College Of The Arts
DESN 268: Sustainability by Design
College of Business Administration
MKTG 495: Sustainability and Marketing
MKTG 695: Sustainability and Marketing
GBA 600: Sustainability and the Business Organization
GBA 601: Sustainability and the Business Organization II
GBA 695: Sustainability and the Business Organization III
GBA 699: Capstone in Sustainability
College of Engineering
ENGR 302: Energy and Environment: Global Perspective*
College of Health & Human Services
HFHM 370: Exploring a Sustainable Food System**
PPA 590: Urban Environmental Governance
HCA 422i: Global Issues in Health Services*
College of Liberal Arts
AIS 336: Indigenous Philosophies of Sustainability
CWL 412i: Art & Literature: Myths of Pygmalion & Prometheus*
AAS 350: Environmental Justice*
GEOG 101: Society and the Environment
GEOG 355i: International Environmental Issues**
GEOG 455: People as Agents of Environmental Change
GEOG 464: Urban Geography: Sustainable Cities
GEOG 467/567: Urban Geography: Metropolitan Problems
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
BIOL 459/559: Conservation Biology
University Honors Program
UHP 201: Sustainability and Technology in Los Angeles
UHP 301: Politics and Policy in Los Angeles
Curriculum Enhancement
Faculty Green Thread Workshop
The Green Thread Workshop is designed to help faculty learn methods for connecting sustainability themes and ideas to core concepts in their own disciplines. The hands-on workshop brings together engaged faculty members from diverse disciplines to explore ways to enhance student understanding of the interconnectedness of environmental, social, and economic issues and concepts. Faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to participate.
Past Green Thread Workshop participants commented that the most valuable aspects of the program are:
“The group activities, exploring different perspectives of faculty members regarding how sustainability can be integrated into courses and classroom instruction…”
“…support from the workshop presenters/coordinators on the importance of sustainability in the CSULB curriculum.”
“The exercises promoted a great collaboration of curriculum concepts and approaches that integrated all disciplines, challenging subject experts to go outside of their own expertise to synthesis other viewpoints into their way of thinking. I think it is a better approach to education.”
“Meeting others from other departments and learning how they value sustainability and apply it to their classes.”
Faculty are asked to come to the workshop with a specific course in mind that they would like to enhance, modify, or in some cases, create. Integration of sustainability concepts and learning outcomes into courses is demonstrated through the inclusion of explicit language in the course syllabus and/or Standard Course Outline. Courses which meet this threshold are then eligible to be included on the list of CSULB Sustainability Course offerings.
Service Learning
Service learning allows students to connect theory and practice by working in the community —and with the community—to address on-the-ground issues. Some of the most useful and innovative solutions to sustainability challenges in our communities emerge when knowledge, resources, and enthusiasm are shared between our campus and our community partners.
CSULB’s Center for Community Engagement (CCE) is on a mission to “engage the university and community in creating a just and civil society where every member functions as an agent of social change.”
CCE helps students and faculty enrich the educational experience through Service Learning, Community-based Participatory Research, and Community Engagement efforts. Each of these strategies provides opportunities for students to become more civically engaged and personally invested in the work of building a more equitable, sustainable society.