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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sustainability Studies Minor

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Colleen Garrity, Coordinator

This minor introduces students to the three pillars of sustainability: society, economy, and environment. Through interdisciplinary coursework, the minor focuses on the connections that exist between social equity, economy, and environmental problems, and it builds student understanding of sustainable solutions that will meet the present and future needs of people and the biosphere. Students are encouraged to incorporate internships and directed studies into their program with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.

Total Credits Required to Complete Minor: 25-30

Basic Requirements: Four Courses (13 Credits)

SUST 124 - Sustainability & Environmental Issues Credit(s): 3
ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 123 - The Developing World Credit(s): 3
GEOG 111 - Physical Geography Credit(s): 3 and GEOG 112 - Physical Geography Laboratory Credit(s): 1 or
GSCI 120 - Our Geological Environment Credit(s): 3 and GSCI 121 - Our Geological Environment Laboratory Credit(s): 1 or
GSCI 160 - Physical Geology Credit(s): 3 and GSCI 161 - Physical Geology Laboratory Credit(s): 1

Sustainability Dimension Courses (12-17 credits)

Four courses with at least one in each dimension. At least two courses must be at the 300-level or above.

Dimension 1: Society, Culture and Humanities

ARTH 410 - Gender and Art Credit(s): 4
BIOL 384 - Communicating Science Credit(s): 3
BLKS 200 - Introduction to Black Studies Credit(s): 3
BLKS 220 - Black Lives Matter: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
GEOG 201 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning Credit(s): 3
GEOG 300 - Environmentalism & Natural Resource Management Credit(s): 3
GEOG 350 - Urban Historical Geography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 376 - Political Geography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 377 - Urban Geography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 384 - Geography of Food Credit(s): 3
HIST 260 - Issues in the History of American Women Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - Native American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 415 - Environmental History of Modern America Credit(s): 4
HUMN 222 - Black Humanities Credit(s): 4
PLSC 411 - Public Opinion and the Mass Media Credit(s): 3
PHIL 201 - Environmental Ethics Credit(s): 3
PHIL 204 - Feminist Philosophy Credit(s): 3
PSYC 275 - Environmental Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCL 102 - Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy Credit(s): 3
SOCL 218 - Sociology of Environmental Issues Credit(s): 3
SOCL 317 - Gender and Law Credit(s): 3
SOCL 318 - Environmental Sociology Credit(s): 3
SUST 345 - Environmental Justice Credit(s): 3
WGST 310 - Race, Class, and Gender Credit(s): 3

Dimension 2: Development, Economics, and Global Perspective

ANTH 226 - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean Credit(s): 3
ANTH 307 - Anthropology of Development Credit(s): 3
ANTH 313 - Global Health Issues Credit(s): 3
ANTH 316 - Human Ecology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
BIOL 318 - Health and Developing World Credit(s): 3
BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4
ECON 240 - Introduction to Environmental Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 340 - Environmental Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 341 - Natural Resource Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 355 - Economic Development and Growth Credit(s): 3
ECON 356 - Women and the Economy Credit(s): 3
GEOG 301 - International Food Geographies Credit(s): 3
GEOG 362 - Geography of Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 363 - Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit(s): 3
GEOG 365 - The Geography of Islam Credit(s): 3
GEOG 366 - Geography of the Western Pacific Rim Credit(s): 3
PHIL 202 - World Religions & Contemporary Issues Credit(s): 3
PHIL 237 - Ethical Issues in Business Credit(s): 3
PLSC 350 - Democratization Credit(s): 3
PLSC 355 - Politics of East Asia Credit(s): 3
PLSC 356 - Politics of South Asia Credit(s): 3
PLSC 360 - Developing World Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 362 - Government and Politics in Africa Credit(s): 3
PLSC 372 - Community, State, and Regional Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 376 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit(s): 3
PLSC 425 - Politics of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Credit(s): 3
PLSC 426 - Government and Politics of South America Credit(s): 3
PLSC 428 - Middle East Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 440 - International Law Credit(s): 3
PLSC 442 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective Credit(s): 3
SOCL 105 - Introduction to Global Social Change Credit(s): 3
SOCL 325 - Global Social Change Credit(s): 3
WGST 340 - Gender and Global Education Credit(s): 3

Dimension 3: Environment and Physical Sciences

BIOL 105 - Contemporary Biology Credit(s): 3 and BIOL 106 - Contemporary Biology Laboratory Credit(s): 1
BIOL 117 - General Biology - Cells, Genetics, Evolution Credit(s): 3 and BIOL 118 - General Biology Laboratory I Credit(s): 1 or BIOL 120 - General Biology Laboratory II Credit(s): 1
BIOL 203 - Principles of Ecology Credit(s): 3
BIOL 305 - Biological Conservation Credit(s): 4
BIOL 314 - Biodiversity: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
BIOL 315 - Sustainability Science Credit(s): 3
BIOL 317 - Marine Biology Credit(s): 4
BIOL 348 - Plant Diversity Credit(s): 4
CHEM 104 - Chemistry and Society Credit(s): 3 and CHEM 105 - Chemistry and Society Laboratory Credit(s): 1
CHEM 116 - Chemistry I Credit(s): 3 and CHEM 119 - Introductory Chemistry Lab Credit(s): 2
GEOG 320 - Weather and Climate Credit(s): 3
GEOG 329 - Biogeography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 358 - Mountain Environments Credit(s): 3
GEOG 382 - Climate Change and Variability Credit(s): 3
GSCI 140 - Environmental Science Credit(s): 3 and GSCI 141 - Environmental Science Laboratory Credit(s): 1
GSCI 150 - The Geology of Climate Change and Energy Credit(s): 3 and GSCI 151 - The Geology of Climate Change and Energy Laboratory Credit(s): 1
GSCI 200 - Environmental Geology Credit(s): 3
GSCI 235 - Paleoclimatology Credit(s): 3
GSCI 347 - Groundwater Hydrology Credit(s): 3
GSCI 431 - Geomorphology Credit(s): 3
GSCI 452 - Environmental Sedimentation Credit(s): 3
PHYS 104 - Sustainable Energy Credit(s): 4
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credit(s): 3 and PHYS 114 - Physics I Lab Credit(s): 1
PHYS 123 - Analytical Physics I Credit(s): 3 and PHYS 114 - Physics I Lab Credit(s): 1 or PHYS 124 - Analytical Physics I Laboratory Credit(s): 1

Footnotes:

Courses may have prerequisites.
A three-credit lecture taken with its one-credit co-requisite lab constitutes one course.
Three to four internship credits may be used to satisfy one sustainability dimension course with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
Three to four credits of directed study may be used to satisfy one sustainability dimension course with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.

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