Sustainability Minor

Program Requirements - 5 Courses - 15 hours
Required - 3 Courses - 9 hours Any courses in this list not taken as a Required Course may be taken as an Elective Course.9
Sustainability Living
Sustainable Business Practices
Introduction to the Environment: Energy and Climate
Introduction to the Environment Land-Use and Water
Environmental Ethics
Electives - 2 Courses - 6 hours - Select two from:6
GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES
Chemistry And Society
Environmental Sustainability
Physical Geology
Marine Biology
Fundamentals Of Geology
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Oceanography
Principles Of Manufacturing And Service Systems
Global Business
Total Hours15
SOCIAL SCIENCE FOCUS – SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSES
Dimensions of Sustainability
Environmental Economics
The Economics of Climate Change
Natural Resource Economics - WAC
Applied Environmental Economics
Environmental Planning
Patterns Of World Development
Environmental Policy
STEM FOCUS – SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSES
Dimensions of Sustainability
Green Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Physical Principles Of Energy Sources For Humans
Biofuels
Sustainability Engineering
Alternative Energy
Sustainability Analysis and Design
  • PLO 1. Discuss the history of the environmental movement and environmental science process.
  • PLO 2. Identify the components of sustainability.
  • PLO 3. Compare the different ways of evaluating environmental impacts and identify behavioral changes that reduce environmental impact.
  • PLO 4. Critically analyze the concept of sustainability, especially with respect to economic, social, and ecological dimensions.
  • PLO 5. Articulate and apply the key concepts and processes of sustainability as they relate to businesses (e.g., triple bottom line, social responsibility, systems thinking, life cycle analysis, social entrepreneurship, base of the pyramid).
  • PLO 6. Discuss the role and responsibilities of business in society.