Undergraduate Courses 2023-24

Undergraduate courses marked with [BLD] or [SPO] may be offered in the mode of blended learning or self-paced online delivery respectively, subject to different offerings. Students should check the delivery mode of the class section before registration.

• SUST 1000

  Sustainability Fundamentals

  3 Credit(s)
  Exclusion(s)

  SUST 1010

  Mode of Delivery

  [BLD] Blended learning

  Description

  This course provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective in comprehending the challenging issues on human sustainability on the limited planet earth. It also provides an overarching framework covering economic development, individual lifestyle and policies to deal with global, regional and local emerging issues to provide students with a good foundation for their sustainability related majors and minors.
• SUST 1001

  Special Topics in Sustainability

  1-4 Credit(s)
  Description

  This special topics course provides students with broad and useful knowledge of various emerging sustainability topics of introductory level with a goal to arouse students' interest in sustainability studies. May be repeated for credit, if the topics studied are different. Graded letter grade or P/F subject to different offerings.
• SUST 1010

  Introduction to Sustainability

  3 Credit(s)
  Previous Course Code(s)

  CORE 1940

  Prerequisite(s)

  a passing letter grade in LANG 1401 OR LANG 1402 OR LANG 1403 OR LANG 1404 OR LANG 1002 (prior to 2022-23)

  Exclusion(s)

  SUST 1000

  Mode of Delivery

  [BLD] Blended learning

  Description

  This course provides students with a holistic, interdisciplinary, evidence-based understanding of the challenge of ensuring the sustainability of humanity on a planet with limited natural and social capacities. The course introduces frameworks, approaches and key trade-offs underpinning efforts to deal with existing and emerging global issues, and considers how these problems relate to our own lifestyles.
• SUST 2001

  Special Topics in Sustainability

  1-4 Credit(s)
  Description

  This special topics course provides students with broad and useful knowledge of various emerging sustainability topics of intermediate level with a goal to arouse students' interest in sustainability studies and develop creative solutions to sustainability issues. May be repeated for credit, if the topics studied are different. Graded letter grade or P/F subject to different offerings.
• SUST 3001

  Special Topics in Sustainability

  1-4 Credit(s)
  Description

  This special topics course provides students with in-depth knowledge of various emerging sustainability topics of advanced level to inspire students to develop solutions to the imminent sustainability issues from a multi-perspective framework. May be repeated for credit, if the topics studied are different. Graded letter grade or P/F subject to different offerings.
• SUST 4001

  Special Topics in Sustainability

  1-4 Credit(s)
  Description

  This special topics course provides students with specialized knowledge of various emerging sustainability topics of advanced level with a goal to inspire students to develop solutions to the imminent sustainability issues from a multi-perspective framework and propose action plan therewith. May be repeated for credit, if the topics studied are different. Graded letter grade or P/F subject to different offerings.