College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Sustainability Courses
The University of Iowa has set a goal for one hundred percent of undergraduate students to complete at least one sustainability-related course before graduating. Some colleges have already begun to implement work towards this goal.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students entering UI Summer 2022 and after must complete at least one Sustainability course before graduating.
Courses That Meet The CLAS Sustainability Course Requirement
College of Public Health and College of Education have also adopted a sustainability requirement.
More Sustainability Courses
| Topic Area | Course Title | Description |
| Geographical, Environmental, & Sustainability Sciences | ||
| BIOL:2673 | Ecology | |
| CBE:2040 | Environment, Energy, and Climate Change | |
| EES:3070 | Marine Ecosystems and Conservation | |
| GEOG:2950 | Environmental Conservation | |
| GEOG:1020 | The Global Environment | |
| GEOG:3350 | Urban Ecology | |
| EES:1030 | Intro to Earth Science | |
| EES:1080 | Intro to Environmental Science | |
| EES:1400 | Natural Disasters | |
| Systems, Justice, and Global Issues | ||
| SOC:1040 | Energy, Sustainability, & Society | |
| RHET:3700 | Advocacy and Sustainability | |
| GEOG:1046 | Environmental Politics in India | |
| AMST:1154 | Food in America | |
| CBE:4459 | Air Pollution Technology | |
| CEE:3790 | Resilient Infrastructure and Emergency Response | |
| GEOG:3210 | Health, Work, and the Environment | |
| GEOG/GHS:3300 | Sustainable Development Alternatives | |
| GEOG/GHS:3780 | U.S. Energy Policy in Global Context | |
| POLI:2417 | Comparative Environmental Policy | |
| GEOG/GHS:3760 | Hazards & Society | |
| EES:3150 | Sustainability Project | |
| CBE:4410/CEE:4107 | Sustainable Systems | |
| GEOG:1070 | Contemporary Environmental Issues | |
| GEOG:1090 | Globalization & Geographic Diversity | |
| GEOG:2013 | Intro to Sustainability | |
| GEOG:2910 | The Global Economy | |
| GEOG:3920 | Planning Liveable Cities | |
| GEOG:3940 | Transportation Economics | |
| PBAF/URP:1030 | Climate Leadership and Justice | |
| ANTH:2261 | Human Impacts on the Environment | |
| URP:4253 | Designing Sustainable and Healthy Cities | |
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| GEOG:1030 | Our Digital Earth | |
| GEOG:1050 | Foundations of GIS | |
| GEOG:3540 | Geographic Visualization | |
| GEOG:3570 | LiDAR: Principles and Applications | |
| CEE:5310 | Informatics for Sustainable Systems | |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| FREN:1007 | Nature/Ecology French Philosophy and Fiction | |
| MKTG:4250 | Marketing and Sustainability | |
| ENTR:1800 | Innovation in Action: Sustainability |