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.
Looking to take multiple 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.
Detailed course descriptions are available in Concordia's Academic Calendars:
- Undergraduate Calendar for all undergraduate-level courses and programs
- Graduate Calendar for all graduate-level courses and programs
| UNDERGRADUATE COURSES |
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|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| CIVI 6511 | Earth Structures and Slope Stability |
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| CIVI 6611 | Environmental Engineering | |
| CIVI 6651 | Water Pollution and Control |
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| CIVI 6661 | Environmental Impact Assessment |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 384 |
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 |
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| GEOG 620 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOGAPHY | |
| HENV 625 | Sustainable Resource Management |
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| HENV 655 | Environmental Modelling |
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| HENV 660 | Climate Change and Sustainability |
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| HENV 670 | Environmental Governance | |
| HENV 675 | Community-Based Conservation | |
| HENV 680 | Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science |
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| HENV 690 | Seminar in Social and Cultural Geography | |
| Philosophy | PHIL 631 | Theories of Justice |
| Sociology and Anthropology | SOCI 646 | Globalization |
Course list updated 01/2021
