Programs of Study

The core principle of sustainability is the desire to meet the basic material needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. In order to achieve this goal, we must recognize and address the conflicts and trade-offs involved in balancing environmental integrity, social equity, and economic stability. Such complex work necessarily involves contributions from a wide range of disciplines, and it also requires a re-examination of the relationship between human value systems and cultural practices and the associated long-term implications for the ecosystem. This interdisciplinary minor is housed jointly in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (College of Science) and in the New Century College (College of Humanities and Social Sciences).

Required courses (8 credits)

• NCLC 275: Special Topics (4 credit hours)
• EVPP 480: Sustainability in Action (4 credit hours)

Electives (8 credits)

8 credits of electives are required to complete the minor. A maximum of 2 courses from a single department or program can be counted for elective credit. Preapproved courses are listed here and others may be substituted (see the program coordinator for further information).

• ANTH 370: Environment and Culture (3 credit hours)
• CEIE 355: Environmental Engineering and Science (3 credit hours)
• CEIE 450: Environmental Engineering Systems (3 credit hours)
• CEIE 456: Environmental Law (3 credit hours)
• CHEM 155: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry I (4 credit hours)
• ECON 335: Environmental Economics (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 110: The Ecosphere: An Introduction to Environmental Science I (4 credit hours)
• EVPP 201: Environment and You: Issues for the Twenty-First Century (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 335: People, Plants, and Culture (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 336: Human Dimensions of the Environment (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 337: Environmental Policy Making in Developing Countries (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 361: Introduction to Environmental Policy (3 credit hours)
• EVPP 421: Marine Conservation (3 credit hours)
• GEOL 305: Environmental Geology (3 credit hours)
• NCLC 220: Energy and Environment (3-15 credit hours)

• PRLS 250: Wilderness Travel and Sustainability (2 credit hours)
• PRLS 300: People with Nature (3 credit hours)
• PRLS 402: Human Behavior in Natural Environments (3 credit hours)
• PRLS 501: Introduction to Natural Resources Law (3 credit hours)

• PHIL 343: Issues in Environmental Ethics (3 credit hours)
• SOCI 320: Social Structure and Globalization (3 credit hours)

• TOUR 312: Ecotourism (3 credit hours)
• TOUR 340: Sustainable Tourism (3 credit hours)

• USST 301: Urban Growth in a Shrinking World (3 credit hours)