Online Sustainability
SOS 100 - Introduction to Sustainability
Overview
In this course, you will explore the wide-ranging and important topic of sustainability, coming to understand why it is important in our communities, for our planet, and in your everyday life. You will engage with key themes of sustainability, like integrated systems, future-orientation, and justice, while examining how sustainability is connected to local and global challenges and industries across social, economic, and environmental dimensions. By the end of the course, you will be well versed in the principles and practices of sustainability so that you can participate in creating a more sustainable future for you and for all.
Course prerequisites and requirements
To be successful in this course, we recommend English language fluency and computer literacy. We also encourage you to make sure your laptop or desktop computer meets the technical requirements.
Quick facts
Next start date:
Jan. 14, 2025 (8 weeks)
- Credits: 3
- Length: 8 weeks
- Cost: $25 + $400
What you’ll learn
- Be able to define sustainability and show why it is necessary for a secure and thriving future
- Demonstrate with examples how integrated human-environment systems function
- Show why decisions should be based on integrated human-environmental systems
- Recognize why and how intra-generational and inter-generational equity is foundational to sustainability
- Envision and design pathways towards just, equitable, and resilient futures
- Explain how partnerships can increase positive impact
- Describe how sustainability can be relevant to your daily activities
- Coordinate manage change through individual action and collective governance strategies under uncertainty
- Be able to apply sustainability principles to better manage and design fundamental social and economic activities
- Show how sustainability is important to your job or career and how you can apply sustainability strategies to your job or career
What to expect in class
Engaging with diverse perspectives on sustainability through readings and viewings, reflections on how to apply sustainability principles and practices to your everyday life, brainstorming of sustainability solutions, case study analysis
Transcript
This course appears on your transcript identically to how it appears on the transcript of an enrolled ASU student who has taken the course on one of ASU’s campuses. Course attendance dates will be listed on your transcript. An on-demand course will appear on your transcript in the session you complete the course.
This course satisfies 3 credit hours toward the SUST: Sustainability General Studies requirement for Arizona State University. It is strongly encouraged that you consult with your institution of choice to determine how these credits will be applied to their degree requirements prior to transferring your credit.
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