Upper-Division

What is the role of writing in the environmental justice movement? What is the role of art and narrative during times of global change? In this interdisciplinary creative nonfiction course, students explore the expansive and exciting genre of creative nonfiction. This course is structured as a writing workshop class, which means our central activity throughout the quarter will be writing nonfiction essays and sharing them with the class in a generative, community-oriented setting. No previous creative nonfiction writing experience is necessary, just a willingness to explore writing, take risks, and attend to the work of others with care.

Examines environmental justice movements across the hemispheric Americas, with a focus on how power, inequality, and resistance shape struggles over land, water, and sustainability. Case studies show how Indigenous peoples, rural communities, and grassroots organizations confront extractivism, privatization, state violence, and unsustainable development. Students engage with concepts of sovereignty, migration, sustainability, and more-than-human relations, while reflecting on their own positionalities.

Advanced practicum for the application of skills and theoretical knowledge studied in course 28. Uses many learning modes including readings, discussions, case studies, lectures, and group projects. Prerequisite(s): CRSN 28. Enrollment by permission of instructor.

Introduces the concepts, methods, practices, and tools of the trade for conceptualizing and conducting research in sustainability praxis in the built and natural environment, and the quantitative and analytical tools required to conduct such analysis and research.

Teaches how to become innovators and entrepreneurs, develop projects and enterprises, and adopt professional practices. Focuses on sustainability for students in Sustainability Studies, especially in connection with students' research and interests.

Introduces the concepts, skills, and strategies fundamental to the successful development of sustainability-related projects appropriate to the Sustainability Lab. Provides access to functional and living laboratory space, equipment, professional development, and technical training.

Introduces the concepts, skills, and strategies fundamental to the successful development of sustainability-related projects in the field, for community and ecosystem development. Provides technical and professional training in quantitative and qualitative methods for data accumulation using laboratory and field equipment for resource assessment, data analysis, and efficiency in water and energy systems.

Course designed to enhance students' skills, practice and implementation of a variety of sustainability strategies. The course meets in a variety of on- and off-campus community settings including schools, private residences, and community organizations. Topics vary each quarter and may include sustainable design, water harvesting, local resource management, soil science, and mycology. (Formerly IDEASS Laboratory Practicum.)

For students undertaking sustainability-oriented service-learning work in the college (college-related projects, community service organizations, or public agencies). Students are supervised by the instructor and project supervisor, and determine the content of their internship with the instructor and supervisor.

Centered around an internship, students learn how to use design thinking and lean innovation tools to research global sustainability problems, design innovative solutions, prototype and test them, and launch them in the real world. These tools will help students initiate and develop sustainability innovation projects in companies, non-profit organizations, startups, government, and more, with the intention to make a positive impact on people and the environment. This course fulfills a requirement for the sustainability minor, and is also open to any students from other minors and majors.

Prepares students to facilitate working groups for Sustainable Living (courses 61/161) during the spring quarter. The skills acquired during this course include: facilitation skills; problem-solving; syllabus planning; curriculum building; experiential learning techniques; leadership skills; cultural competence; and non-violent communication training. Enrollment by interview only. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Analyzes sustainability and its application in daily life and on campus, involving collaboration between students, faculty, staff, administration, and the community. Guest lecturers, discussions, an optional UC-wide retreat, and essays allow engagement with aspects of ecological and social sustainability.

Introduces students to sustainable practices and state, local, and UC-wide policies through projects. Matches students with UCSC staff partners to work collaboratively on projects that integrate sustainability into aspects of campus operations. Supports students to develop the competencies necessary to become effective environmental professionals through learning models including hands-on work experience; professional skills training; guest lectures; reading, and discussion; and peer-to-peer advising. In addition to project deliverables, students complete and present a portfolio of their work upon completion of their project. Enrollment limited to Sustainability Office Interns and by instructor permission; an interview, resume, and cover letter are required.

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Must be sponsored by college faculty. Approval of the student's adviser and the academic preceptor is needed to enroll. May be repeated three times for credit. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Individual study for upper-division students directed by a faculty member affiliated with the college. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.