Courses

‍Explore sustainability focused credit-bearing courses offered across our 7 schools and colleges.

Courses and workshops

Some courses may not have class sections offered for the term or may require pre-requisites. For SMU students, please check the Course Catalogue to find the most up-to-date information.

Title Sort descending Course Code School(s)
Heated Debates: Climate Justice COR2219 College of Integrative Studies
Innovations for Asia’s Smart Cities COR-MGMT2207 Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Intro to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach TBC (New Course) College of Integrative Studies
Introduction to Sustainability Law TBC Yong Pung How School of Law
Macroeconomics of income distribution ECON 217: School of Economics
Modern Challenges TBC (New Course) College of Integrative Studies
Organisational Aspects of Sustainable Innovation MGMT342 Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Politics of Food Security POSC 321 School of Social Sciences
Politics of Water in Asia POSC 316 School of Social Sciences
Psychology of Sustainability PSYC 212 School of Social Sciences

Experiential learning

The SMU-X curriculum focuses on students undertaking real-world projects to create meaningful impact at scale, with an understanding of sustainability issues one of the core learning outcomes of the curriculum.


SIGMA Global Virtual Course: Managing the SDGs

Jointly designed by SMU and 5 top management and business schools around the globe - Copenhagen Business School, Esade, Hitotsubashi University, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, University of St. Gallen, and Vienna University of Economics and Business, the compact blended online course will guide participants to rethink international management from the perspective of the SDGs.

Sign up for an event

Whether you are just starting on your sustainability journey or ready to dive deep into specific topics, we have something for everyone in our exciting line-up of sustainability events. Many of them are open to the public too!