Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.61
Liaison Douglas Alexander
Submission Date Feb. 19, 2012
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Old Dominion University
ER-7: Sustainability-Related Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.83 / 10.00 Krista Harrell-Blair
ODU Sustainability Intern for STARS
Environmental Health & Safety
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The number of sustainability-related courses offered :
51

The total number of courses offered :
2,036

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A list of sustainability-related courses offered:

STARS Sustainability Related Course Inventory as found in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs

College of Arts and Letters:

Department of Communication and Theatre Arts
COMM 400/500 Intercultural Communication p.52
COMM 678 Race and TV p. 84

Graduate Program in International Studies
IS 710/810 Global Environmental Policy p. 95
IS 711/811 International Migration and Refugees p. 95
IS 717/817 World Population and Development p.95

Department of Political Science and Geography
GEOG 405W/505 Seminar in International Resource Management p.92
GEOG 419/519 Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments p. 93
GEOG 420/520 Marine Geography p. 93
GEOG 422W/522 Coastal Geography p.93
GEOG 451/551 Europe
GEOG 452/552 Africa
GEOG 453/553 Asia
GEOG 454/554 Latin America
GEOG 455/555 Middle East

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
SOC 427/527/627 Violence Against Women p.100

Department of Women’s Studies
WMST/SOC 795/895 Topics Course
Social Inequities
Globalization, Justice, & Human Rights
Diversity and the Criminal Justice System

College of Business and Public Administration:

Department of Economics
ECON 435/535 Health Economics: A Global Perspective
ECON 445/545 Urban Economics p.116
ECON 447/547 Natural Resources and Environmental Economics p.116
ECON 650 International Economics p.117

Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration
PADM 632 Environmental Planning p.123

College of Education:

Department of Human Movement Sciences
RTS (Recreation and Tourism Studies) 405 Recreation and Natural Resources p.245

College of Engineering and Technology:

Civil and Environmental Engineering p.198
CEE 350 Environmental Pollution and Control p.204
CEE 452/552 Air Quality p.205
CEE 650 Pollution Prevention p. 213
CEE 782/882 Design of Coastal Structures p.214

Mechanical Engineering p. 204
ME 413/513 Energy Conservation p.221

College of Health Sciences:

School of Community and Environmental Health:

Community Health Program
CHP 360 Introduction to Global Health p.209
CHP 415/515 Critical Issues in Public and Community Health Administration

Environmental Health
ENVH 445/545 Air Pollution and Its Control p.239
ENVH 448/548 Epidemiology and Biostatistics p.239
ENVH 611 Water Pollution Control p.240

Health Promotion and Education:
HPRO 670 Cultural Issues in Health Promotion and Education p.241

College of Sciences:

Biological Sciences
Biol 108 – Introductory Biol
Biol 322 - Ethnobotany
Biol 4/515 – Marine ecology; Biol 4/542 – Marine ecology lab
Biol 7/807 (3cr) – Ecosystem ecology – sustainability related

Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
OEAS 106/107 (4cr each) – Introductory oceanography – sustainability related
OEAS 210 (3cr) – Environmental Earth science
OEAS 302 – Environmental geology – sustainability related
OEAS 306 – Oceanography – sustainability related
OEAS 310 – Global Earth systems – sustainability related
OEAS 441 & 442 – Ocean and Earth sciences field study, I and II – sustainability related
OEAS 4/548 – Population ecology – sustainability related
OEAS 4/512 – Global environmental change – sustainability related
OEAS 657 – General aspects of hazardous waste management – sustainability related
OEAS 690 – Topics in marine environment policy – sustainability related
OEAS 895 – Environmental reading – sustainability related

Physics
PHYS 103 – Astronomy – includes co-evolution of climate and life on Earth – sustainability related


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