Sustainability Minor

Required Courses (10 credits)

• BIO-111 Science, the Environment and Sustainability (4 cr.) or
• BIO-141 Plants and People (4 cr.)

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• DES-150 Introduction to Sustainable Design and Development (3 cr.)

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• ENSC-425 Environmental Science and Sustainability Capstone (3 cr.) or
• SUST-425 Sustainable Design & Development Capstone (3 cr.)

Group I Selectives (Minimum of 6 credits)

• AEC-191 The Built Environment (3 cr.)
• AEC-460 Sustainable Construction (3 cr.)
• APRL-167 Textiles: Theory, Fibers, Structures, & Sustainability (3 cr.)
• BIO-270 Natural History of the Neotropics (4 cr.)
• CHEM-110 Chemistry in Our World (4 cr.)
• DES-431 Industrial Design Capstone I: Advanced Research Methods (3-4 cr.)
• ETECH-100 Impacts of Engineering (3 cr.)
• FN-244 Farm to Fork: Food Issues (3 cr.)
• PKG-150 Packaging Fundamentals (3 cr.)
• RC-440 Environmental Protection and Sustainable Management (3 cr.)
• SUST-315 Sustainable Engineering (3 cr.)
• SUST-432 Global Sustainability Experience in Design & Manufacturing (3 cr.)

Group II Selectives (Minimum of 6 credits)

• ANTH-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• SOC-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.)

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• ANTH-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.) or
• SOC-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.)

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• COMST-312 Intercultural Communication (3 cr.)
• ECON-250 Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3 cr.)
• ECON-350 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3 cr.)
• GEOG-310 Food Justice (3 cr.)
• LIT-275 Environmental Literature (3 cr.)
• PAX-201 Introduction to Applied Peace Studies (3 cr.)
• PAX-210 Nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement (3 cr.)
• PAX-271 Conflict Resolution and Analysis (3 cr.)
• PSYC-281 Psychology for Sustainability (3 cr.)

Note:

A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) is required in all courses. Students are highly encouraged to declare this minor before they obtain junior level status.