Introduction to the many ways in which UGA and the Athens-Clarke County communities are promoting sustainability, including an interdisciplinary breadth and disciplinary depth of sustainability issues. Seminar topics will provide students with a foundational background in sustainability emphasizing interdisciplinary evaluation and solutions to challenges, including climate change, biodiversity, food insecurity, and the built environment.

This course provides the scaffolding for a semester long interdisciplinary team project and facilitates completion of reflective portfolios. Students apply knowledge and sustainability competencies to a challenge identified by a business, nonprofit or government agency, while developing professional skills to prepare for the transition to a career or graduate school.