Student Involvement: "Sustainable" Classes

UC Davis courses related to sustainability

Courses below have the words "sustainable" or "sustainability" in their title or catalog description, or have been suggested by faculty. This list was originally created in December 2009 and published in the Climate Action Plan as Appendix 4. The list was last updated on June 14, 2011.

Other courses at UC Davis may also touch upon sustainability topics. Check with the appropriate department or faculty member. These classes have been taught the last 3-4 years and may not be offered every year. Some courses have prerequisites or restricted enrollment. Please check the course catalog for class schedules and offerings. Please send additions or corrections to sustainability@ucdavis.edu.

Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry

• AGC 290: Seminar (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Agricultural and Environmental Education

• AED 100: Concepts in Agricultural and Environmental Education
• AED 190: Seminar in Agricultural Education (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)
• AED 300: Directed Field Experience in Teaching
• AED 302: Teaching Methods in Agricultural Education
• AED 306A: Field Experience with Future Farmers of America and Supervised Experience Programs
• AED 306B: Field Experience in Teaching Agriculture
• AED 323: Resource Development: Agricultural Education
• AED 390: Seminar: Issues in Agricultural Education

Agricultural and Resource Economics

• ARE 1: Economic Basis of Agricultural Industry
• ARE 1S: Economic Basis of Agricultural Industry
• ARE 15: Population, Environment and World Agriculture
• ARE 115A: Economic Development
• ARE 115B: Economic Development
• ARE 121: Economics of Agricultural Sustainability
• ARE 140: Farm Management
• ARE 147: Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis
• ARE 147M: Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis
• ARE 175: Natural Resource Economics
• ARE 176: Environmental Economics
• ARE 190: Topics in Agricultural and Resource Economics (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)
• ARE 277: Natural Resource Economics

Animal Science

• ANS 112: Sustainable Animal Agriculture 
• ANS 129: Environmental Stewardship in Animal Production Systems

Anthropology

• ANT 101: Ecology, Nature, and Society
• ANT 103: Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resource Conservation
• ANT 104N: Cultural Politics of the Environment
• ANT 126A: Anthropology of Development

Applied Biological Systems Technology

• ABT 165: Irrigation Practices for an Urban Environment

Atmospheric Science

• ATM 5: Global Climate Change
• ATM 6: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Pollution
• ATM 30: Issues in Atmospheric Science
• ATM 116: Climate Change
• ATM 241: Climate Dynamics
• ATM 280A: Air Quality Policy in the Real World
• ATM 280B: Air Quality Policy in the Real World

Community and Regional Development

• CRD 20: Food Systems
• CRD 140: Dynamics of Regional Development
• CRD 142: Rural Change in the Industrialized World
• CRD 149: Community Development Perspectives on Environmental Justice
• CRD 152: Community Development
• CRD 153A: International Community Development: Asia
• CRD 153B: International Community Development: Europe
• CRD 172: Social Inequality: Issues and Innovations
• CRD 180: Transnational Community Development
• CRD 241: The Economics of Community Development
• CRD 248: Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities
• CRD 248A: Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities I
• CRD 248B: Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities II
• CRD 250: Professional Skills for Community Development

Design

• DES 127A: Sustainable Design
• DES 127B: Studio Practice in Sustainable Design
• DES 138: Materials and Methods in Interior Design

Ecology

• ECL 200A: Principles and Applications of Ecology
• ECL 200B: Principles and Applications of Ecology
• ECL 204: Population and Community Ecology
• ECL 205: Community Ecology
• ECL 212A: Environmental Policy Process
• ECL 212B: Environmental Policy Evaluation
• ECL 213: Population, Environment, and Social Structure
• ECL 216: Ecology and Agriculture
• ECL 217: Conservation and Sustainable Development in Third World Nations
• ECL 222: Human Ecology of Agriculture
• ECL 290/CRD 290: Integrated Agroecosystem Assessment (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)
• ECL 298: Global Climate Change: Causes, Consequences & Responses (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Education

• EDU 142: Introduction to Environmental Education

Engineering: Applied Science

• EAD 188: Science and Technology of Sustainable Power Generation

Engineering: Biological and Agricultural

• EBS 115: Forest Engineering
• EBS 135: Bioenvironmental Engineering
• EBS 144: Groundwater Hydrology
• EBS 147: Runoff, Erosion and Water Quality Management in the Tahoe Basin
• EBS 162: Industrial Bioprocessing
• EBS 215: Soil-Machine Relations in Tillage and Traction
• EBS 216: Energy Systems
• EBS 218: Solar Thermal Engineering
• EBS 242: Hydraulics of Surface Irrigation
• EBS 243: Water Resource Planning and Management
• EBS 267: Renewable Bioprocessing

Engineering: Civil and Environmental

• ECI 123: Urban Systems and Sustainability
• ECI 125: Building Energy Performance
• ECI 126: Integrated Planning for Green Civil Systems
• ECI 127: Integrated Design for Green Civil Systems
• ECI 143: Green Engineering Design and Sustainability
• ECI 144: Groundwater Systems Design
• ECI 146: Water Resources Simulation
• ECI 149: Air Pollution
• ECI 150: Air Pollution Control System Design
• ECI 155: Water Resources Engineering Planning
• ECI 162: Transportation Land Use Sustainable Design
• ECI 163: Energy and Environmental Aspects of Transportation
• ECI 240: Water Quality
• ECI 244: Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Engineering
• ECI 252: Sustainable Transportation Technology and Policy
• ECI 267: Water Resources Management
• ECI 270: Advanced Water Resources Management

Entomology

• ENT 110: Arthropod Pest Management
• ENT 135: Introduction to Biological Control
• ENT 230: Advanced Biological Control
• ENT 295: Current Topics in Agricultural Entomology and Bee Biology

Environmental Horticulture

• ENH 100: Urban Forestry
• ENH 150: Genetics and Plant Conservation: The Biodiversity Crisis
• ENH 160: Restoration Ecology
• ENH 160L: Restoration Ecology Laboratory

Environmental Science and Management

• ESM 8: Water Quality at Risk
• ESM 100: Principles of Hydrologic Science
• ESM 120: Global Environmental Interactions
• ESM 121: Water Science and Management
• ESM 131: Air as a Resource
• ESM 141: Role of Fire in Natural Ecosystems
• ESM 144: Trees and Forests
• ESM 173: Humans and Vegetation Change
• ESM 195: Integrating Environmental Science and Management

Environmental Science and Policy

• ESP 1: Environmental Analysis
• ESP 10: Current Issues in the Environment
• ESP 100: General Ecology
• ESP 111: Marine Environmental Issues
• ESP 125C: Applied Conservation Biology
• ESP 127: Plant Conservation Biology
• ESP 160: The Policy Process
• ESP 161: Environmental Law
• ESP 162: Environmental Policy
• ESP 163: Energy and Environmental Aspects of Transportation
• ESP 165: Science, Experts, and Public Policy
• ESP 167: Energy Policy
• ESP 168A: Methods of Environmental Policy Evaluation
• ESP 169: Water Policy and Politics
• ESP 170: Conservation Biology Policy
• ESP 171: Urban and Regional Planning
• ESP 172: Public Lands Management
• ESP 173: Land Use and Growth Controls
• ESP 175: Natural Resource Economics
• ESP 178: Applied Research Methods
• ESP 179: Environmental Impact Assessment
• ESP 191A: Workshop on Food System Sustainability
• ESP 191B: Workshop on Food System Sustainability
• ESP 198: The Education for Sustainable Living Program
• ESP 252: Sustainable Transportation Technology and Policy

Environmental Toxicology

• ETX 10: Introduction to Environmental Toxicology
• ETX 101: Principles of Environmental Toxicology
• ETX 102A: Environmental Fate of Toxicants
• ETX 120: Perspectives in Aquatic Toxicology
• ETX 127: Environmental Stress and Development in Marine Organisms
• ETX 131: Environmental Toxicology of Air Pollutants
• ETX 240: Ecotoxicology
• ETX 260: Immunotoxicology
• ETX 270: Toxicology of Pesticides

Evolution and Ecology

• EVE 2: Biodiversity
• EVE 11: Principles of Ecology
• EVE 120: Global Change Ecology

Geography

• GEO 211: Physical Geography Traditions and Methods (previously focused on climate change, check course syllabus)

Geology

• GEL 10: Modern and Ancient Global Environmental Change
• GEL 18: Energy and the Environment
• GEL 130: Non-Renewable Natural Resources
• GEL 134: Environmental Geology and Land Use Planning
• GEL 136: Ecogeomorphology
• GEL 198: Geothermal Energy (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)
• GEL 232: The Oceans and Climate Change

History

• HIS 109A: Global Environmental History
• HIS 172: American Environmental History

Hydrology

• HYD 10: Water, Power, and Society
• HYD 47: Watershed Processes and Water Quality in the Tahoe Basin
• HYD 141: Physical Hydrology
• HYD 142: Systems Hydrology
• HYD 143: Hydrological Processes in the Ecosystems
• HYD 144: Groundwater Hydrology
• HYD 146: Hydrology and Contaminant Transport
• HYD 182: Environmental Analysis Using GIS

International Agricultural Development

• IAD 10: Introduction to International Agricultural Development
• IAD 103: Social Change and Agricultural Development
• IAD 160: Agroforestry: Global and Local Perspectives
• IAD 162: Field Course in Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Development
• IAD 201: The Economics of Small Farms and Farming Systems
• IAD 202N: Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems
• IAD 203N: Project Planning and Evaluation
• IAD 217: Conservation and Sustainable Development in Third World Nations
• IAD 220: Food and Nutrition Strategies in Developing Countries
• IAD 290: Agroecosystem Assessment (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Landscape Architecture

• LDA 1: Landscape Meaning
• LDA 3: Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice
• LDA 98: Field Guide to Sustainable Living in Davis
• LDA 180G: Special Topics in Landscape Architecture: Landscape and Regional Land Planning
• LDA 180P: Water in Community Planning and Design
• LDA 181G: Landscape and Regional Land Planning Studio
• LDA 181P: Water in Community Planning and Design Studio

Management

• MGT 291: Greening Business: Moving Beyond Compliance and Toward Green Strategy (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Native American Studies

• NAS 212: Community Development for Sovereignty and Autonomy

Nematology

• NEM 205: Insect Nematology and Biological Control

Plant Biology

• PLB 146: Rhizosphere Ecology
• PLB 119: Population Biology of Invasive Plants and Weeds

Plant Pathology

• PLP 120: Introduction to Plant Pathology
• PLP 150: Fungal Ecology
• PLP 155: Ecology of Forest Diseases
• PLP 201A: Impacts, Mechanisms, and Control of Plant Disease
• PLP 201B: Impacts, Mechanisms, and Control of Plant Disease
• PLP 205B: Diseases of Vegetable and Field Crops
• PLP 206A: Diseases of Fruit, Nut, and Vine Crops
• PLP 208: Ecology of Plant Pathogens and Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
• PLP 209: Principles of Plant Disease Control

Plant Sciences

• PLS 1: Agriculture, Nature and Society
• PLS 12: Plants and Society
• PLS 15: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture
• PLS 49: Organic Crop Production Practices
• PLS 101: Agriculture and the Environment
• PLS 105: Concepts in Pest Management
• PLS 110A: Principles of Agronomic Crop Production in Temperate and Tropical Systems
• PLS 110B: Management of Agronomic Crops in Temperate and Tropical Systems
• PLS 110C: Crop Management Systems for Vegetable Production
• PLS 112: Forage Crop Ecology
• PLS 113: Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Management
• PLS 114: Biological Applications in Fruit Production
• PLS 130: Rangelands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration
• PLS 142: Ecology of Crop Systems
• PLS 150: Sustainability and Agroecosystem Management
• PLS 160: Agroforestry: Global and Local Perspectives
• PLS 162: Urban Ecology
• PLS 163: Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology
• PLS 176: Introduction to Weed Science
• PLS 190: Seminar on Alternatives in Agriculture

Political Science

• POL 107: Environmental Politics and Administration
• POL 207: Environmental Public Policy

Science and Society

• SAS 1: Critical Inquiry into Contemporary Issues
• SAS 2: Feeding the Planet: Influences on the Global Food Supply
• SAS 8: Water Quality at Risk
• SAS 9: Crisis in the Environment
• SAS 10: Water, Power, Society
• SAS 12: Plants and Society
• SAS 25: Global Climate Change: Convergence of Biological, Geophysical, and Social Sciences
• SAS 90A: Issues in Environmental and Resource Sciences
• SAS 90D: Saving Endangered Plant Species: Problems and Prospects
• SAS 90F: Food Distribution in a Hungry World
• SAS 90G: Science, Society and the Environment
• SAS 105: Organismal Interactions in Everyday Life

Sociology

• SOC 160: Sociology of the Environment
• SOC 295: Social and Political Ecology (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Soil Science

• SSC 10: Soils in Our Environment
• SSC 102: Environmental Soil Chemistry
• SSC 105: Field Studies of Soils in California Ecosystems
• SSC 109: Sustainable Nutrient Management
• SSC 111: Soil Microbiology
• SSC 118: Soils in Land Use and the Environment
• SSC 218: Soil Erosion and Conservation
• SSC 222: Global Carbon Cycle

Technocultural Studies

• TCS 198: The Internet as a Medium for Education about Science and Sustainability (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)

Transportation Technology and Policy

• TTP 289A: D-Lab (topic changes, please check with department for offerings)
• TTP 289B: Selected Topics in Transportation Technology and Policy