SLS Affiliated Courses span all six Colleges. These courses teach students about "creating sustainable communities" from the perspective of their specific disciplines or course topics. They align with one or more parts of SLS' approach to creating sustainable communities.

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Representing Environmental Justice

Summer 2021
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Even as the proliferation of new media platforms has made it possible for individuals and…


Research Methods for Human Computer Interaction

Fall 2017
PSYC 6023
Affiliated Courses

How do you know what a user wants to see on a wearable display, whether an app feature is being…


Residential Design and Construction

Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
BC 6675
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Kendeda Building

The course will move students through the design and construction of a single-family home. We'll…


Retrofitting Suburbia

Spring 2018
ARCH 4803, ARCH 6120
Affiliated Courses

The automobile-dependent nature of suburban development has negative impacts on economic, social…


Rhetorics of Crisis

Fall 2019, Summer 2019
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

“Rhetorics of Crisis” will study the literary, cultural, and scientific rhetorics surrounding…


Science Fiction Film and Television

Summer 2023
LMC 3215
Affiliated Courses

In the 2nd half of my course, students will be able to select an extended service-learning…


Science, Art, and Justice

Spring 2021
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Everything is political, from science to art. In an era of climate change, protests for racial…


Science, Race, and Technology

Spring 2020, Spring 2019
LMC 3306

LMC 3306 Science, Race, and Technology is known across the GT campus as the "Outkast Class". The…


Science, Technology & Society: Core Seminar

LMC 6743, PUBP 6743, HTS 6743

Science, Technology and Society (STS) - also called Science and Technology Studies - is an…


Science, Technology, and Human Values

Spring 2018
PHIL 3127-HP
Affiliated Courses

This course is divided into two parts:  1. In the first part of the course, we will discuss a…


Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Studio

Spring 2021
LMC 8803-YL
Affiliated Courses

Can design help more people productively engage with scientific and technological controversies…


Scientific Foundations of Health

Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
APPH 1040 (section F)
Affiliated Courses

This section of Scientific Foundations of Health will focus on community interactions to promote…


Sea Level Rise and Coastal Engineering

Spring 2020
EAS 4803
Affiliated Courses, Kendeda Building

This course will cover a survey of the modern science of sea level rise and engineering…


Semester in the City: Engaging Communities

Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
HTS 2086
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI)

“Semester in the City” seeks to familiarize students with nearby Westside communities that have…


Senior Design

Fall 2018, Spring 2018
ISYE 4106
Affiliated Courses

Senior Design is a mentored experience in which students begin the transition from school to…


Serve-Learn-Sustain in Spain

Spring 2019, Spring 2018
SPAN 3151, SPAN 4156, SPAN 4157, SPAN 4158, SPAN 4693
Study Abroad


Serve-Learn-Sustain in Spain

Spring 2019, Spring 2018
SPAN 3151, SPAN 4156, SPAN 4157, SPAN 4158, SPAN 4693
Study Abroad

This study abroad is…


Smart and Sustainable Cities

Spring 2023, Spring 2022
CEE 4160
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor

This course introduces key concepts necessary to effectively plan and develop sustainable…


Smart and Sustainable Cities

Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
CEE 4160
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor

This course introduces key concepts necessary to effectively plan and develop sustainable…


Smart and Sustainable Cities

Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
CEE 4160
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI)

This course is open to all undergraduate Civil and Environmental engineering majors. It will be…


Social Diversity

Fall 2017
INTD 3021P
Affiliated Courses

This course will lead students to understanding that creating a diverse, inclusive environment…


Social Entrepreneurship

Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
MGT 4194
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI)

Social enterprises are dedicated to creating social value by attracting private and public funds…


Social Impact: In-depth Exploration and Design

Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
MGT 4803
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Sustainable Cities Minor

This course is for those curious (maybe even passionate) about social and/or environmental…


Social Issues and Public Policy

Fall 2020
HTS 2016
Affiliated Courses

This course focuses on social issues associated with American society, as well as public policy…


Social Movements

Spring 2019
HTS 3068

In this course, we analyze how “ordinary people” challenge powerful segments of society through…