Jan 15, 2025

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sustainability Concentration, BA (Interdisciplinary Programs Major)

Michael McKinney, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chair

The sustainability concentration provides scientific, socioeconomic, and philosophical background for understanding and mitigating human impact on the natural environment.

College Requirements

Arts & Sciences

Prerequisites (13-14 hours)

Concentration Requirements

The concentration consists of 33 hours.

I. Sustainability Core

Select one course:

FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
GEOG 345 - People and Environment
SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources

Select one course:

BSET 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Cartography
GEOG 411 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science

II. Economics and Sustainability

Select one course:

AREC 445 - Economics of Biomass for Renewable Energy
AREC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management
ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy

III. Resource Management

A. Management Policies

Select two courses:

AREC 315 - Agricultural and Environmental Law
FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy
FWF 420 - International Natural Resource Issues

B. Management Science

Select three courses:

BSET 345 - Green Construction and Construction Safety
EEB 484 - Conservation Biology
ESS 424 - Environmental Stormwater Management
FORS 335 - Principles of Urban Forestry
GEOG 436 - Water Resources
GEOL 454 - Environmental Restoration

IV. Ethics and Sustainability

Select one course:

PHIL 346 - Environmental Ethics *
SOCI 342 - Globalization and Justice

V. Climate Change

Select one course:

ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology
GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response
GEOG 430 - Global Environments of the Quaternary
GEOL 456 - Global Climate Change

VI. Capstone Experience

Complete 3 hours:

GEOL 493 - Independent Study

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

Sustainability Concentration, BA (Interdisciplinary Programs Major)

College Requirements

Prerequisites (13-14 hours)

Complete:

Select one course:

Select one course:

Concentration Requirements

I. Sustainability Core

Select one course:

Select one course:

II. Economics and Sustainability

Select one course:

III. Resource Management

A. Management Policies

Select two courses:

B. Management Science

Select three courses:

IV. Ethics and Sustainability

Select one course:

V. Climate Change

Select one course:

VI. Capstone Experience

Complete 3 hours: