This course focuses on social, artistic, cultural, and scientific dimensions of sustainability and the concepts of identity, diversity, social equity and inclusion/exclusion in the French context. This course will introduce students to sustainable communities in France through lectures, projects, videos, downloads from the Internet, and class discussions. Students will: develop their analysis skills related to methodology for social studies; analyze documents and content related to French society and its sustainable communities; improve their oral and written communication skills at the midadvanced level; and understand the importance of sustainable communities in the French way of life.