Over four years, our students engage with sustainability questions from a variety of professional and conceptual perspectives. Click here for a printable copy of our curriculum chart.
Environmental Sustainability Major Courses |
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SUST-100: Introduction to Sustainability
Defining sustainability and exploring its basic principles. |
MGMT-301: Principles of Management
Understanding business management and decision making. |
ECBIO-201: Biodiversity
Study the distribution and variety of earth's species. |
SUST-421: Environmental Policy
How can we shape laws, regulations and political movements to promote the environment? |
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MKTG-201: Principles of Marketing
The science of identifying, shaping, and fulfilling customer demands. |
ECBIO-101: Environmental Issues
A scientific and social understanding of hot topics like climate change, water pollution, and population growth. |
SUST-303: Global Environmental History
Learn how past societies have succeeded and failed at living in balance with their environments. |
SUST-400: Sustainability and Development in the Non-Western World
Study the specific environmental challenges of the world's developing nations. |
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BIOL-104/
104L: Biology II
Study the function and structure of living organisms. |
SUST-200: Energy Systems and Politics
Analyze the environmental impact of our current energy sources and the potential of renewable energy. |
SUST-302: Industrial Ecology
Study the design, manufacturing and life-cycle of products, from raw materials to waste disposal. |
SUST-402: Managing Sustainable Organizations
Business strategies that take the environment into account. |
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SUST-121: The Environment and World Cultures
Learn how various civilizations and religions have understood their natural surroundings. |
SUST-204: Sustainable Planning and Land Use
Approaching cities and urban planning with the environment in mind. |
SUST-300: Sustainable Technologies for
Architecture
Designing buildings for maximum efficiency and minimum environmental impact. |
ECBIO-319: Oceanography
Understand ocean eco-systems and the impact that humans have on them. |
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SUST-120: Sustainable Food Chains
The ultimate sustainability questions: can we safely feed 10 billion humans? |
SUST-202: Economics of Sustainability
Economic analysis and policies that promote sustainability. |
Internship (or designated elective)
Earn academic credit while gaining valuable work experience in an environmentally-oriented company or organization. |
SUST-498: Sustainability Capstone
Develop and implement a sustainability initiative for a real-world client. |
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Free Elective |
Designated Elective (or Internship)
Select from a menu of sustainability-related courses. |
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Free Elective |
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Free Elective |
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Free Elective |
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(15 credits) |
(18 credits) |
(27 credits) |
College Studies core curriculum |
Writing I |
Language/Area Studies |
Language/Area Studies |
Contemporary Perspectives |
Biology I |
Social Sciences I |
Humanities I |
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History I |
Writing II |
Junior Seminar |
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Math I |
Chemistry I |
Junior Seminar |
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Math II |
Arts and Cultures |
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(16 credits) |
(16 credits) |
(12 credits) |
(4 credits) |
