New! Global Sustainability Minor
(18 Credits)
The Curriculum
| Core Course | BY 221 Introduction to Global Sustainability | 3 credits |
This course introduces students to the environmental, economic, and social foundations of sustainability and the policy and scientific challenges involved with accommodating population growth, development, and resources use while assuring that future generations will have the natural and economic resources to support an enhanced quality of life. An emphasis will be placed on understanding of sustainability principles from multiple perspectives and cross-disciplinary application of sustainable practices.
Then choose 15 credits from the following theme clusters*
| Cluster 1 | Environment and Health | ||
| BY 220 | Environmental Biology | 3 credits | |
| HE 340 | Environmental Health Issues | 3 credits | |
| HE 375 | Health in Developing Countries: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 credits | |
| BY 442 | Natural Resource Conservation and Management | 3 credits | |
| Cluster 2 | Economy and Development | ||
| AN/GO 267 | Tourism Around the World | 3 credits | |
| AN/GO 268 | Urbanization Around the World | 3 credits | |
| BE 498* | Ecological Economics | 3 credits | |
| BR 405 | Real Estate Development | 3 credits | |
| Cluster 3 | Society and Policy | ||
| SW 205 | Global Human Rights and Social Welfare | 3 credits | |
| PS/SO 274 | Global Inequalities | 3 credits | |
| AN/GO 275 | Global Environmental Problems | 3 credits | |
| PS/PO 330 | Environmental Policy | 3 credits | |
| PR 413 | Population Dynamics and a Sustainable Future | 3 credits | |
Notes:
- *Five additional courses are selected from the three theme clusters with no more than two courses from any one cluster.
- *Four additional courses may be selected from the three theme clusters (with no more than two courses from any one cluster) if a capstone experience (internship, special topics, departmental, or honors thesis) is approved in lieu of one course.
- Students are also required to participate in one colloquium hosted by the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) or Institute for Global Understanding on a sustainability topic during their course of study.
