ethnobotany (a new class)
- BIOL 342- The Zoo: Conservation, Education and Recreation (CL BUS 342, ECON 342, EDUC 342)
- BIOL 345- Science and Public Policy
- BIOL 432- Principles of Epidemiology AND Environmental Health
- BIOL 433- Ecology and the Environment
- BIOL 453- Methods in Population and Community Ecology
- BIOL 492 – Internship
- BIOL 494 – Independent Research
- BIOL 497 – Directed Study
- BIOL 499 – Senior Capstone in Biology
- BUS 203 – Into to Social Business (CL ECON 203, SOC 203)
- BUS 301 – Social Business Planning (CL ECON 301, SOC 301)
- BUS 336 – Social Entrepreneurship (CL SOC 336)
- BUS 339 – Business in China: Heritage and Change (CL HIST 339)
- BUS 342 – The Zoo: Conservation, Education and Recreation (CL BIOL 342, ECON, 342, EDUC 342)
- BUS 448 – Globalization and Development (CL ECON 448, SOC 448)
- CHEM 100 – Chemistry and Society
- CHEM 250/251 – Quantitative Analysis
- CHEM 494 – Independent Research
- COMM 331 – Art, Society, and Mass Media (CL ART 331)
- COMM 343 – Health Issues in the Latino/a Community (CL CHS 343, NRS 343)
- COMM 441 – Health Communication (NRS 441)
- COMM 443 – Environmental Communication (CL ESRM 443)
- COMP 447 - Societal Issues in Computing
- CHS 331 – Transborder Perspectives in Chicana/o Studies
- CHS 343 – Health Issues in the Latina/o Community (CL NRS 343, COMM 343)
- CHS 353 – Chicana/o Latina/o Literature (CL ENGL 353)
- CHS 425 – Contemporary Immigration Issues (CL SOC 425)
- ECON 203 – Intro to Social Business (CL BUS 203, SOC 203)
- ECON 301 –Social Business Planning (CL BUS 301, SOC 301)
- ECON 342 –The Zoo: Conservation, Education and Recreation (CL BIOL342, BUS 342, EDUC 342)
- ECON 362 –Environmental Economics
- ECON 448 –Globalization and Development (CL SOC 448, BUS 448)
- EDMS 529 – Science, Health and Phys Ed
- EDSS 532 – Teaching Science in Middle School
- EDSS 542 – Teaching Science in High School
- EDUC 342 – The Zoo: Conservation, Education and Recreation (CL BIOL 342, BUS 342, ECON 342)
- ENGL 105 – Composition and Rhetoric I
- ENGL 107 – Advanced Composition and Rhetoric
- ENGL 210 – Themes and theories in World Literature
- ENGL 325 — Major Non-Western Writers
- ENGL 333 — Multicultural drama and Theatre (CL PATH 332)
- ENGL 337 – Literature of the Environment
- ENGL 353 — Chicano/a Literature (CL CHS 353)
- ENGL 430 — Traditions and Transformations (CL HIST 430)
- ENGL 433 — Intro to LGBT Studies (CL GEND 433)
- ENGL 490 – Special Topics
- ENGL 494 – Independent Study/Senior Research
- ESRM 105 – Environmental Issues in Geography (CL GEOG 105)
- ESRM 200 – Principles of Resource Management, Conservation and Stewardship
- ESRM 313 – Conservation Biology (CL BIOL 313)
- ESRM 328 – Intro to Geographic Information Systems
- ESRM 332 – Human Ecology (CL ANTH 332)
- ESRM 335 - The Beach
- ESRM 341 – The National Park (POLS 341)
- ESRM 351 – Field Methods: Monitoring and Assessment
- ESRM 360 - Island Ecosystem Management
- ESRM 370 - Fundamentals of Remotely Piloted Systems
- ESRM 371 - Coastal Monitoring with RPS
- ESRM 428 – Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
- ESRM 440 – Population Studies (CL SOC 440)
- ESRM 443 – Environmental Communication (CL COMM 443)
- ESRM 482 – Issues in Environmental Planning and Resource Management
- FJS 210 – Ethics for a Free World (CL PHIL 210)
- GEND 433 –Intro to LGBT Studies (CL ENGL 433)
- GEOG 105 – Environmental Issues in Geography (CL ESRM 105)
- GEOG 201 – Cultural and Historical Geography of the World
- GEOL 321- Environmental Geology
- GLST 200 – Into to Global Studies
- GLST 435 – Global Cities
- HIST 366 – Oceans of World History
- HIST 430 – Tradition and Transformation (CL ENGL 430)
- HLTH 101- Overview of Health Care Industry and Its Delivery
- HLTH 102 –Community Health Organizations and Their Functions
- HLTH 300- Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness
- HLTH 301 – Introduction to Public Health Administration
- HLTH 304 – Aging Policy and Politics (CL POLS 304)
- HLTH 322- Health Issues in Education
- MATH 202 – Biostatistics (CL PSY 202)
- MGT 326 – Business and Professional Ethics (CL BIOL 326)
- NRS 343- Health Issues in the Latino/a Community (CL CHS 343, COMM 343)
- NRS 348 – Healthy Aging (CL PSY 348, SOC 348)
- NRS 354 – Cultural Competence in Health Care
- NRS 356 –Vulnerable Populations
- NRS 441 –Health Communication (CL COMM 441)
- PATH 333 – Multicultural Drama and Theatre (CL ENGL 333)
- PHED 208 – Intro to Kinesiology
- PHYS 103 – How Things Work
- PHYS 108 - Applied Physics and Modern Society
- POLS 304- Aging Policy and Politics (CL HLTH 304)
- POLS 305 – Gender and Politics
- POLS 306 – The Politics of Race and Ethnicity
- POLS 341 – The National Park (CL ESRM 341)
- PSY 202 – Biostatistics (CL MATH 202)
- PSY 312 – Social Psychology
- SOC 203 – Introduction to Social Business (CL ECON 203, BUS 203)
- SOC 301 –Social Business Planning (CL ECON 301, BUS 301)
- SOC 336 –Social Entrepreneurship (CL BUS 336)
- SOC 425 –Contemporary Immigration Issues (CL CHS 425)
- SOC 440 – Population Studies (CL ESRM 440)
- SOC 448 – Globalization and Development (CL ECON 448, BUS 448)
- SPAN 429 - Social Change in Spain (CL SOC 429)
- UNIV 250 – Learn & Serve: Sustainability
Information Received From & Compiled By:
Academic Affairs, Sustainability Group