Program Requirements

Required Courses in the Sustainability Minor

The sustainability minor consists of seven courses (19 credit hours). These courses may count toward the College Core, another minor, or the major, where applicable.

Introductory Courses (9)
Choose one: BIOL 101C P4 Environmental Issues
SUST 102 LC Issues in Sustainability
PHIL 235 P2 Environmental Ethics
ECON 105C P3 Principles of Microeconomics
Electives* (9)
All of the following courses either provide skills that are vital to advanced critical thinking in sustainability issues or are an in-depth integration of sustainability to a specific field. To ensure a diverse evaluation of sustainability, only one course from a single discipline (with the exception of SUST) can be applied as an elective. For example, only one CHEM course can be used to satisfy the requirement. Also note that this is a partial list of electives that may be used. Additional courses will be added as they are developed.
Choose three*: AMST/WGST 216 P2 Feminist Theory
BIOL 408 Ecology
BIOL 410 Conservation Biology
CHEM 315 Analytical Chemistry
ECON 360 Environmental Economics
EDUC 335 Differentiated Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
ENGL 156 LC Ecocomposition
ENGL 204 P1 Nature Writing
ENGL 290 Science, Rhetoric, and the Public
HIST 108 CC History of Hunting
MATH 170 P4 Mathematical Modeling
POSC 211 Intro Public Policy
PSJS 270 CC Ethics & World Ecology
PSJS 275 P3 Sustainable Futures
SPST 255 Sustainability in Sport
SUST 138 P4 Green Chemistry
SUST 210 P4 Systems Thinking
Capstone Course (1)
SUST 400 Sustainability Capstone
Total (19)

*Each elective must be from a different discipline (with the exception of SUST), with at least one at the 200 level or above.

Note: A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor.

Please refer to the appropriate department for descriptions of the above courses.

Sustainability (Minor)


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