Sustainability Interdisciplinary Studies Minor
Designed by faculty in multiple disciplines, the 18-credit SIS Minor at La Roche provides students the opportunity to study the principles and engage in the practices of environmental justice. This minor crosses boundaries to show that sustainability and environmental justice are part of every discipline – from literature to sociology to interior design and beyond.
A minor in Sustainability Interdisciplinary Studies will provide experiences catering to students interested in issues of sustainability and their integration into each of their respective discipline and profession. This minor will focus on expanding awareness of environmental justice and sustainable development as well as community (local to global) and integrative thinking. It must be completed within the student's graduation timetable.
To learn more about this minor, please contact the co-director at azlan.tajuddin@laroche.edu or the faculty secretary at 412-536-1184
Integrated Experience: 3 credits (choose 1) - REQUIRED
Internship
Service Learning
Directed Research
Creative Expression
Summary of Requirements
Minor Electives: Choose 4 courses: 12 credits
IDSN3059ADVANCED IDEAS SEMINAR IN ID
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An open-ended seminar dealing with various aesthetic questions pertinent to the student's needs. Occasional field trips and guest speakers are included in the course activities.
INST2011WORLD GEOGRAPHY (GEOG2011)
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A study of the interactions between human beings and the land, and the influence of geography in shaping work and culture throughout the world. Cross-listed with GEOG2011
INST3013GEOGRAPHY AND WORLD AFFAIRS (GEOG3013)
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An overview of various regions of the world and the environmental conditions to which people adapt. Racial, linguistic, religious and economic groupings of people will be stressed. Current world events are examined to develop knowledge about historical, geographic, climatic, political and religious environments which people inhabit. Cross-listed with GEOG3013
PHIL2026ETHICS (SLRS)
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A survey of historical and contemporary responses to significant moral problems encountered in the Christian life. Topics include conscience, racism, peace and war, ecology, population control, economic justice and capital punishment. (SLRS)
SOCL1034RACE AND ETHNICITY (SLSO)
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A study of the social relationships of racial, ethnic, religious and other minority groups with emphasis on personal, cultural and social development.
SOCL2070CULTURE AND HUMAN SOCIETIES
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
Sociological study of what we mean by culture is taken and critically applied to the discussion of global-historical transformations in human social development, from the period of simple societies to the present age of complex, industrial, and globalized societies.
SOCL3041CITIES AND GLOBALIZATION
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course examines the social dynamics of urbanization, urban social structure, and urban development. It analyzes, through various theories of urban sociology, the city as a form of social organization and as centers of economic and political processes. It also looks at how globalization has impacted various cities around the world in terms of their growths and declines.
SOCL3082SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE (POLI3082)
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course examines the origin, growth, and dynamics of social movements as forms of social protest and resistance against state and global injustices. Discussions include case studies of various social and political groups, non-government organizations, and liberation and revolutionary movements in the US and throughout the world. Cross-listed with POLI3082
Required Course: 3 credits
SOCL3081ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide an approach to study and analyze the interactions between society and the environment, and the political economic impacts of environmental problems. Focus will be on both the social causes of and social responses to various environmental problems, at the local, national, and global levels.