Academics

Courses

Southwestern University has incorporated sustainability in 7% of its course offerings. These courses are offered in the Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Communications, Economics, Education, English, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, German, History, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, and Theatre departments.

Sustainability-Focused Courses
  • ANT35-334: Global Environmental Justice
  • ARH71-254: Landscape and Environment in Chinese Ar
  • BIO50-194: Science of Chocolate
  • BIO50-384: Conservation Biology
  • BUS30-444: Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations
  • CHE51-024: Chemistry of the Environment
  • CHE51-504: Instrumentation in Environmental and Biological Analysis
  • COM75-464: Environmental Communication
  • ECO31-324: Environmental Economics
  • ENV49-104: Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • ENV49-204: Environmental GIS
  • ENV49-274: Sustainable Cities
  • ENV49-284: Sustainable Food and Agriculture
  • ENV49-364: U.S. Environmental Policy
  • ENV49-474: Advanced GIS
  • ENV49-964: Capstone in Environmental Studies
  • PHI18-234: Environmental Philosophy
  • PHY53-034: Introduction to Earth Science
  • PHY53-044: Introduction to Climate Science
  • PHY53-354: Energy and the Environment
  • REL19-344: Animals and Religion
  • REL19-364: Pilgrimage
  • REL19-374: Sacred Space and the Environment
  • THE72-814: Theatre Sustainability
Sustainability-Inclusive Courses
  • ANT35-104: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT35-244: Race, Class and Gender in the Caribbean
  • ANT35-254: Latinx Spiritualities
  • ARH71-494: Modern Architecture
  • BIO50-121: Investigation Into Living Systems
  • BIO50-123: Living Systems
  • BIO50-222: Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • BIO50-334: Evolutionary Biology
  • BIO50-434: Ecology
  • BIO50-444: Invertebrate Ecology
  • BUS30-514: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
  • CHE51-014: Chemistry Appreciation
  • CHE51-034: Chemistry of Food
  • CHE51-101: Chemical Methods and Techniques Lab
  • CHE51-103: Principles of General Chemistry
  • CHI22-332, 334: Topics in Intermediate/Advanced Modern Chinese
  • COM75-434: Communication, Culture, and Social Justice  
  • EDU40-514: Teaching Science in the Elementary and Middle School
  • FST04-314: Odd Ducks: Critical Animality
  • GER12-354: German Culture
  • GER12-714: Transnational Identity Narrative: Gender/Nature/Culture
  • HIS16-084: Disease, Health, and Medicine in World History
  • HIS16-294: Topics in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • HIS16-384: History of Human Rights
  • HIS16-504: The History of the U.S. West
  • PSC32-204: American Political Thought
  • REL19-334: Apocalypse
  • REL19-714: Topics in Religion
  • THE72-614: Theatre for Social Change: Practice and Performance