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Courses at the University of Ottawa that focus on sustainability.

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Sustainability related and focused courses

The definition of sustainability used to identify courses on campus was created to suit our Sustainable Tracking and Rating System rankings (STARS). To qualify as a sustainability focused or sustainability related course, the posted course description must include at least two of the three main pillars of sustainability (social, economic, and environmental). Please consult the University of Ottawa's most recent STARS report for more information. 

Administration

  •  Public Sector and Business
  •  Marketing
  •  Human Resource Management
  •  E-Business Energy Management
  •  Issues in Public Policy and Administration
  •  Business Law
  •  Managing Technological Risk

Anthropology

  •  The "Culture" Question in Anthropology
  •  Indigeneities
  • Environmental Anthropology

Human Kinetics

  •  Organizational Theory in Sport and Physical Activity
  •  International Sport Management
  •  Financial Management of Sport and Physical Activity

Public and International Affairs

  •  Economics for Public Management and Policy
  •  Concepts and Issues in International Affairs
  •  Macroeconomic Policy
  •  Microeconomics for Public Policy
  •  Ethics and Moral Reasoning for Public and International Affairs
  •  Public Finance 
  •  Health Policy
  •  Social Policy 
  •  Climate and Environmental Policy
  •  International Law and Ethics
  •  Regionalism and Integration
  •  International Economics and Developing Countries 
  •  Multilateralism and International Institutions
  •  US Foreign Policy

Bilingualism Studies

  •  Bilingualism in the workplace

Biology

  •  Advances in Conservation Biology
  •  Advances in Applied Ecology

Chemistry

  •  Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology

Communications

  •  Social History of Communication Technologies 
  •  Public Communication Campaigns: Theories and Applications 
  •  New Directions in Journalism
  •  Media, Identity and Diversity

Complex Project Leadership

  •  Acquisition Strategies

Chartered Professional Accountancy

  •  Advanced Competencies in Audit, Assurance and Governance 
  •  Integration of Advanced Competencies in Accountancy

Civil Engineering

  •  Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
  •  Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
  •  Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in Changing Climate
  •  Geotechnical Hazards

Common Law

  •  Sustainability and Law
  •  Comparative Environmental Law
  •  Global Environmental Governance
  •  Environmental Law Internship
  •  Théories contemporaines du droit (in french only)
  •  Décès et transmission des biens (in french only)
  •  Les droits de l'enfant - une approche interdisciplinaire (in french only)
  •  Law and Developing Countries
  •  Law, Politics and Economics in International Affairs
  •  Advanced International Economic Law
  •  Studies in Common Law and International Commerce I
  •  Studies in Common Law and International Commerce II
  •  Internship in Common Law and International Commerce 
  •  International Economic Law Case Studies
  •  Digital Music Law

International Development and Global Studies

  •  Understanding International Development and Globalization
  •  Financing for Development Initiatives
  •  Economic Growth, Private Sector and Social Inclusion
  •  Livelihoods, Resources and Sustainability
  •  Social Movements, Equity and Human Rights
  •  International Development Programming: Results-Based Approaches
  •  Special Topics in Economic Growth, Private Sector and Social Inclusion
  •  Special Topics in Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability

Indigenous Studies

  •  Contemporary Indigenous Political Thought

Economics

  •  Public Economics: Expenditure
  •  Topics in Environmental and Resource Economics
  •  Economics of Natural Resources
  •  Economics of the Environment
  •  Theory of Economic Development
  •  Economic Development: Domestic Aspects
  •  Environmental Aspects of Economic Development 
  •  Labour Economics
  •  Labour Economics II
  •  Advanced Topics in Labour Economics

Education

  • Seminar in Health Professions Education (only the French course meets the sustainability criteria)
  •  Science, Technology, Society and Environment

Electrical Engineering

  •  Solar Cells - Principles, Materials, Systems and Operation 

Engineering Management

  •  Tech. Policy and R. and D. Management

Environmental Studies

  •  The Anthropocene

Epidemiology

  •  Global Health Epidemiology and Practice
  •  Health Economic Evaluation
  •  Environmental and Occupational Health
  •  Advanced Healthcare Epidemiology
  •  Advanced Health Economic Evaluation

Environmental Sustainability

  •  Seminar in Environmental Sustainability
  •  Economics of Environmental Law and Policy
  •  Applied Environmental Sustainability
  •  Capstone Seminar in Environmental Sustainability
  •  Foundations of Environmental Policy
  •  Professional Skills for Environmental Sustainability
  •  Foundations of Environmental Science
  •  Foundations of Environmental Economics
  •  Foundations of Environmental Law
  •  Selected Topics in Environmental Sustainability
  •  Selected Topics in Environmental Sustainability / Thèmes choisis en durabilité de l'environnement
  •  Directed Readings in Environmental Sustainability / Lectures dirigées en durabilité de l'environnement
  •  Research Paper / Mémoire
  •  THESIS PROPOSAL
  •  Theory and Practice in Environmental Sustainability
  •  Research Design and Methods for Environmental Sustainability / Conception de recherche et méthodologie pour la recherche en durabilité de l’environnement

Environmental Engineering

  •  Water Resources Management
  •  Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
  •  Sludge Utilization and Disposal
  •  Projet en génie de l'environnement / Environmental Engineering Project
  •  Traffic Related Air Pollution

Feminist and Gender Studies

  •  Intersectional Perspectives on Environmental Change

Geography

  •  Selected Topics in Human Geography
  •  Place and Social Transformations
  •  Environmental Change in Cold Regions

Geology

  •  Natural Hazards in Canada - Risk and Impacts
  •  Climate Change

Health Administration

  •  Health Economics
  •  Comparative Health Care Systems

Information Studies

  •  Information and Society
  •  Government Information Policy and Practice
  •  Access and Services to Diverse Populations

Business Administration

  •  Financial Accounting Information and Decisions II
  •  Corporate Governance and Ethics
  •  Marketing in the 21st Century
  •  Managerial Accounting II
  •  Business Government Relations

Mechanical Engineering

  •  Methods of Energy Conversion

Political Science

  •  International Political Economy
  •  Comparative Political Economy

Sociology

  •  Sociology of the Environment