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Sustainability Concentration

Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
ENV 151INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY4
PPS 330SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT4
Select seven courses from the following categories:28
Select at least two Natural Science courses from the following. At least one must have a lab:
ENV 200
CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1
ENV 204
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ENV 230
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
ENV 310
ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE (WITH LAB)
ENV 320
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (WITH LAB)
ENV 340
URBAN ECOLOGY (WITH LAB )
ENV 341
URBAN FORESTS AS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (WITH LAB )
ENV 350
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND STUDIES CAPSTONE
ENV 355
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Select at least two of the following Social Sciences courses:
ENV 245
URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE
ENV 344
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY
CSS 320
COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS
CMNS 325
PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY 1
CMNS 326
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND RHETORIC
GEO 205
RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 1
PPS 333
GREEN CITIES 1
Select at least two of the following Humanities courses:
ENV 160
IDEAS OF NATURE
ENV 165
NATIONAL PARKS HISTORY
ENV 170
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
ENV 180
ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ENV 181
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
REL 222
 (Only "Change in an Era of Sustainability" or "Sustainable Development" or "Sweatshops and Sacraments")
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Students with an interest in Urban Sustainability are encouraged to select these courses.

Each quarter one or more versions of ENV 390 are offered.  Some might be applicable to your major requirements.  Please contact your advisor for details.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours. ​

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