Global and Local Sustainability Minor

Requirements (18 Credits)

  • IND/SUST 123 Introduction to Sustainable Communities (3) -CC; CT OR online course (minimum of 3 credits) approved by the Program Director

  • Select one (3 credits):

    • BIO302 Ecology (3)
    • ENS201 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
    • ENS304 Environmental Chemistry (3)

  • Select one (3 credits):

    • ECO201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
    • ECO202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
    • ECO206 The Economics of Sustainable Development (3)
    • ECO213 Economics of Inequality (3)
    • ECO343 Global Economic Geography (3)

  • Select one (3 credits):

    • GVT113 Introduction to American Politics (3) 
    • GVT114 State & Local Government (3)
    • GVT121 International Relations (3)
    • GVT125 Introduction to Public Policy (3)
    • GVT210 The Politics of Globalization (3)
    • GVT231 Global Governance (3) 
    • HG/IND250 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3)
    • HIS222 Urban America (3)
    • HIS230 Problems of the Third World (3) 
    • HIS324 Global Environmental History (3)
    • IND120 Introduction to Global Studies (3)

  • Select two (6 credits):

    • BIO/SUST304 Conservation Biology (3) - CC; CR; ME; WI 
    • ENS/SUST310 Global Water Issues (3) - CC; ILIT
    • HCS308 Environmental Health (3)
    • HCS335 Critical Issues in Global Health (3) - CC
    • IND/SUST322 Alternative and Renewable Energy Issues (3) - CC; CT
    • IND/SUST326 Green Buildings (3) - CC; CT
    • IND/SUST338 Food & Agriculture Issues (3) - CC
    • IND/SUST344 Sustainable Business Practices (3) - CC; ME
    • IND/SUST351 Urban Planning & Community Development (3) - CC; CR

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