SUST 101 Sustainable World

Introduces basic themes in sustainability including economic development, social inclusion, and environmental change. Interactions and dynamics of the world economy, the global society, and the Earth’s environment are explored. Various historical, current and emerging challenges facing humanity may be explored in a sustainability context, including but not limited to globalization; social and environmental equity and justice; climate change and other planetary boundaries; the dynamics of global capitalism, economic growth, and crises; growth and steady state economics; the rise of automation and the meaning of work; science, truth and society; and how various state and regional political-economic systems are associated with sustainability outcomes.
Credits: 4
General Education: Exploring Knowledge: Social, Historic, and Civic Perspectives

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