Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
Courses approved for the SF State Studies Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action requirement must examine some aspect of environmental sustainability. The perspective can be from any area of the University curriculum, such as social sciences, natural sciences, arts, humanities, business, or engineering.
Courses certified as meeting the SF State Studies requirements may be upper- or lower-division, in General Education (GE), a major or minor, or an elective. Not all of the courses listed below are approved for General Education.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AA S 510 | Asian Americans in California (Area 4UD, AERM, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| AA S 587 | Asian Americans and Environmental Justice (Area 4UD, AERM, ES) | 3 |
| ADM 665 | Product Development for Apparel (ES) | 3 |
| AFRS 256 | Hip Hop Workshop (Area 3A, AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| AFRS 370 | Health, Medicine, and Nutrition in the Black Community (Area 4UD, AERM, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| AFRS 515 | Black Family Studies (Area 4UD, AERM, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| AIS 160 | Survey of Native California (Area 6, AERM, ES) | 3 |
| AIS 410 | Perspectives of Native California Indians (AERM, ES) | 3 |
| BECA 502 | Environmental Communication on Electronic Media (Area 3UD, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| BIOL 150 | The World of Plants (Area 5B, B3, ES) | 4 |
| BIOL 160 | Marine Biology (Area 5B, ES) | 3 |
| BIOL 170 | Animal Diversity (Area 5B, ES) | 3 |
| BIOL 300 | Nature Study (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| BIOL 305 | Global Politics of Science, Technology, and Health (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 4 |
| BIOL 310 | Biology for Today's World (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| BIOL 318 | Our Endangered Planet (Area 5UD, AERM, ES, GP) | 3 |
| BIOL 671 | Ecology and Evolution of Marine Systems II (ES) | 6 |
| CHEM 180 | Chemistry for Energy and the Environment (ES) | 3 |
| CHEM 380 | Chemistry Behind Environmental Pollution (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| CLAS 420 | Classics and the Environment (ES, GP) | 3 |
| COMM 572 | Communication and Environmental Justice (Area 3UD, ES, SJ) | 4 |
| DES 312 | Climate Issues and Activism (ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| E ED 614 | Science, Math, and Technology Curricular in ECE (ES, SJ) | 3 |
| ENG 465 | Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Area 3UD, ES) | 3 |
| ENG 535 | Literature and Ecology (Area 3UD, ES) | 3 |
| ENVS 130 | Environmental Studies (ES) | 3 |
| ENVS 312 | Climate Issues and Activism (ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| ENVS 331 | Global Environmental Crisis (ES, GP, SJ) | 4 |
| ENVS 470 | Climate Politics and Policy (ES, GP) | 3 |
| ENVS 570 | Applied Local Sustainability (ES) | 3 |
| ENVS 600 | Environmental Problems and Solutions (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| ERTH 110 | Our Dynamic Earth (Area 5A, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 112 | Our Dynamic Earth Lecture and Lab (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES) | 4 |
| ERTH 115 | History of Life (Area 5B, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 170 | Our Dynamic Ocean (Area 5A, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 172 | Oceans & Climate Lecture and Lab (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES) | 4 |
| ERTH 210 | Physical Geology (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES) | 4 |
| ERTH 230 | Environmental Geology (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES) | 4 |
| ERTH 240 | Environmental Water Resources (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES) | 4 |
| ERTH 260 | Physical Processes in the Atmosphere (Area 5A, Area 5C, ES, GP) | 4 |
| ERTH 310 | The Violent Earth (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 325 | Geology of the National Parks (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 330 | California Water (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| ERTH 335 | Global Warming (Area 5UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| ERTH 365 | Extreme Weather in a Warming World (Area 5UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| FCS 543 | Sustainability in the Textile, Housing, and Food Industries (Area 4UD, ES) | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | Our Physical Environment (Area 5A, ES) | 3 |
| GEOG 102 | The Human Environment (Area 4, ES, GP) | 3 |
| GEOG 107 | World Regions and Interrelations (Area 4, ES, GP) | 3 |
| GEOG 160 | Introduction to Environmental Science (Area 5B, Area 5C, ES, GP) | 4 |
| GEOG 301 | Bay Area Environments (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| GEOG 421 | Future Environments (Area 4UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| GEOG 427 | Agriculture and Food Supply (ES, GP) | 4 |
| GEOG 430 | Transforming Food and Agriculture Systems: Local to Global (ES, GP, SJ) | 4 |
| GEOG 432 | Urban Geography (ES, GP) | 4 |
| GEOG 552 | Geography of California (Area 4UD, AERM, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| GEOG 575 | Emerging China (Area 4UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| GEOG 600 | Environmental Problems and Solutions (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| GEOG 651 | San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues (Area 5UD, ES) | 4 |
| GEOG 666 | Geography of Garbage: Recycling and Waste Reduction (ES) | 3 |
| GEOG 667 | Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (ES, GP, SJ) | 4 |
| GPS 315 | Introduction to Global Peace Studies (Area 3UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| HH 200 | Holistic Approach to Academic Success (Area 4, ES) | 3 |
| HH 535 | Western Nutrition and Herbs (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| HIST 315 | History of Science from the Scientific Revolution (Area 3UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| HIST 327 | The Medieval Mediterranean (Area 3UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| HIST 363 | Taiwan: History, Memory, and Imagination (Area 3UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| HIST 404 | A Cultural History of American Technology (ES, SJ) | 3 |
| HIST 405 | Maritime History (Area 3UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| HTM 110 | Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management (ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| HTM 357 | Food Systems and the Environment (ES) | 3 |
| HTM 400 | Wine Appreciation (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| HTM 576 | Meeting Planning and Convention/Event Management I (ES) | 3 |
| HUM 315 | History of Science from the Scientific Revolution (Area 3UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| HUM 340 | Bay Area Culture (Area 3UD, AERM, ES, GP) | 3 |
| HUM 376 | San Francisco (Area 3UD, ES) | 3 |
| HUM 380 | Nature and Human Values (Area 3UD, ES) | 3 |
| I R 104 | Introduction to International Relations: Politics, Economics, Environment, and People (Area 4, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| I R 305 | Global Politics of Science, Technology, and Health (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 4 |
| I R 315 | Introduction to Global Peace Studies (Area 3UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| I R 324 | Middle East and North Africa in International Relations (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 4 |
| I R 331 | Global Environmental Crisis (ES, GP, SJ) | 4 |
| KIN 255 | Health-Related Fitness and Wellness (Area 4, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| LS 312 | Climate Issues and Activism (ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| LS 401 | International Development and Resource Justice (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| LS 430 | Future of the Forests (Area 5UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| LTNS 210 | Latina/o/x Health Care Perspectives (Area 5B, AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| LTNS 450 | Critical Latinx Indigeneities (Area 3UD, AERM, ES, GP) | 3 |
| PH 100 | Public Health Biology (ES) | 3 |
| PH 455 | Community Organizing and Community Building for Health (Area 3UD, AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| PHIL 315 | Introduction to Global Peace Studies (Area 3UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| PHIL 351 | Philosophy of Risk (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| PHIL 355 | Politics and Ethics of the Consumer Society (Area 4UD, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| PHIL 392 | Philosophy of Animals (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| PHIL 470 | Environmental Ethics (Area 3UD, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| PHYS 305 | Physical and Astronomical Approaches to Climate Change Solutions (Area 5UD, ES) | 3 |
| PLSI 354 | Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (Area 4UD, ES, SJ) | 4 |
| PLSI 355 | Politics and Ethics of the Consumer Society (Area 4UD, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| RPT 520 | Parks and Outdoor Recreation Resources (ES) | 3 |
| RPT 605 | Ecotourism & Sustainable Travel (Area 4UD, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| RRS 276 | Race, Activism and Climate Justice (Area 5B, AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| RRS 304 | Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice and Gendered Labor in Communities of Color (Area 5UD, AERM, ES) | 3 |
| RRS 415 | Reclaiming the Bay: Grassroots Struggle Against Racial Capitalism (Area 4UD, AERM, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| RRS 571 | Women, Race, and Class (Area 3UD, AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| RRS 655 | Comparative Border Studies: Palestine and Mexico (AERM, ES, GP) | 3 |
| SOC 477 | Environmental Sociology (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
| SPED 620 | The Science of Early Intervention (Area 5UD, ES, SJ) | 3 |
| USP 432 | Urban Geography (ES, GP) | 4 |
| USP 514 | Sustainable Development in Cities (ES, SJ) | 4 |
| USP 515 | Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (ES, GP, SJ) | 4 |
| USP 651 | San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues (Area 5UD, ES) | 4 |
| WGS 593 | Gender, Health, and the Environment (Area 4UD, ES, GP) | 3 |
Abbreviations
AERM: American Ethnic and Racial Minorities
ES: Environmental Sustainability
GP: Global Perspectives
SJ: Social Justice