Course Requirements
The minor in Sustainability Studies is an interdisciplinary minor designed to introduce students to the breadth and application of academic approaches relevant to meeting the scientifically, ethically, and politically complex environmental, community, and social justice challenges of the Twenty-First Century. The Department of History & Political Science has oversight of the Sustainability Studies minor. This minor degree is intended to complement progress toward completion of a bachelor’s degree in the student’s major field of study by emphasizing sustainability themes in her or his major and related academic areas. In this respect, the minor provides substantial support for students who wish to incorporate sustainability issues and themes in their major program research.
The minor in Sustainability Studies requires the following courses:
| HUM 210 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
Choose one of the following:
Choose one of the following with lab:
3 courses from the following list (two of which must be from outside one’s major field of study):
Course additions and substitutions, e.g., “Special Topics” courses for the minor require prior approval by the director of the Minor in Sustainability Studies.
BIOL 250, BIOL 370, BIOL 412, CE 400/CH E 400/ECE 400/ME 400, CH E 410, ECON 420, ECON 422, HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 353, MGMT 320, PSYC 364/SOC 364: Has prerequisite(s) that might not be counted toward the minor;
HUM 295, HUM 395: Requires approval of the director of the Minor in Sustainability Studies, and only one course in HUM 295, HUM 395 may count toward the minor