Minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies
The environment is receiving significant attention in recent years in light of issues such as climate change, declining energy resources, and other sustainability related issues. A minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies is meant to serve a broad student population and will provide students with an extensive understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. The minor will yield graduates who are truly "men and women for others" by preparing students for careers that will identify and study the causes and effects of current and future environmental challenges, educate others about the environment, and help write and analyze related policy.
Students completing this minor will:
- Develop an understanding of the natural environment as an integrated system of complex biological and physical interactions and how human activities affect that system.
- Develop an understanding of the connections and interdependency of ecology, economics, society, governmental regulation, and politics in the modern world and the implications of this for environmental problem solving.
- Develop skills in addressing moral and social dilemmas implicit to solving environmental problems.
Requirements for the Minor
Students must take six courses for the Minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Courses taken to fulfill requirements of the minor may also fulfill the GEP or overlay (Ethics, Globalization /Diversity) requirements.
All students will take (in this sequence):
Environmental Science and |
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Environmental Theory and Ethics Seminar |
These two courses are currently offered every other year.
Students are required to take 4 additional courses from the following three groups (Groups A-C). Courses do not need to be taken in any particular order, but some courses may require prerequisites. No more than 2 courses can be taken from each group. One of the four courses must have an experiential component (lab-based natural science course, or director-approved internship or independent research). In the event that a student cannot fulfill the minor requirements from the selection of courses in Groups A-C, the student will be able to fulfill the minor by taking up to 2 auxiliary courses.
Note for Natural Science majors: Students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, or Physics may minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. These students should fulfill the Group A requirement with a natural science course not normally required for their major. This excludes courses that normally satisfy the natural science GEP. Students should consult the Auxiliary Course List.
Group A Natural Sciences
Heredity and Evolution |
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Chemistry for the Consumer |
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Introduction to Planet Earth |
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ENV 150 |
Global Change Biology |
PHY 112 |
Energy: Problems and Promise |
Group B Economics and Business
ECN 370 |
Economic Development |
ECN 406 |
African Economics |
People, Planet, Profit |
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Marketing Strategy (selected sections) |
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Environmental Sustainability and Green Marketing Study Tour |
Group C Societal Issues
Nature in America |
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Nature Writing in America |
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American Environmental History |
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IHS 325 |
Theories: Disease Prevention and Management |
Epidemiology |
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Food and Justice |
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Environmental Politics in America |
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THE 368/IHS 368 |
Just Health Care in Developing Nations |
Auxiliary Courses
Auxiliary courses are those that have been identified by faculty and the director as those that contain sufficient content on issues of the environment and/or sustainability. If auxiliary courses are used, no more than one course may be taken from each department.
Auxiliary Course List
Sustainability-Related Courses in the Haub School of Business
Markets and Institutions |
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Overview of the Global Food Industry |
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Understanding Food Customers and Consumers |
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Food Marketing Strategy |
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Globalization and Food Policy |
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Food and the Poor |
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MGT 220 |
Business, Society, and Ethics |
Ethics in Marketing |
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PMK 180 |
Patient Access to Healthcare |
Sustainability-Related Courses in the College of Arts & Sciences
Plants and Civilization |
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Unseen Life on Earth |
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Animal Behavior |
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Ecology |
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Plant Physiological Ecology |
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Plant Systematics |
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Microbiology |
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Food Chemistry |
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Environmental Chemistry |
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ECN 321 |
International Trade |
International Macroeconomics |
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Economics of Labor |
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Government Finance |
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Monetary Economics |
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ECN 380 |
Managerial Economics |
ECN 390 |
Economics of Healthcare |
Modern Economic Systems |
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Economics of Multinational Enterprises |
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Consumer Economics |
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ECN 470 |
Ethical Values and the Marketplace |
ECN 480 |
Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution |
Economics of Migration and Immigration |
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Schools in Society |
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Education and the Jesuit Mission in Latin America |
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Environmental Geology |
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HON 480 |
Economics of Poverty |
Economic and Social Philosophy |
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Law and Social Change |
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POL 329 |
Global Environmental Politics |
POL 357 |
Ethics and Globalization |
Contemporary Peacemaking and Peace Building |
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Social Problems |
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Economic Ethics |