Sustainability Course Repository

FINC-5120 : Portfolio Management

Finance | Albers School of Business | GR

Course emphasizes portfolio construction rather than security selection. Topics include setting portfolio objectives and constraints for individual and institutional investors, efficient diversification, asset allocation, style analysis, international diversification, performance measurement and attribution.

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  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

GBUS-3200 : Global Environments of Business

Global Business | Albers School of Business | UG

Introduces the major factors (legal, political, economic, competitive, socio-cultural, technological and natural) of global environments and examines their individual and interrelated effects on organizational and managerial practices. Provides a framework for anticipating global effects on individuals and organizations and for understanding organizational actions within increasingly global environments.

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

GBUS-5310 : Global Management

Global Business | Albers School of Business | GR

Investigates the role of management in developing and executing international and global business strategy. Emphasis is on theories of organizational roles in society; how culture shapes both organizational and individual behaviors; how firm-specific and country-specific elements relate to competitive advantages.

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  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-1200 : Constructing Past and Present I

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills that will help you develop a historical understanding of the world and the systems of power and privilege that have shaped it in the pre-modern era. The course particularly focuses on issues of politics at multiple scales, social hierarchy, slavery, and imperialism, as well as race, class, and gender relations. You will learn to critically examine an array of concepts that are h...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-1210 : Constructing Past and Present II

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills that will help you develop a historical understanding of the world and the systems of power and privilege that have shaped it in recent centuries, particularly issues of human rights, slavery, and colonization, as well as race, class, and gender relations. You will learn to critically examine an array of concepts that are historical constructs, such as "the West," "East," "Globa...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-1210 : Studies in Modern Civilization

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills that will help you develop a historical understanding of the world and the systems of power and privilege that have shaped it in recent centuries, particularly issues of human rights, slavery, and colonization, as well as race, class, and gender relations. You will learn to critically examine an array of concepts that are historical constructs, such as "the West," "East," "Globa...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-2310 : Survey of the United States

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills that will help you develop a historical understanding of the United States and the systems of power and privilege that have influenced its history. You will be introduced to the social, economic, political, and cultural developments that have shaped the American experience from earliest times up to today, including indigenous cultures, settler colonialism, racial slavery, white ...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-2310 : US in the World

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement. It is designed to provide knowledge and skills that will help you develop a historical understanding of the United States and the systems of power and privilege that have influenced its history. You will be introduced to the social, economic, political, and cultural developments that have shaped the American experience from earliest times up to today, including indigenous cultures, settler colonialism, racial slavery, white ...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

HIST-3460 : Great Debates in African American History

History | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

We examine crucial debates in African American history in the aftermath of the era of Reconstruction (1865-1877).  Was the Reconstruction a success?  Why the glut of narratives of the proverbial Race Men at the dawn of African Americans' entry into the American body politic and not enough interrogation of the equally vital Race Women?  Do we measure progress via the advancement of individual agency and subjectivity or community advancement?  Is it through the embrace of European modern cultures ...

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  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 3 Ecological Economics
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 1 No Poverty
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions