Sustainability Studies Minor

The minor in Sustainability Studies focuses on the interactions between various systems—social, political, cultural, economic, technological, and ecological —that undergird environmental sustainability. Students use interdisciplinary approaches to investigate environmental problems.

A minor in Sustainability Studies is completed by taking 16 credits from the following:

Required 2000-level Core Course:

STSO 2300 - Environment and Society Credit Hours: 4

Choose one of the following:

INQR 1100 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSO 1100 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1110 - Nature/Society Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1240 - Sustainability Debates Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1250 - Designing Climate Justice Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1320 - A Century of Environmental Thought Credit Hours: 4

Choose two of the following:

STSO 4260 - Food, Farms, and Famine Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4280 - Sustainability Education Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4320 - Environmental Media & Data Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4330 - Environmental Justice Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4340 - Environmental Philosophy Credit Hours: 4
or
PHIL 4300 - Environmental Philosophy Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4350 - Politics of Design Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4360 - Community Engagement in a Changing Climate Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4500 - Globalization and Development Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4600 - Design and Innovation Studio A Credit Hours: 4

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Sustainability Studies Minor

Required 2000-level Core Course:

Choose one of the following:

Choose two of the following: