Sustainability Studies, BA Major in

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The BA major in sustainability studies focuses on global environmental issues in suburban and urban areas. Specific themes include, but are not limited to: sustainability management and benchmarking, green entrepreneurialism, suburban and urban environments and ecosystems, international development, and community development and planning. Students may develop unique interdisciplinary curricula by selecting electives based on their own interests, in consultation with their sustainability studies adviser.

Students enrolling in this major should meet with the department chair to plan their program of study prior to registering for courses.

Program Requirements

Completion of 33 s.h. of course work; 12 s.h. must be in courses numbered 100 and above. Courses with grades lower than a C- do not count toward the total number of hours required for the sustainability studies major.
At least 15 s.h. must be completed in-residence.

A. Required Courses - Semester Hours: 21

SBLY 001 - (IS) Our Sustainable World Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 002 - (IS) Sustainability Planning and Policy Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 105 - Seminar on Sustainability Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 110 - Sustainability Studio Semester Hours: 3
GEOL 005 - (NS) Environmental Geology Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 180 - Sustainability Internship Semester Hours: 1-6 (must take for a minimum of 3 semester hours)
One other 3 s.h. SBLY course
Note: SBLY 105 and SBLY 110 make up a capstone course sequence that is taken in the fall and spring of the senior year. SBLY 105 must be taken prior to enrolling in SBLY 110 .

B. Elective Courses - Semester Hours: 12

Select 12 s.h. from the courses listed below.

NOTE: Prior to taking elective courses, see adviser to develop a course plan. Click on course titles listed below to access course descriptions and check prerequisites, as well as scheduling information (in order to ensure eligibility to enroll and proper completion of academic background courses). Note that not all courses are offered every semester.

AFST 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 032 - (BH, CC) Women and Development Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 107 - (BH, CC) Conservation and Indigenous Peoples Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 129 - (BH) Urban Places and Policy Semester Hours: 3
BIOL 142 - Urban Habitats Semester Hours: 2
ECO 010 - (BH) Economics, Environment and Community Semester Hours: 3
ECO 111 - Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
ECO 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3
ECO 165 - Urban and Regional Economics Semester Hours: 3
ENTR 115 - Introduction to Global Entrepreneurship Semester Hours: 3
ENTR 120 - New Business Ventures Semester Hours: 3
FA 161 - (CP) Sculpture Studio—Sustainability in Art Semester Hours: 3
FA 167 - (CP) Sculpture Studio—Sustainability in Art II Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 006 - (BH) Resources and Energy Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 060 - (NS) Introduction to Digital Mapping Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 102 - (BH) Population, Resources and Environment Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 103 - (BH) Cities and Suburbs Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 160 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 161 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the Natural Sciences Semester Hours: 3
GS 105 - (CC, IS) The Globalization of Food Cultures Semester Hours: 3
GS 109 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Rights Semester Hours: 3
GS 120 - (IS) Global Transportation and Logistics Semester Hours: 3
HPR 068 - Environmental Health Semester Hours: 3
MGT 118 - Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution Semester Hours: 3
MGT 160 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations Semester Hours: 3
MGT 171 - International Strategic Management Semester Hours: 3
PHI 091 - Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
PHI 101 - (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
PHI 131 - (HP) Ethics and Animals Semester Hours: 3
PHI 133 - (HP) Ethics and the Natural Environment Semester Hours: 3
PHI 138 - (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
PSY 040 - Statistics Semester Hours: 4
SBLY 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
SBLY 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
SBLY 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 1-3
SBLY 104 A-Z - Special Topics in Sustainability Studies Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 151 to 154 - Readings in Sustainability Studies Semester Hours: 1-3
SOC 018A - Classical Sociological Theory Semester Hours: 3
SOC 141 - (BH) Urban America Semester Hours: 3
SOC 142 - (BH) Global Cities: Politics and Social Change in Comparative Perspective Semester Hours: 3
SOC 149 - (BH) Globalization and Developing Societies Semester Hours: 3
SOC 153 - (BH) Sociology of Human Rights Semester Hours: 3
SOC 180 - Statistics in Sociology Semester Hours: 4
TPP 060 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
TPP 110 - Energy and Society Semester Hours: 3
TPP 112 - Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
TPP 114 - Technology and Urban Problems Semester Hours: 3
TPP 115 - Environmental Planning Semester Hours: 3

Complete BA Requirements

BA Requirements in HCLAS.