Sustainability Major, BA – Public Policy Concentration

This Major with Concentration has:

6 prerequisite credits at 100 level
38 credits at 200 level and above
28 credits at 300 level and above

Prerequisites

100 level 9 credit hours total

Students who enter the program with more than 60 hours may petition to waive some of the prerequisites.

BCPP 101 - Introduction to Public Policy 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 121 - Sustainable Human Geographies 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 204 - Understanding Climate Change 3 Credit Hours *

Major Requirements

Complete

200 level courses 14 credit hours total

ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
GEOG 202 - Effective Science Communication for Geography and Sustainability Professionals 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 206 - Sustainability Principles and Practices 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 216S - Sustainability Service-Learning 1 Credit Hours
STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Choose 1 Methods Course

3-4 credit hours

BAS 320 - Regression Modeling 3 Credit Hours
ECON 381 - Introduction to Econometrics 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 311 - Geovisualization and Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography 4 Credit Hours *

Complete

13 credit hours at 400 level total

BCPP 480 - Policy Process and Program Evaluation 3 Credit Hours
BCPP 481 - Advanced Policy Process and Program Evaluation 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 420 - GIS in the Community 3 Credit Hours * or
GEOG 496 - Field Experience for Sustainability 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 499 - Practicing Geography and Sustainability 4 Credit Hours

Select 9 credit hours

Must include at least one course from Sustainability & Natural Environment and one course from Sustainability & Society. Courses with a ** may require prerequisites outside the Sustainability Major.

Sustainability & Natural Environment

AREC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
EEB 422 - Landscape Ecology 3 Credit Hours
EEB 484 - Conservation Biology 3 Credit Hours **
FWF 250 - Conservation 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 435 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 436 - Water Resources 3 Credit Hours **
GEOL 454 - Environmental Restoration 3 Credit Hours **
GEOL 456 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours *

Sustainability & Society

ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy 3 Credit Hours
ECON 463 - Environmental Economics 3 Credit Hours **
FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources 3 Credit Hours * **
GEOG 346 - Energy, Governance, and Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 443 - Sustainable Cities and Landscapes 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 446 - City and Community Sustainability Planning 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 346 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours *
PSYC 444 - Sustainability Psychology 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 361 - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development 3 Credit Hours **
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement.

** May require prerequisites outside the Sustainability Major.

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

Sustainability Major, BA – Public Policy Concentration

Prerequisites

Major Requirements

Complete

Choose 1 Methods Course

Complete

Select 9 credit hours

Sustainability & Natural Environment

Sustainability & Society