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Oct 23, 2026
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ANTH 1110 - Introduction to Sustainability
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course introduces students to the concept of sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can adapt in the face of global climate change, ecosystem degradation, and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice including population, ecosystems, global climate change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history. It will include discussions on maintaining ecological and environmental health, creating economic welfare, instituting cultural change, and ensuring social justice. Case studies and/or case simulations will be used to provide the student with real world examples and applications.
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: College level mathematics, reading, and writing
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 05A: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Goal 10: People and the Environment
Cross-Listed Course(s): GEOG 1110
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Define sustainability.
- Identify the key characteristics of human and natural systems as they pertain to sustainability.
- Communicate how the key characteristics of human and natural systems interact with one another.
- Carefully analyze and critically discuss various case studies.
- Identify measurable collective and individual actions.
- Analyze sustainability from a multidisciplinary perspective and understand the main tenets of pluralism.
Major Areas of Course Content
- History of Sustainability
- Introduction to Systems Thinking
- Population and Demographic Research
- Climate Change
- Indigenous Cultural Survival
- Environmental Impacts of Modern Society
- Energy
- Water Resources
- Food Systems and Agricultural Production
- Environmental Justice and Social Justice
- Environmental Policy and Politics
- Measuring Sustainability
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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