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