Minor in Sustainability Studies
The minor requires 18 semester credit hours. Sustainability Studies examines the human dimensions of the environment and sustainability in an interdisciplinary context. The program goals include providing students with an opportunity to explore the connections between social and physical systems, developing skills consistent with critical analysis and interdisciplinary knowledge for students who seek careers in sustainability, and a mechanism for students to learn about sustainability and to apply that knowledge to real-world problems.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Courses | ||
PHIL 3323 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
SOCI 3365 | Society and Environment | 3 |
Society and Sustainability | ||
Choose 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
Environmental Communication and Sustainability | ||
Urban Geography | ||
Community and Regional Planning | ||
World Population | ||
Conservation Leadership | ||
Parks and Protected Places | ||
Philosophy, Nonviolence, Sustainability, and Social Change | ||
Community Health | ||
Environmental Health | ||
Population Dynamics | ||
Globalization and Development | ||
Urban Society | ||
Sustainable Cities | ||
Food and Society | ||
Sociology of Consumption | ||
Technology and Society | ||
Ecology and Sustainability | ||
Choose 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
World Prehistory | ||
History of Evolutionary Thought | ||
Disease and Society | ||
Rainforest Ecology | ||
Ecology, Evolution and Society | ||
Wildlife and Recreation: Impact, Policy, and Management | ||
Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation | ||
Global Environmental Change | ||
Natural Resource Use and Management | ||
Energy Resource Management | ||
Geography of Health | ||
Total Hours | 18 |