Undergraduate Courses

The ASU Experience (1) Students will learn about ASU's mission as the New American University, the importance and benefits of an entrepreneurial approach to problem solving, solutions to sustainability challenges, and the importance of social embeddedness. Additionally, through various course discussions and assignments, students will examine the concept of academic integrity and its potential impact on their future, gain awareness of the value of engaging in research activities, and learn about taking an interdisciplinary perspective. *For New Incoming Freshmen

Sustainable World (3) Lays the groundwork for understanding the fundamental geological, biological, and social processes that gave rise to the world we live in and continue to maintain its viability for human life.

Sustainable Cities (3) Introduces technological, social, and cultural principles and innovations for cities under the notion of sustainability and sustainable development within the global, regional, and local contexts. *Satisfies General Studies - (HU or SB) & G

Society and Sustainability (3) Establishes an understanding of the human, social, and cultural dimensions of sustainability from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives and at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. *Satisfies General Studies - SB

Policy and Governance in Sustainable Systems (3) Explores the wide array of political questions that are raised when we view the Earth's environment as an integrated, global system.

International Development and Sustainability (3) Historical roots of the idea of development; economic theories of growth and their implications for sustainability; interrelationship among population growth, food security, poverty, inequality, urbanization, technological change, international trade, and environmental change at local, regional and global scale.

Sustainable Urban Dynamics (3) Human and physical processes shaping urban ecologies and environments; human-environment interactions in the context of an urban region; effect of the institution and regulatory framework on the ability of social and urban-ecological systems to be resilient and sustainable; urban design, materials, transport, planning, and regulation.

Sustainable Energy and Material Use (3) Sustainable engineering; overall energy needs and impacts; thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanisms; atmospheric energy systems; field investigation; current and future urban energy systems.

The Economics of Sustainability (3) Application of economic principles to the allocation of environmental goods and services, external environmental effects, and environmental public goods; decision-making under uncertainty, adaptation to and mitigation of environmental change.

Sustainable Ecosystems (3) How human activities and management practices alter biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the provisioning of ecosystem services; use of economic and other social science perspectives to estimate the value of ecosystem services; evaluation of options for achieving the sustainable flow of services from ecosystems.

History and Philosophy of Sustainability (3)

Inequality and Sustainability (3)

Production, People, and Environments (3)

Collective Action and Decision Making for Sustainability (3)

Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars (3)

Dynamic Modeling and Socio and Ecological Systems (3)

Energy Conservation and Efficiency (3) * Pre-requisite: SOS 324

Environmental Sustainability and Global Climate Change Solutions (3)

Renewable Energy (3)

Sustainability Measures and Models (3)

Sustainable Consumption (3)

Internship Applied/Capstone Experience (3) Students must have an internship opportunity lined up prior to enrolling in the class portion of the internship experience. Please contact Sada Gilbert (sada.gilbert@asu.edu) with any questions about the doing an internship for your applied/capstone experience.

Research Experience (3) Students who are interested in doing a research experience as part of their applied/capstone experience should contact their advisor for more information about what may be available.

Workshop (3) Particular workshop classes will be offered each semester under the number SOS 494. Students should check with their advisor for available workshops. Past workshops include: Fall 09: Urban Design Practice (3) Service Learning Course offered in the future