Take a Sustainability Class
The University of Mississippi offers sustainability-related and environmental courses in practically all disciplines and schools. We are working to bring more attention to the options available to students by compiling this list. It will continue to grow as more courses are added. The university also offers a Minor in Environmental Studies. Please read more below about the Minor and browse through the course listing. Note this listing is not comprehensive but is a work in progress.
Minor in Environmental Studies
A minor in environmental studies is designed to introduce students to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental concerns, including:
- a study of human/environmental interactions from the viewpoint of the social sciences;
- a reflection on environmental themes in the arts and humanities;
- the scientific foundations of environmental thought.
Course Requirements: The environmental studies minor consists of Envs 101, either Bisc 104 or Bisc 162, and 12 hours of approved electives. The approved electives must include a minimum of 3 hours in at least two of the three discipline categories: humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students who complete relevant internships, study abroad courses, and special topics courses will consult with the Environmental Studies Director to apply those credits to the appropriate category depending on the internship experience or the course topic.
For more information visit: environmentalstudies.olemiss.edu or contact the Director, Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth, afwirth@olemiss.edu
Sustainability-related courses offered at the University of Mississippi:
College of Liberal Arts
Envs 101: Humanities and the Environment
Envs: 385 Environmental Studies Internship
Envs: 397: Topics in Environmental Studies Abroad
Envs 399: Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Biology
Bisc 104: Inquiry into Life: The Environment
Bisc 105: Inquiry into Life: Laboratory II
Bisc 220: Natural Resource Management
Bisc 318: Botany
Bisc 320: Introductory Marine Biology
Bisc 321: Aquatic Biology
Bisc 322: General Ecology
Bisc 323: Biology of Invasive Species
Bisc 329: Biology of the Fishes
Bisc 334: Ornithology
Bisc 337: Introductory Entomology
Bisc 338: Invertebrate Zoology
Bisc 339: Phycology
Bisc 342: Plant Diversity
Bisc 345: Symbiosis
Bisc 349: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives
Bisc 350: Mammology
Bisc 413: Conservation Biology
Bisc 441: Tropical Botany
Bisc 445: Introduction to Coral Reed Ecology
Bisc 446: Fishes of the Tropics
Bisc 447: Neotropical Forest Herpetology
Bisc 448: Tropical Studies in Biology
Bisc 449: Tropical Invertebrate Biology
Bisc 450: Tropical Ornithology
Bisc 451: Ecotoxicology
Bisc 479/611: Wetlands Ecology
Bisc 502: Mycology
Bisc 505: Aquatic Microbiology
Bisc 510: Theoretical Ecology
Bisc 511: Applied Microbiology
Bisc 512: Animal Behavior
Bisc 513: Limnological Methods
Bisc 515: Conservation Biology: Viable Populations
Bisc 516: Plant Physiology
Bisc 519: Physiology of Aquatic Animals
Bisc 522: Microbial Ecology
Bisc 523: Molecular Microbiology of Soils and Sediment
Bisc 524: Aquatic Botany
Bisc 525: Conservation and Restoration Ecology
Bisc 526: Survey of the Amphibia
Bisc 527: Survey of the Reptilia
Bisc 530: Advanced Field Study in Ecology
Bisc 531: Plant Morphology
Bisc 534: Freshwater Insects
Bisc 542: Microbial Diversity
Bisc 546: Herpetology
Bisc 550: Biological Oceanography
Bisc 554: Ecological Physiology
Bisc 608: Limnology
Bisc 609: Stream Ecology
Bisc 613: Plant Ecology
Bisc 615: Icthyology
Bisc 617: Fishery Biology
Bisc 618: Community Ecology
Bisc 619: Ecosystem Ecology
Bisc 620: Field Botany
Bisc 622: Behavioral Ecology
Bisc 623: Aquatic Plants
Bisc 626: Aquatic Ornithology
Bisc 630: Algology
Bisc 632: Aquatic Toxicology
Bisc 633: Microbial Energetics
Bisc 639: Insect Morphology
Bisc 640: Biology of Amphibia
Bisc 641: Biology of Reptilia
Bisc 647: Invertebrate Zoology
Bisc 660: Plant Anatomy and Development
Center for the Study of Southern Culture
S St 314: Race, Place, and Space
S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture
S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture
S St 611: Regionalism
S St 612: Globalization and the U.S. South
Center for Writing and Rhetoric
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chem 201: Environmental Chemistry I
Chem 202: Environmental Chemistry II
Chem 271: Biochemical Concepts
Chem 471/671: Biochemistry I
Chem 473/673: Biochemistry II
Chem 534: Physical Biochemistry
Chem 580: Molecular Biochemistry I
Chem 581: Molecular Biochemistry II
Chem 665: Bioinorganic Chemistry
Economics
Econ 202: Principles of Microeconomics
Econ 203: Principles of Macroeconomics
Econ 305: Current Economic Topics
Econ 398: Intermediate Microeconomics
Econ 399: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Econ 406: Natural Resource Economics
English
Engl 310: Women in the South
Engl 325: Survey of Native American Literature
Engl 355: Sociolinguistics
Engl 358: Power, Knowledge, and Gender
Engl 360: Women in Literature
Engl 362: American Environmental Lit 1850- Present
Engl 363: British Environmental Lit 1800- Present
Engl 365: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Theory
Engl 422: Prison and the Literary Imagination
Engl 438: Language and Gender
Engl 441: Comparative Black Literatures
Engl 442: Latina and Latino Literatures
Engl 447: Animals in Literature
Engl 448: Nature Writing
Engl 449: Studies in Environmental Literature
Engl 465: Major African American Writers
Engl 475: Southern Environmental Writing
Engl 483: Renaissance Lit and the Environment
Engl 494: Seminar on Literature and Gender
Gender Studies
G St 322: Race, Gender, Science in Early America
G St 354: Power, Knowledge, and Gender
G St 391: Women, Gender, and the Environment
G St 414: Race, Place, and Space
History
His 308: African American History Since 1865
His 312: Women in United States History
His 314: Survey of Native America Since 1850
His 322: Race, Gender, Science in Early America
International Studies
Inst 101: Introduction to International Studies
Inst 109: Introduction to Topics in Global Studies
Modern Languages
Ling 353: Language and Culture
Ling 438: Language and Gender
Mlll 354: Power, Knowledge, and Gender
TESL 545: Indigenous Languages and Pedagogies
TESL 640: Bilingualism, Education and Identity
Philosophy and Religion
Physics and Astronomy
Phys 313: Physics and Biophysics of Air and Water
Psychology
Psy 365: Environmental Psychology
Public Policy Leadership
PPL 345: Environmental Ethics
PPL 360: Global Perspective, Issues, and Policies
PPL 381: Global Environmental Issues
Sociology and Anthropology
Anth 303: Cultural Anthropology
Anth 304: Biological Anthropology
Anth 316: Rise and Fall of the Mississippian World
Anth 319: Environmental History of the South
Anth 330: Environmental Anthropology
Anth 331: American Indians and the Natural World
Anth 360: Political Ecology
Soc 325: Sociology of Gender
Soc 307: Urban Sociology
Soc 313: Social Movements
Soc 335: The Sociology of Food
Soc 359: Sociology of Globalization
Soc 411: Environment, Technology and Society
School of Engineering
CE 471: Environmental Engineering I
CE 472: Water Resources Engineering
ENGR 571: Service-Learning for Drinking Water Treatment
DISCLAIMER: This is not an all-inclusive list, there may be more courses offered that are related to sustainability. Not all courses are offered every semester. Some classes may require a pre-requisite.