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Sustainability courses

Want to learn more? Concordia offers many courses with a sustainability focus.

Carly Ziter works with the students from her Ecology of Urban Environments course to plant a pollinator garden at Loyola, based on student designs. Photo credit Julian Haber.

 

To count as sustainability-focused under the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the course title or description of the courses below include: 

  • Foundational courses with a primary and explicit focus on sustainability (e.g., Introduction to Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainability Science). 
  • Courses with a primary and explicit focus on the interdependence of ecological and social / economic systems 
  • Courses with a primary and explicit focus on the application of sustainability within a field (e.g., Architecture for Sustainability, Green Chemistry, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Business).
  • Courses with a primary and explicit focus on a major sustainability challenge (e.g., Climate Change Science, Environmental Justice, Global Poverty and Development, Renewable Energy Policy).
 
Be sure to check out the Indigenous course list and BIPOC course list as well.

 

A wayfinder in the chape of a large "C" sits in a native perrenial garden at the Loyola campus

Looking to take numerous sustainability courses?

Check out the 27-credit Minor in Sustainability Studies and the 15-credit Sustainability Studies Elective Group from the Loyola College of Diversity and Sustainability to learn about how you can fit sustainability learning into your chosen degree!

Or check out our list of programs and certificates to pursue a degree related to sustainability at Concordia.

Find courses by Faculty

John Molson School of Business
Fine Arts

Engineering and Computer Science
Arts & Science

 
Detailed course descriptions are available in Concordia's Academic Calendars:

John Molson School of Business

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Department
 Course number Course title
 Management MANA 369 Business and Sustainability
MANA 374 Sustainable Management
GRADUATE COURSES
Department
 Course number Course title
Goodman Institute of Investment Management
 GIIM 655 Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investment
Management MANA 668 Sustainable Business Strategy
Marketing
 MSCA 677 Seminar in Sustainability in Marketing
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Department
 Course number Course title
John Molson Executive Centre
 JMEC 581 Intro to sustainable investing
John Molson Executive Centre JMEC 582 ESG concepts
John Molson Executive Centre JMEC 583 Sustainable Investment Certification

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Faculty of Fine Arts

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Department
 Course number Course title
 Design and Computation Arts DART 263 Design History of Sustainability
DART 392 Environmental Research and Practice
DART 448 Nature-inspired Environments
GRADUATE COURSES
Department Course number Course title
 Design and Computation Arts DART 611 Interdisciplinary Practices in Design
DART 630 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SUSTAINABILITY

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Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Department
 Course number Course title
Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering BLDG 475 Indoor Air Quality
BLDG 482 Impact of Technology on Society and Architecture
BLDG 483 Integrated Solar Systems: Design and Operation
CIVI 361 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CIVI 382 Water Resources Engineering
CIVI 464 Environmental Impact Assessment
CIVI 465 Water Pollution and Control
CIVI 466 Engineering Aspects of Chemical and Biological Processes
CIVI 467 Air Pollution and Emission Control
CIVI 469
 Waste Management
CIVI 484 Geo-Environmental Engineering
Centre for Engineering and Society
 ENCS 485 Field Course in Engineering and Sustainable Development
ENGR 202 Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship
ENGR 392 Impact of Technology on Society
Electrical and Computer Engineering ELEC 437 Renewable Energy Systems
  MECH 462 Wind Turbine Engineering
GRADUATE COURSES
Department Course number Course title
  BLDG 6951 Solar Building Modelling and Design
CIVI 6511 Earth Structures and Slope Stability
CIVI 6611 Environmental Engineering
CIVI 6651 Water Pollution and Control
CIVI 6661 Environmental Impact Assessment
CIVI 6681 Environmental Nanotechnology
CIVI 6691 Greenhouse Gases and Control
CIVI 6711 Asset Management for Sustainable Civil Infrastructure
CIVI 7901 Environmental Engineering Research Project
Centre for Engineering and Society
 ENGR 6601 Principles of Solar Engineering
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering INSE 6311 Sustainable Infrastructure Planning and Management Systems
Electrical and Computer Engineering
 ELEC 6421 Renewable Energy Systems

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Faculty of Arts and Science

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Department
 Course number   Course title
Applied Human Sciences AHSC 415 Organizational and Community Sustainability
 Biology BIOL 205 Introduction to Sustainability
BIOL 353 Communities and Ecosystems
BIOL 398 INTERMEDIATE TOPICS IN BIOLOGY: THE ECOLOGY OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
BIOL 443 Plant Molecular Genetics
BIOL 452 Water Resources Engineering
BIOL 457 Conservation Biology
BIOL 473 Environmental Microbiology
BIOL 484 Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology
BIOL 485 Agriculture and Agri-Food Biotechnology
Communication Studies COMS 418 Cultures of Globalization
COMS 473 International Communication
Economics ECON 318 Canadian Economic Policy and Institutions
ECON 391 Economics of the Environment
ECON 491 Environmental Economics
ECON 496 Natural Resource Economics
Geography, Planning and Environment
 GEOG 203 Canadian Environmental Issues
GEOG 204 Global Environmental Issues
GEOG 210 Geography of Global Change
GEOG 220 The Human Environment: Place, Space, and Identity
GEOG 272 The Natural Environment: Air and Water
GEOG 274 The Natural Environment: Land and Life
GEOG 290 Environment and Society
GEOG 300 Environment: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
GEOG 305 Political Ecology
GEGO 318 Shifting Borders of Globalization
GEOG 330 Urban Geography
GEOG 333 Urban Transportation
GEOG 355 Resource Analysis and Management
GEOG 371 Landscape Ecology
GEOG 374 Plant Ecology
GEOG 375 Hydrology
GEOG 376 The Climate System
GEOG 380 Ecological Economics
GEOG 407 Indigenous Peoples & the Environment
GEOG 431 Urban Planning in the Developing World
GEOG 450 Economic Restructuring
GEOG 458 Environmental Impact Assessment
GEOG 470 Environmental Management
GEOG 473 Environment and Health
GEOG 474 Sustainable Forest Management
GEOG 475 Water Resource Management
GEOG 478 Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy
GEOL 204 Natural Disasters
URBS 230 Urbanization: Global and Historical Perspectives
URBS 310 Urban Transportation
URBS 337 Urban Agriculture
URBS 338 Urban Ecology
URBS 380 Urban and Regional Economic Development
URBS 450 Economic Restructuring
URBS 480 Impact Assessment
URBS 481 Urban Planning in the Developing World
URBS 486 Behaviour and the Environment
History HIST 283 The 20th Century: A Global History
HIST 394 Food in History
HIST 395 Environmental History
Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability LOYC 205 Introduction to Sustainability
LOYC 230 Globalization and Diversity
LOYC 240 Global Environmental Issues and Ecological Justice
LOYC 298 SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LOYOLA COLLEGE FOR DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
LOYC 320 Biodiversity on Earth
LOYC 350 Internship in Sustainability
LOYC 398 SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LOYOLA COLLEGE FOR DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
LOYC 420 Integrative Project
Philosophy PHIL 236 Environmental Ethics
 Physics PHYS 273 Energy and Environment
Political Science POLI 208 Global Environmental Issues and Ecological Justice
POLI 301 Social Movements and Protest Politics
POLI 368 Human Rights and International Justice
POLI 394 Globalization and Sustainable Development
POLI 403 Global Ecopolitical Analysis
POLI 410 Environmental Policy in the Developing World
Religion RELI 312 Justice & Social Conflict in a Globalized World
School of Community and Public Affairs FPST 201 Introduction to First Peoples Studies
FPST 203 First Peoples of Canada
FPST 301 The Indian Act
FPST 323 First peoples sacred stories
FPST 398 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FIRST PEOPLES STUDIES - INDIG. PERSPECTIVES ACROSS DISCPLINES
SCPA 212 Introduction to Global Migration:  Theories and Issues
SCPA 450 Neo-Liberal Globalization and the Global Justice Movement
Sociology and Anthropology ANTH / SOCI 277 Contemporary Issues in Economy, Society, and Biodiversity
ANTH / SOCI 303 Indigenous Resurgence
ANTH / SOCI 319 Socio-Environmental Issues
ANTH / SOCI 284
 Food and Sustainability
ANTH 427 Thinking Beyond Humans
ANTH / SOCI 430 Development Debates
SOCI 450 Social Economy and Sustainable Futures
Simone deBeauvoir Institute & Womens Studies WSDB 291 Intro to Contemporary Concerns in Women’s Studies
GRADUATE COURSES
Department Course number Course title
Communication Studies COMS 518 Cultures of Globalization
Economics ECON 596 Natural Resource Economics
ECON 658 Environmental Economics
 Geography, Planning and Environment
 ENVS 604 Environmental Law and Policy
ENVS 608 Environmental Standards
ENVS 620 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVS 653 Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Assessment
ENVS 664 Field Course in Environment Assessment
GEOG 607 Indigenous Resource Management
GEOG 620 SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOGAPHY
HENV 625 Sustainable Resource Management
HENV 655 Environmental Modelling
HENV 660 Climate Change and Sustainability
HENV 670 Environmental Governance
HENV 675 Community-Based Conservation
HENV 680 Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science
HENV 690 Seminar in Social and Cultural Geography
 Philosophy PHIL 631 Theories of Justice
 Sociology and Anthropology SOCI 646 Globalization

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Course list updated 01/2021

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