Sustainability Undergraduate Minor
Program Requirements
- Minimum of 18 credit hours
- Minimum grade of C- required in Core Courses
- Major in any field except B.A. in Environment & Sustainability
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 9 | |
| Introduction to Sustainability | ||
| Introduction to Environment | ||
Select one of the following Core Seminars | ||
| Topics in Ethics and Aesthetics | ||
| Topics in Development and Economics | ||
| Topics in Equity and Society | ||
| Select 3 credits from the Options in Environmental Science | 3 | |
| Select 6 credits from two of the three Options lists below (Equity & Society, Development & Economics, Ethics & Aesthetics) that are different from the selected Core Seminar * | 6 | |
| * | May also include GES 488 or any Core Course or Option approved for inclusion in the B.A. in Environment & Sustainability. |
Environmental Science Options
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | ||
| Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles | ||
| Marine Biology | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Landscape Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Aquatic Ecology | ||
| The Biosphere | ||
| Aquatic Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Invertebrate Zoology | ||
| Entomology | ||
| Vascular Plant Systematics | ||
| Vertebrate Zoology | ||
| Essentials of Toxicology | ||
| Introductory Organic Chemistry | ||
| Quantitative Analysis | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
| Environmental Hazards Assessment | ||
| Geomorphology of North America | ||
| Natural Resource Regions of North America | ||
| Physical Geography: Landscape Processes and Physical Geography Laboratory | ||
| Weather and Climate and Climatology Laboratory | ||
| The Water Planet | ||
| Elements of Hydrology | ||
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing of Environment | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Advanced Weather and Climate-Synoptic Climatology |
Equity & Society Options
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Methods in Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Disaster, Self, and Society | ||
| Economic Anthropology | ||
| Food and Culture in a Global Context | ||
| Environmental Anthropology | ||
| Anthropology of Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Recreation, Parks, and Health | ||
| Urban Geography: Sustainable Land Use | ||
| World Population Problems | ||
| Sustainable Transport and Mobility | ||
| Research Methods in Spatial Science | ||
| Sustainable Tourism and Transportation | ||
| Sustainable Urban Planning in an Entrepreneurial Environment | ||
| Sustainable Regional Planning | ||
| National Parks and Protected Areas | ||
| Geography of Livable Cities | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Epidemiology | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| American Indians and Nature | ||
| United States Environmental History | ||
| Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Response for Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Law and Policy | ||
| Natural Resources Law and Policy | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Urban Society | ||
| Population Problems | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Green Criminology | ||
| Disaster, Self, and Society | ||
| Seminar in Population and Urban Studies |
Development & Economics Options
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Economics of a Global Sustainable Society | ||
| Experiences in Sustainable Entrepreneurship | ||
| Introduction to Sustainable Development | ||
| Sustainable Food and Craft Beverage | ||
| Hospitality Facilities Management | ||
| Sustainable Tourism and Transportation | ||
| Sustainable Destination and Experience Management |
Ethics & Aesthetics Options
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art, Education, and Social Practice | ||
| Environmental Communication | ||
| Literature and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Sustainable Design | ||
| Global Green: Cultures of Production and/or Consumption | ||
| Music and Environment | ||
| Ethics and International Affairs | ||
| Ethical Issues in Business | ||
| Philosophy of the Arts | ||
| Religious Traditions and Care of the Earth | ||
| The Arts as Social Change: Theory and Practice | ||
| Ecofeminism | ||
| Topics in Native American and Indigenous Studies |