8 courses with the subject SUS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SUS 101Introduction to Sustainability
3 sem. hrs. Offered every fall semester. An overview of the concept of sustainability, its evolution and selected methodologies to quantify impacts. This course equips students to develop and evaluate solutions to national and local challenges by balancing factors that are environmental, economic and socio-cultural. SUS 102/WTQS 102. Identity and Belonging in the Outdoors 3 sem. hrs. This course will examine the intersections of gender, race, ability, nationality, and class in CO UR S E S 213
1 sem. hr. Offered as needed. May be repeated for credit. In-depth study of an area of special interest. Topic determined jointly by a faculty member and student(s) in consultation. Meets weekly for one hour. SUS 200/ART 200. Fields 2 sem. hrs. Offered annually. May be repeated for credit. Graded: S/U. This seven-week outdoor interdisciplinary course explores the question: what does it mean to work “in the field?” Every class, we’ll travel to a different nearby location to consider the many layers of working, living, and making that exist in that place through creative prompts, case studies, and exploration. Site visits, activities, and instructors will vary from semester to semester, so you may repeat this course. Potential topics include: local cultural and natural histories; agriculture; resource management, and recreation; learning from plants, animals, and rocks; creative writing; drawing; taking samples; and other interdisciplinary forms of “field work.” SUS 213/FNIS 213. Indigenous Environmental Activism and Resistance 3 sem. hrs. Offered once per year. This course will examine ways in which Indigenous Peoples locally and globally are engaged in the defense of water, land, and all our relations, how indigenous knowledge and western sciences can work together to restore environmental damage, and how indigenous and non- indigenous people can work together for environmental justice.
3 sem. hrs. This course offers an in-depth introduction to the social dimension of sustainability. Students will examine the ways systemic inequalities in the U.S. impact access to resources, participation in outdoor recreation, and protections from the environmental harms. We will explore the historical roots of mainstream U.S. environmentalism and analyze contemporary case studies illustrating the ways sustainability challenges disproportionally impact members of minoritized communities.
SUS 215Systems Thinking: Building Resilient Communities
3 sem. hrs. Offered once per year. Understanding the complexity of ways Earth’s ecological, social, and economic systems function - and how they can be transformed - is fundamental to the work of sustainability. This course offers students opportunities to build their capacity as systems thinkers to better understand feedback loops, leverage points, and interdependence. We will investigate case studies examining holistic efforts to strengthen community resilience locally and around the world.
