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Society and Sustainability S1SUS001

The cluster introduces students to current thinking about sustainability policies and their consequences. The first group of courses deals with the intellectual/philosophical background of sustainability; the second group covers policies important in this field and their consequences for society. The cluster is intended especially for students in the natural sciences and engineering. (Note that ANT 224 can be used to fulfill a requirement in either subgroup.)

Fulfills the Social Sciences area of the Rochester Curriculum. Declare This Cluster

The cluster introduces students to current thinking about sustainability policies and their consequences. The first group of courses deals with the intellectual/philosophical background of sustainability; the second group covers policies important in this field and their consequences for society. The cluster is intended especially for students in the natural sciences and engineering. (Note that ANT 224 can be used to fulfill a requirement in either subgroup.)

Fulfills the Social Sciences area of the Rochester Curriculum.
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Choose at least two of the following
ANTH224 Anthropology Of Development (See Description Above)
ECON238 Environmental Economics
Crosslisted as ECON238, ECON238W, SUST238.
GSWS213 Politics Of Nature: Gender, Race, And The Environment
Valid Starting Spring 2017
HIST186 History of Energy Resources and Utilization
HIST227 Podcasting History: Hear Ur
HIST235 Earth, Wind, Water, Fire: An Environmental History Of The Globe
Valid Starting Fall 2017
HIST263 History Of Food
Valid Starting Fall 2018
HIST300W History Of Nature
Valid Starting Fall 2013
PHLT232 Environmental Health Policy
Valid Starting Fall 2016
PSCI239 International Environmental Law
PSCI243 Environmental Politics
PSCI246 Environmental Law & Policy
Valid Starting Fall 2013
Crosslisted as PSCI246, SUST246.
PSCI247 Green Markets
Choose at least two of the following
ANTH224 Anthropology Of Development (See Description Above)
ECON238 Environmental Economics
Crosslisted as ECON238, ECON238W, SUST238.
GSWS213 Politics Of Nature: Gender, Race, And The Environment
Valid Starting Spring 2017
HIST186 History of Energy Resources and Utilization
HIST227 Podcasting History: Hear Ur
HIST235 Earth, Wind, Water, Fire: An Environmental History Of The Globe
Valid Starting Fall 2017
HIST263 History Of Food
Valid Starting Fall 2018
HIST300W History Of Nature
Valid Starting Fall 2013
PHLT232 Environmental Health Policy
Valid Starting Fall 2016
PSCI239 International Environmental Law
PSCI243 Environmental Politics
PSCI246 Environmental Law & Policy
Valid Starting Fall 2013
Crosslisted as PSCI246, SUST246.
PSCI247 Green Markets
You may choose one of the following
BIOL104K Ecosystem Conservation & Human Society
EESC100 Intro to Oceanography
EESC103 Introduction To Environmental Science
Valid Starting Spring 2015
EESC105 Introduction To Climate Change
EESC119 Energy And Society
EESC212 Clim Chng Pers Chem. Ocean.
Crosslisted as EESC212, EESC412.
EESC213 Hydrology And Water Resources
Crosslisted as EESC213, EESC213W, SUST213.
EESC218 Atmospheric Geochemistry
EESC235 Physical Oceanography
EESC236 Physics Of Climate
Crosslisted as EESC236, EESC436.
EESC310 Science & Sustainability
Crosslisted as EESC310, EESC310W, SUST310, SUST410.
EHUM167M Climate Futures
EHUM240 Environmental Apocalypse and the Anthropocene
Valid Starting Fall 2017
EHUM245 Nature / Culture / Memory / Modernity
Valid Starting Fall 2018
Crosslisted as AAAS245, EHUM245, ENGL212, FMST274, SUST245.
EHUM250 Food Justice, Urban Farming, Social Practice
Valid Starting Spring 2017
EHUM268 Food, Media, Literature
Valid Starting Spring 2018
Crosslisted as EHUM268, FMST275, SUST241.
PHIL135 Environmental Ethics
PHIL230 Environmental Justice
You may choose one of the following
BIOL104K Ecosystem Conservation & Human Society
EESC100 Intro to Oceanography
EESC103 Introduction To Environmental Science
Valid Starting Spring 2015
EESC105 Introduction To Climate Change
EESC119 Energy And Society
EESC212 Clim Chng Pers Chem. Ocean.
Crosslisted as EESC212, EESC412.
EESC213 Hydrology And Water Resources
Crosslisted as EESC213, EESC213W, SUST213.
EESC218 Atmospheric Geochemistry
EESC235 Physical Oceanography
EESC236 Physics Of Climate
Crosslisted as EESC236, EESC436.
EESC310 Science & Sustainability
Crosslisted as EESC310, EESC310W, SUST310, SUST410.
EHUM167M Climate Futures
EHUM240 Environmental Apocalypse and the Anthropocene
Valid Starting Fall 2017
EHUM245 Nature / Culture / Memory / Modernity
Valid Starting Fall 2018
Crosslisted as AAAS245, EHUM245, ENGL212, FMST274, SUST245.
EHUM250 Food Justice, Urban Farming, Social Practice
Valid Starting Spring 2017
EHUM268 Food, Media, Literature
Valid Starting Spring 2018
Crosslisted as EHUM268, FMST275, SUST241.
PHIL135 Environmental Ethics
PHIL230 Environmental Justice