Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.85
Liaison Tara Pike
Submission Date June 17, 2011
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University of Nevada Las Vegas
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.56 / 10.00 Tom Piechota
Associate Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research
Division of Research and Graduate Studies
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The number of sustainability-focused courses offered :
300

The total number of courses offered :
6,575

Number of years covered by the data:
Three

A list of sustainability-focused courses offered:
AAD 201 History of the Built Environment/Discussion AAD 201D History of the Built Environment/Discussion AAD 202 Analysis of the Built Environment AAE 330 Design With Climate AAE 435 Developing Sustainable Design AAE 454 Architecture and the New Urbanism AAE 459 Design and Development AAE 460 Issues in Contemporary Urbanism AAI 450 Designed Environment and Human Behavior AAI 459 Design and Development AAL 101 Design With Nature AAL 330 Design with Climate AAL 459 Design and Development AAP 100 Introduction to Urban Planning AAP 377 Site Planning and Environmental Analysis AAP 378 Urban Form and Design AAP 378L Urban Planning and Design II AAP 477 Regional Planning Issues AAP 477L Urban Planning and Design III AAP 478L Urban Planning and Design IV AAP 495 Special Topics in Urban Planning and Design ABS 331 Environmental Control Systems I ABS 332 Environmental Control Systems II ACC 400 The Accounting Environment ANTH 311 Cultural Resources Management ANTH 430 Anthropology and Ecology ANTH 443 Environmental Archaeology BIOL 104 Introduction to Human Ecology BIOL 220 Introduction to Ecological Principles BIOL 305 Introduction to Conservation Biology BIOL 341 Principles of Ecology BIOL 345 Urban Horticulture BIOL 418 Microbial Ecology BIOL 438 Water Management in Arid Environments BIOL 441 Field Ecology BIOL 444 Principles of Plant Ecology BIOL 471 Aquatic Ecology BLW 302 Legal Environment BUS 498 Global Business Strategy CEE 250 Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE 406 Hydrologic Analysis and Design CEE 407 Computer Applications in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering CEE 413 Water Resources Engineering I CEE 450 Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering CEE 454 Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering CEM 350 Facility Systems Design and Construction I CEM 351 Facility Systems Design and Construction II CEM 480 Sustainable Construction CS 474 Decision Environments for Software Product Development ECON 190 Global Economics ECON 307 Environmental Economics ECON 309 Resource Economics ECON 470 Urban and Regional Economics EDSP 481 Practicum in a Resource Room EDUC 381 Global Leadership EDWF 440 Computer Uses in Workforce Education and Development EDWF 454 Student Teaching, Workforce Education and Development EGG 130 Control of Environmental Pollution EGG 150 Introduction to Solar Energy Utilization EGG 307 Engineering Economics EGG 450 Introduction to Solar Energy Utilization ENG 409B Rhetoric and the Environment ENG 491B Environmental Literature ENS 100 Humans and the Environment ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science ENV 125 Control of Environmental Pollution ENV 201 Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment ENV 202 Environmental Regulations ENV 203 Sampling, Analysis, Treatment, and Disposal ENV 205 Environment and Development ENV 206 Introduction to Climate Change ENV 220 Introduction to Ecological Principles ENV 333 Nuclear Issues in Nevada ENV 345 Environmental Regulations: History, Law and Methods ENV 360 Environmental Assessment Methods ENV 377 Environmental Economics ENV 393 Assessment for Radiological Hazards ENV 407 Environment and Society ENV 410 Environmental Policy ENV 411 Environmental Risk Management ENV 414 Air Pollution Science and Management ENV 420 Environmental Impact Analysis ENV 430 Land Use Management ENV 440 Introduction to American Environmental Thought ENV 460 Environmental Modeling ENV 480 Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Management FAB 470 Global Food and Nutrition Issues GEOG 103 Physical Geography of Earth’s Environment GEOG 116 Introduction to Oceanography GEOG 140 Conversations With Earth GEOG 421 Climatology GEOL 110 Global Warming GEOL 135 Earth Resources and Society GEOL 140 Conversations with Earth GEOL 303 Global Environmental Change GEOL 334 Environmental Geology GEOL 335 Earth Resources and the Environment GEOL 410 Soil Classification and Resource Management GEOL 436 Quaternary Paleoecology GEOL 437 Paleoclimatology GEOL 474 Hydrogeology GEOL 478 Hydrogeochemistry HCA 404 Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations HIST 103 Global Problems in Historical Perspective HIST 434 Role of Cities in American History HIST 434A European Urban History HIST 441 American Environmental History HIST 443 Comparative Environmental History HIST 443A Historic Preservation HIST 483A Urban Destruction and Reconstruction HMD 259 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry HPS 470 Environmental Health Physics JOUR 475 Global Media LAND 258 Xeric Plant Materials LAND 443 Stormwater Management (Construction IV) LAND 499 Sustainable Design for the 21st Century City LIB 203 Media Resources in Libraries ME 412 Sizing Solar Energy Systems ME 419 Advanced HVAC and Energy Conservation Systems MGT 367 Human Resource Management MGT 475 Seminar in Human Resource Management NRES 411 Environmental Law NRES 432 Advanced Environmental Toxicology PHIL 102 Critical Thinking and Reasoning PHIL 249 Environmental Ethics PHYS 108 Physics For A Better Environment PHYS 108L Physics for a Better Environment Laboratory PSC 401A Urban Politics PSC 403A Natural Resource Policy PSC 403B Energy Politics and Policy PSC 403C Environmental Policy PSC 405P Global Political Economy PSC 405Q Global Ecopolitics PSC 405T International Environmental Politics PSC 407I Politics and Problems in Developing Areas RLS 259 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry SOC 407 Environment and Society SOC 429 Globalization: Economic, Political, and Cultural Perspectives SOC 443 Urban Sociology SOC 469 Crossing Borders/Global Migrations STAT 469 Environmental Statistics I: Univariate Methods SW 315 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I SW 425 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II SW 478 Global Child Welfare TCA 405 Legal Environment of Meetings and Events WMST 475 Gender, Development, and Globalization WMST 490 Special Topics AAE 635 Sustainable Design Principles AAE 654 Architecture and the New Urbanism AAE 660 Issues in Contemporary Urbanism AAE 770 Research Methods in Environmental Design AAI 650 Designed Environment and Human Behavior AAP 646 Urban Land Use: Planning and Controls ABS 531 Environmental Control Systems I ABS 532 Environmental Control Systems II ABS 632 Solar Energy Applications in Architecture ANTH 630 Anthropology and Ecology ANTH 643 Environmental Archaeology ANTH 753 Seminar in Cultural Adaptations to Arid Environments ANTH 754 Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Great Basin ANTH 796 Cultural Resource Management Internship AST 725 High Energy Astrophysics BIOL 618 Microbial Ecology BIOL 644 Principles of Plant Ecology BIOL 671 Aquatic Ecology BIOL 743 Ecological Plant Physiology BIOL 748 Environmental Physiology BIOL 781 Population and Evolutionary Ecology BIOL 783 Community and Ecosystem Ecology BIOL 784 Conservation Biology CED 739 Vocational Placement and Community Resources CEE 650 Unit Operations/Processes in Environmental Engineering CEE 700 Research Methods in Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE 704 Environmental & Water Systems CEE 752 Advanced Water and Wastewater Analysis CEE 759 Mass Transfer in Environmental Systems CEM 653 Construction Scheduling and Resource Optimization CHEM 710 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry CHEM 715 Environmental Organic Chemistry CHEM 760 Environmental Radiochemistry/Radiation Safety CHEM 775 Bioanalytical Environmental Toxicology CIG 601 Curriculum and Instruction Urban Settings CIG 603 Urban Education CIL 672 Reference Methods and Resources School Library CIT 676 Management of Educational Technology Facilities and Resources ECO 655 Economics of Industrial Organization ECO 707 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics ECO 709 Regional Economic Analysis ECO 720 Health Economics and Policy ECO 732 Political Economy and Economic Policy ECO 763 Economics and the Law ECO 765 Labor Economics ECO 773 Business and Economic Forecasting EDA 747 Urban School Administration EDA 785 Administering Schools in a Political Climate EDH 627 Student Learning and Development EDH 709 Seminar in the Economics of Higher Education EDW 719 Leadership in Workforce Education and Development EDW 732 Human Resource Management in WLF EDW 742 Policies and Practices in Workforce Training and Development EDW 780 Leadership in Workforce Education and Development EDW 785 Global and Diversity Perspectives in the Workforce Education EDW 787 Organization Development & Change: Theories to Practice EMBA 708 Global and Macroeconomic Environment for Business ENG 609B Rhetoric and the Environment ENG 691B Environmental Literature ENV 601 Advanced Environmental Toxicology ENV 611 Environmental Risk Management ENV 660 Environmental Modeling ENV 680 GIS for Environmental Management ENV 701 Environmental Science Pro Seminar ENV 702 Environmental Problem Solving ENV 703 Environmental Law and Policy Seminar ENV 712 Environmental Risk Decision Making ENV 720 Natural Resource Valuation ENV 725 Quantitative Methods for Environmental Science ENV 749 Environmental Sciences Teaching Practicum ENV 750 Environmental Studies and Public Policy ENV 751 International Environmental Policy ENV 752 Advanced Seminar in Environmental Studies and Public Policy ENV 755 Political Economy of Technology, Environment and Development ENV 790 Internship in Environmental Science ENV 791 Environmental Sciences Examination Preparation ENV 792 Environmental Sciences Professional Paper Research ENV 793 Independent Study in Environmental Science ENV 794 Special Topics in Environmental Science ENV 795 Thesis EOH 732 Children, Development, Health, and the Environment EOH 740 Fundamentals of Environmental Health EOH 765 Seminar in Environmental Justice and Public Health EOH 769 Advanced Pollution Ecology EOH 790 Current Topics in Environmental Health and Epidemiology EOH 793 Internship in Environmental Health EOH 794 Professional Paper in Environmental Health EOH 795 Special Topics in Environmental Health EOH 796 Independent Study in Environmental Health EPP 720 Problems in Child Development EPS 741 Environmental Law and Policy Seminar EPY 708 Human Learning and Development EPY 711 Human Growth and Development EPY 777 Cognitive Development ESP 726 Policy Analysis and Development for Special Human Services ESP 764 Characteristics & Inclusive Strategies for Students with Emotional Disturbance, Learning Disabilities & Mild Mental GEOG 621 Climatology GEOL 610 Soil Classification and Resource Management GEOL 636 Quaternary Paleoecology GEOL 637 Paleoclimatology GEOL 735 Seminar in Environmental Geology GEOL 775 Seminar in Economic Geology GEOL 786 Soils Applications: Paleoclimate, Neotectonics, Archeology HCA 704 Health Care Economics HCA 710 Human Resources Management of Health Care Organizations HIST 634A European Urban History HIST 641 American Environmental History HIST 643 Comparative Environmental History HIST 683A Urban Destruction and Reconstruction HOA 703 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry HPS 670 Environmental Health Physics HPS 760 Environmental Restoration and Radioactive Waste Management HPS 772 Environmental Radiation Measurements KIN 745 Human Energy Metabolism LAW 651 Environmental Quality Law LAW 654 Public Lands and Natural Resources Law LAW 723 Economics and the Law LAW 776 Natural Resources Field Seminar ME 619 Advanced HVAC and Energy Conservation Systems ME 714 Computational Aspects of Solar Energy ME 741 Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics I ME 742 Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics II ME 759 Mass Transfer in Environmental Systems MHA 603 Human Resources and Behavior in the Hospitality Industry MHA 726 Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry MIS 748 Social and Economic Impacts of Information Technology NURS 770 Knowledge Development in Nursing NURS 782 Sustainability of Urban Health: Clinical Perspectives NURS 783 Economics of Sustaining Urban Health NURS 784 Health and Public Policy for Urban Sustainability PSC 722 Seminar in Environmental Resource Policy PSY 763 Survey of Community Mental Health Resources PUA 740 Urban Administration SOC 607 Environment and Society SOC 629 Globalization: Economic, Political, and Cultural Perspectives SOC 643 Urban Sociology SOC 717 Urban Demography and Population Studies SOC 743 Seminar in Urbanism and Urbanization SOC 751 International Issues: Gender, Sex, Globalization SOC 752 Global Migrations SOC 756 Urban Theory: Culture and Community SOC 757 Urban Field Methods SOC 768 Environmental Sociology SOC 769 Ecology, Culture, Social Psychology STA 669 Environmental Statistics I: Univariate Methods STA 717 Environmental Statistics SW 678 Global Child Welfare SW 715 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I SW 745 Seminar: Human Behavior and the Social Environment SW 765 Financial Management and Resource Development WMST 675 Gender, Development, and Globalization WRM 706 Research Methods in Water Resources Management WRM 790 Special Topics in Water Resources Management

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