Courses

Education is key in creating a sustainable future for K-State and the world. This list includes courses that have some focus on sustainability issues.

  • Environmental Systems in Architecture III

    Criteria for selection and application of natural and mechanical environmental control systems in architecture. Focus on the integration of thermal, illumination, sanitary, movement, and acoustical ...

  • Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

    Emphasis on the application of demand, supply, and price concepts in the study of natural resource use, policies, and management. Interdependence between environmental quality and ...

  • Private Label Apparel Product Development

    Capstone course for both apparel merchandising and design undergraduates, requiring the student to synthesize and apply industry knowledge learned throughout their program as well as ...

  • Soil Conservation and Management

    Principles, mechanics, and prediction of water and wind erosion. Influence of soil erosion on soil productivity and environmental quality. Conservation management technologies for erosion control ...

  • Soil Microbiology

    The nature and function of soil microorganisms in the soil ecosystem. The role of soil microbial activity to soil organic matter, mineral transformations, plant nutrition, ...

  • Structures and Environment Engineering

    Environmental control for agricultural buildings and structures; analysis and design of structural systems and members for agricultural structures.

  • Sustainability Science

    Exploration of sustainability concepts, approaches, and decision-making. Relation of sustainability to environmental, economic, and social considerations at global, regional, and local scales.

  • Sustainability Seminar

    Topics in environmental sustainability, green engineering, life cycle analysis, sustainable development, and sustainability science.

  • Watershed Management

    Principles of watershed sources, fate, and transport of pollutants, with focus on issues of the prairie agroecosystem. Impacts of watershed protection and restoration strategies on ...

  • Wildlife Conservation

    An introduction to the ecological and management principles associated with the fields of fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology. Topics include population ecology and assessment, resource ...