Sustainability Courses

Academic units across �� offer a wide variety of courses that are focused on sustainability or include the topic of sustainability in some way. Having sustainability courses and content offered by numerous departments helps ensure that Miami’s institutional approach to sustainability education is comprehensive and interdisciplinary. The following courses were taught on the Oxford campus during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Course Listing by Department

Department of Accountancy

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Accountancy Career Exploration and Planning
	Managerial Accounting
ACC 343	Federal Income Tax Accounting
	Taxes and Business Strategy
	Information for Business Valuation and Decisions
	Accounting for Not-for-Profit and Governmental Organizations
	Accounting and Business Ethics
	Integrative Accounting Capstone

Department of Anthropology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Title	Course Title
	Introduction to Anthropology
	Introduction to Global Health

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
ATH 180	Apes, Behavior, and Conservation
	Developing Solutions in Global Health
	Ecological Anthropology

Department of Art

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number;	Course Title
	Pop, Media, and Visual Culture

Department of Architecture and Interior Design

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
ARC 406C	Case Studies in Sustainability
ARC 406D	Passive + Low Energy Design

Department of Biology

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental Biology
	Plants, Humanity, Environment
	Ecology of North America
	Evolutionary Biology
	Ecology
BIO 266	Climate Science Communication
	Conservation Biology

Department of Comparative Religion

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Title	Course Title
	Religion of the American Peoples

Department of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Introduction to Environmental Engineering
	Pollution Prevention

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Engineering Design I
	Engineering Design II
	Chemical Process Safety

Department of Chemistry

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Chemistry in Societal Issues

College of Engineering and Computing

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Socio-Environmental Responsibility in Engineering and Computing

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Technology, Ethics, and Global Society

Department of Economics

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental Economics

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Economic Development
	Poverty and Income Distribution

Department of Educational Psychology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Human Development and Learning in Educational and Social Contexts

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Energy Systems Engineering

Department of English

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental Literature
	Environmental Communication

Department of Entrepreneurship

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Entrepreneurial Immersion: Social Innovation Weekend
	Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Business Models
	Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Entrepreneurship: New Ventures
	Entrepreneurial Consulting

Department of Family Science and Social Work

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Social Welfare Policies and ��
	Human Behavior in the Social Environment
	Culturally Informed Practice
	Social Welfare Policies
	Advanced Social Welfare Policies

Department of Finance

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Ethics, Law, and Business
	Real Estate Principles
	Student Managed Investment Fund
	Integrative Concepts in Business

Institute for the Environment and Sustainability

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental/Justice Films
	Sustainable Farming and Food
	Energy and Policy
	Environmental Literature
	Introduction to Environment and Sustainability
	Principles of Environmental Science
	Introduction to Food Systems
	Understanding Food Systems Laboratory
	Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica
	Environment, Society & Justice
	Principles and Applications of Environmental Science
	Environmental Public Health
IES 450/550	Environmental Law
	Sustainability in Practice
	Sustainability Perspectives in Resources and Business
	Introduction to the Professional Service Project
	Professional Service Project
	Environmental Problem Solving and Analysis

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental Protocols
	Environmental Communications

Department of French, Italian, and Classics

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Italian Food Cultures in Context

Department of Geography

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Global Sustainable Futures
	Introduction to GIS
	Geography and Sustainable Development Research Seminar

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Global Forces, Local Diversity
	Creating Global Peace
	Geography of Urban Diversity
	Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation
	Geography and Gender
	Native American Women
	Global Perspectives on Natural Disaster

Department of German, Asian, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Enchanted Worlds: Folk and Literary Fairy Tales

Department of Geology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environmental Geology
	Oceanography
	Water and Society
	Ice Age Earth
	Introduction to Hydrology
	Geology of Streams
	Hydrogeologic Modeling
	Soils and Paleosols
	Paleontology in Conservation

Department of Global and Intercultural Studies

Sustainability Focussed Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Eco-Futures and the Environment

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Consumer Culture
	Global Development and Inequality
	Issues of the Global South
	Crisis, Disaster, Survival
	Race, Science, and Disease
	Capitalism and Commodities

Department of History

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Plagues, Pandemics, and Peoples
	Introduction to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
	Race, Science, and Disease in the Americas

Individualized Studies (Western Program)

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Interdisciplinary Problems and Questions
	Interdisciplinary Synthesis and Action

Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	IT and Intelligent Enterprise

Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Capstone Spring 2024
	Environment and Public Health

Department of Management

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Diversity and Cross Cultural Management
	Sustainability and ESG in supply Chain Management

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Introduction to Supply Chain Management
	Logistics

Department of Marketing

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Sustainable Marketing Management

Department of Mathematics

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
MTH 420/520	Voting Theory

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Product Design and Development
	Engineering Thermodynamics I
	Advanced Manufacturing and Design
	Engineering Thermodynamics II
	Process Engineering
	Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development

Department of Media, Journalism, and Film

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
FST 310	Film Theory
	Journalism and American Life
	International Journalism
	Advertising in Consumer Culture
	Social Media Cultures
	Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development
	Intercultural Communication
	Branding in Politics

Department of Microbiology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Microbial Applications
	Microbial Physiology
	Microbial Ecology

Department of Philosophy

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Society and the Individual
	Introduction to Ethics
	Science and Culture
	Confronting Death
	Ethical Theory
	Contemporary Moral Problems
	Political Philosophy
	Philosophy and Law
	Feminist Theory
	Medical Ethics
	Environmental Philosophy
	Political Philosophy Seminar

Department of Physics

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Energy and Environment

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
PHY 161	Physics for the Life Sciences with Laboratory I
PHY 162	Physics for the Life Sciences with Laboratory II
PHY 181	General Physics I
	General Physics II

Department of Political Science

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Sustainable Development
	Politics of Climate Change

Department of Psychology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
PSY 210	Psychology Across Cultures

Department of Sociology and Gerontology

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Environment, Society, and Justice

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Sustainability Focused Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Ecofeminist Discourses and Socioecological Transitions in XXI Century Spanish Culture, Spring 2024 Senior Capstone

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Historical Perspectives on Current Issues

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs

Department of Sport Leadership and Management

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Ethics in Sport
	Global Sport Perspectives
	Current Issues in Leisure and Sport
	Facilities and Event Management in Sport

Department of Statistics

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Advanced data Visualization
	Practicum in Data Analysis

Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Creativity and Innovation in STEM Education
	Threshold Concepts of TCE
	Race, Cultural Diversity, and Equity in Education
	Inquiring Life Science
	Studies in Educational Issues
	Literature and Other Media for Adolescents

Department of Theatre

Sustainability Inclusive Courses
Course Number	Course Title
	Performance and Production Practicum
	Physical Wellness for Artists
	Community-based Theatre
	Politics and Ethics of Theatre and Performance

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