Sustainability Minor
The Minor in Sustainability is a 22-25 credit hour program
for students interested in developing an understanding of the social,
scientific, economic, and expressive aspects of global environmental issues.
Students must complete 4 introductory-level and 2 upper-level courses from the
list of "Approved Sustainability Courses", as well as the
Sustainability Minor Capstone seminar. One introductory-level course must be
completed from each of the four university colleges (CAL, CNHS, COB, CSSME) and
upper-level courses may come from any of the four university colleges.
Applicable prerequisite and co-requisite requirements must be met for all courses.
Degree Requirements
Introductory Courses (choose one from each college)
College of Natural and Health Sciences (choose one):
College of Arts and Letters (choose one):
| PHL 208 | Business Ethics | 4 |
| PHL 210 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
College of Business
| ECO 204 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
College of Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Education (choose one):
| GEO 102 | World Regional Geography | 4 |
| GEO 205 | Principles of Resource Utilization | 4 |
| GEO 207 | Economic Geography | 4 |
| GEO 235 | GIS Mapmaking for the Social Sciences | 4 |
| PSC 285 | Environmental Politics in the Developing World | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Upper Level Courses (choose two):
| ART 420 | Sustainable Design | 4 |
| BIO 205 | Tropical Biology and Conservation | 4 |
| BIO 225 | Vertebrate Zoology | 4 |
| BIO 227 | Ecological Physiology | 4 |
| BIO 340 | Ichthyology | 4 |
| BIO 346 | Conservation Biology | 4 |
| BIO 355 | Conservation, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics | 4 |
| BIO 400 | Evolution | 4 |
| CHE 180 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| FMX 313 | Documentary Production | 4 |
| ECO 305 | Economics of Global Inequality and Poverty | 4 |
| ECO 310 | Environmental Economics and Management | 4 |
| ECO 315 | International Economic Development | 4 |
| ENS 235 | Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| ENS 242 | Environmental Science and Policy | 4 |
| ENS 349 | Water, Wetlands and Wildlife | 4 |
| MAR 222 | Marine Ecology | 4 |
| MAR 310 | Biological Oceanography | 4 |
| MGT 360 | Sustainable Development: A New Business Paradigm | 4 |
| MGT 365 | Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets | 4 |
| NUR 422 | Principles of Community Health Nursing | 3 |
| SOC 330 | Global Sociology | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6-8 |
Capstone:
| ENS 401 | Sustainability Capstone Seminar | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: 22-25