Courses

 

Sustainability Course Inventory Methodology

 

In 2018/2019 the Office of Sustainability conducted a sustainability course inventory at Lakehead University. 

All course offerings on the Lakehead University course calendar were reviewed. Based on the course description, a course was tentatively assessed either as a course that includes sustainability (IS) or a sustainability course (SC). Program chairs were then contacted via email and asked whether they would be willing to contribute information, either through an in-person meeting or over email. Through these follow-up meetings or emails, programs chairs were asked to review the findings and note: (a) any courses that hadn’t been identified that they believed met the criteria, (b) any courses that were identified but are no longer offered or have been combined with other courses, (c) any courses that were given an IS designation that the chair felt should be an SC instead (and vice versa) and (d) any courses that were soon to be calendared or in development that would be considered either IS or SC. Not all program Chairs/Deans were available.

The rationale for each course designation comes from AASHE's STARS inventory (pg. 6). Both the IS and SC designations have three different rationales for why a course would fit under that classification. 

  • 209 core-content courses related to sustainability were identified in this inventory
  • 74 sustainability courses, 135 courses that include sustainability 
  • Approximately 5.5% of all courses at the University are SC or IS

If you see a course listed here that is no longer offered or know of a course that you think should be added to the inventory, please contact the Sustainability Coordinator at coordinator.sustainability@lakeheadu.ca.

 

 

If you see a course listed here that is no longer offered or know of a course that you think should be added to the inventory, please contact the Sustainability Coordinator at coordinator.sustainability@lakeheadu.ca.

Title Course Code Course Level Academic Unit
The Environment/ The Environment with Laboratory ENST-1150 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Environmental Studies
The Environment/ The Environment with Laboratory ENST-1170 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Environmental Studies
The History of Social Justice and Human Rights HIST-5764 Graduate Graduate Studies in History
The Making of the Modern World HIST-1100 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in History
The North American Fur Trade HIST-3330 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in History
The Politics of Food POLI-3250 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Political Science
Theory and Practice of Outdoor Leadership OUTD-2210 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in ORPT
Theory of Social Work Practice SOWK-4300 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Social Work
Theory of Social Work Practice II SOWK-4401 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Social Work
Urban Forestry NRMT-4239 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Natural Resources Management
Water Resources and Hydropower Development ECIV-O235 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Civil Engineering
Water Supply and Waste Systems ECIV-2431 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Civil Engineering
Women's Action for Social Change WOME-2711 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Women's Studies
Women, Food and Environments WOME-3118 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Women's Studies
Women, Gender and Social Justice WOME-4010 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Women's Studies
World Cultures ANTH-1034 Undergraduate Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology

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