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Minor in Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates with a minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies will:

  • Articulate the basic tenets of sustainability.
  • Describe the obstacles and potential solutions for achieving a more sustainable future.
  • Design and implement sustainability concepts and practices in a final independent project.
  • Develop and articulate ideas and arguments about sustainability in written and oral form.

Minor requirements*

  • NSCI201 Environmental Issues (3 hours)
  • SES 103 Sustainability: Concepts and Applications (3 hour)
  • SES 359 Practicum in Sustainability (3 hours)

Choose one course from the following:

  • NSCI180 Science, Society, and the Environment (3 hours)
  • BIOL112 Biology 2 (4 hours)

Choose two courses from the following:

  • PHIL322 Ecology and Ethics (3 hours)
  • ECON334 Environmental Economics (3 hours)
  • ENG 203 Literature and the Environment (3 hours)
  • POLS322 Climate Change, Global Warming, and Politics (3 hours)

*2026-2027 Course Catalog

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