DeAnza College Courses

An introduction to sustainability through environmental, social, and economic evaluation. Students will learn the influence of societal resource use, distribution, and waste on earth. Climate change,

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

An introduction to the academic discipline of Environmental Studies through historical and contemporary analysis of nature-based imagery. What those representations indicate about past and present env

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course examines the role energy plays in our modern global industrialized society. The rapid growth of human populations worldwide combined with increases in fossil fuel-related energy to support

• California Community Colleges System
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introductory class in environmental law and associated regulations in California and the United States. It addresses air quality, water quality, waste management, hazardous materials

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introduction to the interrelated fields of Environmental Resource Management (ERM) and Pollution Prevention (P2), surveying the areas of environmental law and regulation, environment

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

The course provides an overview of the strategies to implement a green building project within an organization. Strategies covered will include green building policies, best practices, and guidelines

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Paid Course

This laboratory course focuses on using environmental sampling, monitoring, and assessment devices and equipment, as well as analytical tools, to detect and quantify environmental contaminants present

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Paid Course

This course will examine the various strategies and approaches being taken at the state and local/regional levels to address both the root causes and the anticipated effects of global warming/climate

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course presents an introduction to the science of energy. It will examine human energy use patterns and their consequences, the meaning of energy, the various energy forms, the ways that energy c

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course presents a holistic overview of sustainable building design. Specific topics to be covered include the environmental and human impacts of buildings, sustainability principles applied to bu

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course requires students to conduct an individual research project in environmental studies that is determined in consultation with the instructor. An outside reading and written report are requi

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Paid Course

This course requires students to conduct an individual research project in environmental studies that is determined in consultation with the instructor. An outside reading and written report are requi

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course requires students to conduct an individual research project in environmental studies that is determined in consultation with the instructor. An outside reading and written report are requi

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course addresses the key project management components required in leading and coordinating energy efficiency programs in cross-functional organizations. It explores project communication strateg

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Paid Course

An introductory course designed to expose students to environmental science. Human interactions with the environment and their consequences for living and nonliving systems will be examined. Topics wi

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course