ERS 680Sustainability Foundations

Units: 0.50
Level: Graduate
Faculty: Environment
Subject: Environment, Resources and Sustainability

ERS 680 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

This course is intended to help students establish a reasonable working base from which to explore different fields of interest related to the pursuit of sustainability in a world of complex socio-ecological systems. The course focuses on the nature and implications of the intertwined theories, concepts and principles that are foundational to studies and applications in the transdisciplinary MES program.

Prerequisites

Enrolled in MES in Social & Ecological Sustainability, MES in Social & Ecological Sustainability-Internship, or MES in Social & Ecological Sustainability-Water

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

ERS 681

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