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Sustainability

Sustainability Minor Courses

SUSTAINABILITY MINOR

  1. Core Courses (12 credits)
    1. HUM H130 Introduction to Sustainability (4 credits)
    2. BIO 107 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 credits)
    3. ECON S151 Introduction to Microeconomics (4 credits) or ECON S152 Introduction to Macroeconomics (4 credits)
  2. Three electives (4 credits each = 12 credits) Students must take a total of at least four credits from a list of Cultural and Social courses and at least four credits from a list of Technical and Scientific courses, with the remaining four credits covered in either category. Alternatively, students can design their own plan of study for elective courses that suit their interests and field of study with approval of the Sustainability Minor Advisor. 
    1. Cultural and Social (HSSA requirement)
      ANTH S101 Introduction to Anthropology
      ECON S351 Environmental Economics
      ENGL H349 Nature and Literature
      HIST H322 Disasters and Modern Society
      HIST H425 Cities and Technology in the Industrial Age
      PHIL H201 Bioethics
      PHIL H202 Business and Engineering Ethics
      RELG H201 Nature and Religion
    2. Technical and Scientific (Discipline Specific Tech Elective)
      BIO220 Microbiology (prerequisite: BIO110)
      BIO320 Ecology (prerequisite: BIO130)
      CE250 Sustainable Civil Engineering Design (2 credits)
      CE460 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
      CE471 Water Resources Engineering
      CHE465 Energy and the Environment
      CHEM535 Toxicology for Chemists
      CHEM556 Green Chemistry
      CSSE241 Computing in a Global Society
      ECE371 Sustainable Energy Systems (prerequisite: ECE204)
      EMGT587 Systems Engineering
      ME408 Renewable Energy (prerequisite: ES212
      MDS201 Global Engineering and the Social Context I