Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog

Sustainability Overlay

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SOC 355 - Global Society


Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: Sustainability
Examination of the global order with an emphasis on economic and political policies; technology and labor markets; global power relations; political unrest, resistance and social movements; local/global culture; global relations of gender, race & ethnicity; economic and environmental sustainability.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Sustainability
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. Communicate ideas, perspectives, and values clearly and persuasively while listening openly to others.
  2. Act responsibly and sustainably at local, national, and global levels.
  3. Recognize and discuss supranational policies that create unsustainable economic and environmental practices and explore sustainable alternatives.


Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes
 

  1. Discuss multiple dimensions of sustainability, including the scientific, social, cultural, and/or economic.
  2. Analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems.
  3. Describe strategies taken by individuals, communities, organizations, or governments for mitigating and/or adapting to key threats to environmental sustainability.



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