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The minor encompasses the interactions of social policy, social equity, scientific principles, and environmental stewardship. By approaching these complex issues from a comprehensive perspective important societal challenges such as the interplay between climate change and poverty or resource use and prosperity, can be addressed and solutions proposed. Our goal is to engage our students in a dynamic, interdisciplinary learning experience, and to enhance the employment opportunities of its graduates in the fast growing environmental and sustainability industries.
Sustainability Studies Minor (21 cr)
A. Core Requirements (9 credits)
SUS 115 Economic & Political Foundations of Sustainability
GEO 115 Environmental Sustainability
and one of the following:
BIO 200 Environmental and Population Biology
ANT 331 Digging Up the Past: Humans and the Environment Through the Ages
PHY 305 Energy and the Environment
B. Elective Requirements (12 credits)*
Choose 4 courses from below under advisement:
BIO 363 Great Lakes Environmental Issues
BIO 400 Current Issues in Environmental and Population Biology
CHE 300 Environmental Science
CHE 473 Environmental Chemistry
ECO 390 Environmental Economics
GEO 315 Earth's Fury
MET 315 Weather Disasters
POL 347 Politics of Development
POL 387 Global Environmental Politics
POL 409 / PHY 475 Comparative Energy Policy
HDV 376 Sustainability and Human Behavior
SOC 369 Environmental Sustainability
TED 310 Technology and Civilization
TEL 355 Energy and Power Technology
TEL 401 Architectural Drawing
TEL 415 Residential Energy Technology
* An internship or independent project can be substituted for three credits of electives with approval of the Coordinator for the Sustainability Studies Minor.