A new way to earn a minor while fulfilling GE requirements. The GEM-S prepares students to integrate sustainability principles and practices into their lives and professions through exposure to the magnitude and multi-dimensionality of the sustainability problem and exploration of potential solutions. GEM-S courses provide multiple disciplinary lenses (e.g., scientific, social, political, and economic) to the study of environmental sustainability. The minor consists of a minimum of 15 units (including 9 units of upper-division GE). Students complete course(s) in each of six categories from an approved list of GEM-S courses. Students must complete the remaining breadth/GE requirements not fulfilled within the GEM-S in order to graduate. For more information please view: the videos below

INFO 310: Information Literacy and Sustainability
Mode: Synchronous online TU/TH 3:15-4:55pm. Contact Sharon.radcliff@csueastbay.edu for more details.

Description:: This course will critically examine how culture and sociopolitical power dynamics influences the debate around sustainability, and its impact in three main areas: the environment, social equity, and the economy and develop strategies for evaluating information and producing sound arguments on sustainability topics within the context of conflicting viewpoints.
Additional details: This course explores sustainability through the examination of case studies in environmental, climate, and social justice and through the development of a survey on sustainability and a sustainability proposal at the local level. A-F grading only, unless CR/NC option continues due to Covid.