Program: Global Sustainability Concentration - State University of New York at Oswego - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 13, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

For Global and International Studies Major
Consists of courses focused on the physical, chemical, biological, cultural, political, and economic aspects of global sustainability.

Global Sustainability Concentration (24-39 credits)

A. Core Requirements 6 cr

GEO 115 - Environmental Sustainability Credit: 3
ECO 115 or POL 115 - Contact department for offering information.

B. Elective Requirements 18 cr

ANT 303 - Conservation and Ethical Treatment of Nonhuman Primates Credit: 3
ANT 331 - Digging Up the Past: Humans and the Environment Through the Ages Credit: 3
AST 360 - Human Futures Credit: 3
BIO 200 - Human Impacts on the Environment Credit: 3
BIO 320 - Introductory Ecology Credit: 3
BIO 341 - Plants and Society Credit: 3
BIO 363 - Great Lakes Environmental Issues Credit: 3
BIO 400 - Ecosystems and Society Credit: 3
CHE 300 - Environmental Science Credit: 3
CHE 473 - Environmental Chemistry Credit: 3
ECO 390 - Environmental Economics Credit: 3
GEO 200 - Historical Geology Credit: 3
GEO 315 - Earth’s Fury Credit: 3
GEO 480 - Tectonics Credit: 3
MET 315 - Weather Disasters Credit: 3
MET 320 - Humans and Atmospheric Change Credit: 3
MET 340 - Air Pollution Credit: 3
POL 387 - Global Environmental Politics Credit: 3

C. Cognate Requirements 0-15 cr

Intermediate (202) level competency in a foreign language of the region under advisement credit 0-12
Any approved computer and information literacy course -OR- passing the computer literacy competency exam credit 0-3

D. Recommended Study Abroad