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2025 Sustainability Course Inventory

The list below includes courses that focus on and include sustainability concepts. This course inventory was compiled for Emerson’s reporting to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in 2025 and is based on AASHE’s definition of sustainability. Please note that the inventory was compiled in spring, 2025 and has not been updated. For the most up-to-date course listings at the College, please refer to the course catalogs here.

Course TitleDeptUG/GType
American Sign Language 1Comm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Arts, Health, and CommunityComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-focused
AutismComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Autism: Social Communication Development and DisorderComm Sciences and DisordersGRSustainability-inclusive
Culturally-Responsive Frameworks in CSDComm Sciences and DisordersGRSustainability-inclusive
Culture and Global HealthComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-focused
Disability and the MediaComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Disability and the MediaComm Sciences and DisordersGRSustainability-inclusive
Environmental Change and Human HealthComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-focused
Health and AdvocacyComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Introduction to Communication Disorders: Culturally Responsive PracticesComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Language and Communication for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing IndividualsComm Sciences and DisordersGRSustainability-inclusive
Preschool Language DisordersComm Sciences and DisordersGRSustainability-inclusive
Survey of Language DisordersComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Survey of Speech DisordersComm Sciences and DisordersUGSustainability-inclusive
Argument and AdvocacyCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Communication and Cultural Identity in a Global Perspective: The NetherlandsCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Intercultural CommunicationCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
LeadershipCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Media and the MoviesCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Media RelationsCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Media, Sports, and SocietyCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Mental Health, Media and Public PolicyCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Nonprofit Fundraising CampaignsCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Political CommunicationCommunication StudiesGRSustainability-inclusive
Rising China and US RelationsCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Speech Writing, Persuasion and PropagandaCommunication StudiesGRSustainability-inclusive
Strat Comm:Govs Nonprofit &PolCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Terrorism and CounterterrorismCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Sports CommunicationCommunication StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Community Development ExperienceCommunity Dev Experience (CDE)UGSustainability-inclusive
Advanced Topics in Global Diversity StudiesInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Advanced Topics in Sociology/AnthropologyInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
African American HistoryInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Africana Thought and PracticeInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Behavioral EconomicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
CANCELLED Advanced Topics in Envir Science: Meet the L.A. RiverInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Civil RightsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Climate ChangeInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Collective ActionInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Contemporary EthicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Contemporary World HistoryInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Digital Media and Culture LabInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Ecology and ConservationInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Energy and SustainabilityInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Energy and SustainabilityInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Environmental EthicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
EPI-Emerson Prison InitiativeInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
FeminismsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
First-Year Honors Seminar 1Inst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
First-Year Honors Seminar 2Inst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
First-Year Seminar TopicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Food and NutritionInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Gender in a Global PerspectiveInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Gender, Sexuality and The American Music IndustryInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Green MagazineInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
History of the United StatesInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
In the News: The Real, the Fake, and the SpectacleInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
International PoliticsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Jewish Ways of LifeInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Key Contemporary ThinkersInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Madness and ModernityInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Narrative EthicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
On FriendshipInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Plagues and PandemicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Plants and PeopleInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Post-Colonial CulturesInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Postcolonial and Indigenous EnvironmentsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Psychology of PrejudiceInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Race and Ethnicity; The Key ConceptsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
REEL Race: In and Out of HollywoodInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Science and Politics of WaterInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Sex, Society and HealthInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesGSustainability-inclusive
Social Movements in the U.S.Inst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesGSustainability-inclusive
Sophomore Honors Seminar 3Inst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Sophomore Honors Seminar 4Inst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
South African CinemasInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Special Topics in EthicsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Special Topics in Political ScienceInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
The Arab UprisingsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
The Culture of Money: Markets and MoralsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
The Science of MindfulnessInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
The War on DrugsInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Environmental ScienceTop: Local EcologiesInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-focused
Topics in Interdiscipl StudiesInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Sociology and AnthropologyInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in World HistoryInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Worldwide Underground: Hip Hop as Resistance Around the GlobeInst for Lib Arts/Intd StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Covering ImmigrationJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Discovering JournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Environmental JournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Global JournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
History of the Alternative PressJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Introduction to Multimedia JournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Law and Ethics for JournalistsJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Music CriticismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Music Criticism: The Road to Beyonce and Taylor SwiftJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
PhotojournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Reporting Issues of DiversityJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Women in JournalismJournalismUGSustainability-inclusive
Behavioral EconomicsMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
Business Fundamentals for the Creative EnterprisesMarketing CommunicationUGSustainability-inclusive
Business Strategy and ImplementationMarketing CommunicationUGSustainability-inclusive
Climate Change and the ArtsMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-focused
Entrepreneurship IIMarketing CommunicationUGSustainability-inclusive
Fundamentals of BusinessMarketing CommunicationUGSustainability-inclusive
Global Media Literacy: Information and Activism Across Borders, Across Cultures, Across DividesMarketing CommunicationUGSustainability-inclusive
Human Centric Marketing and Social ResponsibilityMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
Immersion 1Marketing CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
Leading Creative Collaboration with Equity and EmpathyMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
The Advocate, Architect and Ambassador: Leadership for a Successful OrganizationMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
The Responsibility Ladder: People, Power, and PolicyMarketing CommunicationGRSustainability-focused
Applied Theatre 1: Stories of UsPerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Applied Theatre 2: On The Page and On Our FeetPerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Burning Down the HousePerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Contemporary Issues in EducationPerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Crosslisted: Burning Down the HousePerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Electronic Music: History, Cultures and PracticePerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Foundations of EducationPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Global Perspectives in DancePerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Global Perspectives in MusicPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Global Perspectives in TheaterPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Hip Hop FundamentalsPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of American Popular MusicPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of JazzPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Intermediate/Advanced Tap Dance TechniquePerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Multicultural EducationPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Pract: Multicultural EducationPerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Tap Dance FundamentalsPerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Theatre of the OppressedPerforming ArtsGRSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Drama, Theater, and CulturePerforming ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Community Development ExperienceProfessional Development ExperienceUGSustainability-inclusive
Advanced Documentary ProdProfessional StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Copyedit: Edit Bias-Free LangProfessional StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Introduction to Documentary ProductionProfessional StudiesUGSustainability-inclusive
Foundations in Civic Media SeminarSchool of CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
Salzburg Academy on Media and Global ChangeSchool of CommunicationGRSustainability-inclusive
Evolution of Comedy IISchool of the ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Playing with Theory: Comic Analysis in Creation and PracticeSchool of the ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Social Impact Studios: Climate JusticeSchool of the ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Social Impact Studios: Collaborative Doc StudioSchool of the ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Media, Identity and CareerUndeclaredUGSustainability-inclusive
Adv Documentary WorkshopVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Approaches in Media StudiesVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Boston Inside/OutVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Cinema and Social ChangeVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Documentary PhotographyVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Experim Personal FilmmakingVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Experimental Video InterventionsVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive

Feminist Media Production

 

Visual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Foundations: PracticeVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of African and African Diaspora ArtsVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of Art After World War IIVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of Arts of the Americas and the PacificVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
History of East Asian ArtsVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Introduction to Documentary ProductionVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Latin American CinemaVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Media Criticism and TheoryVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Media HistoriesVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Media, Arts, and CultureVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Post Colonial CinemaVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
REEL Race: In and Out of HollywoodVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Situating the Queer ImageVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Social DocumentaryVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
South African CinemasVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Vis & Med Arts: StudVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Transnational Asian CinemasVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Video Production for Non-MajorsVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Women in MotionVisual and Media ArtsUGSustainability-inclusive
Cause Campaigning in a Digital WorldWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Comm Law and EthicsWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Conflict, Security and Peace in International RelationsWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
International Organizations and Humanitarian LawWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Intl Orgs & Humanitarian LawWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Journalism Ethics in the MoviesWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Mass Media and American PoliticsWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Middle East PoliticsWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Washington Engages Mid EastWashington ProgramUGSustainability-inclusive
Writing Place and Distance: Art and Environment in the West of IrelandWriting (WR)UGSustainability-inclusive
Writing Place and Distance: Art and Environment in the West of IrelandWriting (WR)GRSustainability-inclusive
African-American LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
After the Disaster: Post-War European LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
American Women WritersWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Book Publishing EssentialsWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Book Publishing EssentialsWriting, Lit, and PublishingGRSustainability-inclusive
Comedy Writing: Sketch TroupeWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Contemporary EthicsWriting, Lit, and PublishingGRSustainability-inclusive
Current Issues in PublishingWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Global LiteraturesWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
International Women WritersWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Latin American Literature and CinemaWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Literature, Culture, and the Environment in North AmericaWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Literatures in EnglishWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Magazine Media EssentialsWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Magazine Media EssentialsWriting, Lit, and PublishingGRSustainability-inclusive
Modern Poetry and AfterWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Native American LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Publishing by and for WomenWriting, Lit, and PublishingGRSustainability-inclusive
Race and Resistance in U.S. LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Special Topics in EthicsWriting, Lit, and PublishingGRSustainability-inclusive
Topics in American LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Global LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in Latin American LiteratureWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
Topics in US Multicultural LitWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive
U.S./American LiteraturesWriting, Lit, and PublishingUGSustainability-inclusive