Sustainability Studies Minor

Committee: Richard Back, Robert Ballentine, Lisa Glidden (Director), Thomas Kubicki, Alok Kumar, Stephen Saraydar, David Sargent, David Valentino, Judith Belt, Jeffrey Schneider, Eric Hellquist, Timothy Delaney

Sustainability Studies Minor (21 cr)

A. Core Requirements (9 cr)

SUS 115 - Economic and Political Foundations of Sustainability credit: 3
GEO 115 - Environmental Sustainability credit: 3
Select one course from the following three choices:
BIO 200 - Environmental and Population Biology credit: 3
ANT 331 - Digging Up the Past: Humans and the Environment Through the Ages credit: 3
PHY 305 - Energy and the Environment credit: 3

B. Elective Requirements (12 cr)*

Select three courses from below under advisement:
BIO 363 - Great Lakes Environmental Issues credit: 3
BIO 400 - Current Issues in Environmental and Population Biology credit: 3
CHE 300 - Environmental Science credit: 3
CHE 473 - Environmental Chemistry credit: 3
ECO 390 - Environmental Economics credit: 3
GEO 315 - Earth’s Fury credit: 3
MET 315 - Weather Disasters credit: 3
POL 347 - Politics of Development credit: 3
POL 387 - Global Environmental Politics credit: 3
POL 409 - Comparative Energy Policy credit: 3
TED 310 - Technology and Civilization credit: 3
TEL 355 - Energy and Power Technology credit: 3
TEL 401 - Architectural Drawing credit: 3
TEL 415 - Residential Energy Technology credit: 3
*An internship or independent project can be substituted for three credits of electives with approval of the Coordinator for the Sustainability Studies Minor.