University of Georgia
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification

The UGA Office of Sustainability has defined sustainability in the curriculum as courses that seek to: Understand and improve upon the complex natural and political interrelationships between social, economic, ecological and human health aspects, both locally and globally, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs.

Sustainability-focused courses are those courses in which the primary and explicit focus is on sustainability and/or on understanding or solving one or more major sustainability challenge (e.g. the course contributes toward achieving principles outline in the Earth Charter) Sustainability-related courses are those courses that are primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but incorporate a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, include one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrate sustainability issues throughout the course.