Sustainability: Sciences, B.A.

Minimum credits required: 58

Required Courses

• BIO /ECN /HUM /POL /SUS 150I - Humans & The Earth: Can We Coexist?, 3 credit hours  
• BIO 121 - Principles Of Biology I, 4 credit hours
• BIO 122 - Principles Of Biology II, 4 credit hours
• GEO 227 - Environmental Geology, 3 credit hours
• CHM 111 - General Chemistry I, 4 credit hours
• CHM 112 - General Chemistry II, 4 credit hours
• CHM 115 - General Chemistry Lab, 1 credit hour
• SUS 363 - Integrated Sustainability Topics, 3 credit hours

Take 4 of the following courses:

• BUS 350 - Green Business, 3 credit hours
• HIS 205I - History and the Environment: Global Perspectives, 3 credit hours
• HPE 210W - Sustainable Food & Nutrition Choices, 2 credit hours
• PHL 273I - Environmental Ethics, 3 credit hours
• POL 205 - Environmental Politics, 3 credit hours
• SOC 288 - Environmental Sociology, 3 credit hours

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• ECN 100 - Survey of Economics, 3 credit hours

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• ECN 201 - Principles of Economics I (Micro), 3 credit hours

Statistics: (Select one of the following)

• ECN 279 - Basic Statistical Methods, 3 credit hours
• PSY 278 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours
• MTH 105 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 3 credit hours
• MTH 108 - Biostatistics, 3 credit hours

Elective Courses

At least 12 credit hours should be completed from one of the four upper level track of courses (sciences, humanities & social sciences, business administration, or quantitative). Courses may not be mixed among the four tracks.

Sciences:

(2 of the 3 courses must be at the 300 level)

• BIO 211 - Genetics, 4 credit hours
• BIO 212 - Microbiology, 4 credit hours
• BIO 308 - Evolution of Animal Behavior, 4 credit hours
• BIO 309 - Vertebrate Natural History, 4 credit hours
• BIO 310 - Evolution, 4 credit hours
• BIO 311 - Conservation Biology, 4 credit hours
• BIO 313 - Ecology, 4 credit hours
• BIO 314 - Molecular Ecology, 4 credit hours
• BIO 334 - Invertebrate Natural History, 4 credit hours
• BIO 336 - Molecular Biology, 4 credit hours
• BIO 337 - Plant Physiology, 4 credit hours
• CHM 251 - Organic Chemistry I, 4 credit hours
• CHM 255 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory, .5 credit hour
• CHM 281 - Environmental Chemistry, 3 credit hours
• CHM 285 - Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, 1 credit hour
• GEO 315 - Hydrology, 4 credit hours
• GEO 316 - Soils and Geomorphology, 4 credit hours

Experiential Learning Component

Options for the 3 credit experiential learning component include:

1. an internship with a local organization that explicitly relates to sustainability
2. an approved study abroad experience that includes a sustainability component
3. a science based field work project

Capstone

• SUS 400 - Sustainability Capstone, 3 credit hours