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Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies

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Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

Students receiving the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• The IU South Bend campuswide general-education curriculum (33-39 cr.)
• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts additional requirements (14-23 cr.) 
• Major concentration and elective requirements.
• The required minor (15-18 cr.) taken in any campus school or interdisciplinary program.
• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level.

In addition, major and minor requirements must be completed with a grade of C– or higher.

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

Major Requirements (33 cr.)

Introduction (3 cr.)

• SUST-S 201 Foundations of Sustainability

Core Courses

Scientific Foundations of Sustainability :: Select two (6 cr.)

• BIOL-L 101 Introduction to Biological Sciences 1

• BIOL-N 390 The Natural World
  VT: Environmental Biology
  Note :: Biology majors can substitute BIOL-L 473 Ecology; or
  BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology

• CHEM-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Chemistry and Our Environment
• GEOL-G 210 Oceonography
• GEOL-G 219 Meteorology
• HPER-N 220 Nutrition for Health

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Sustainability :: Select two (6 cr.)

• POLS-Y 115 Environment and People
• POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
• SOC-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Sustainable Communities
• SUST-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems
• SUST-S 361 Sustainability Abroad
  VT: Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems
• WOST-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Women and Sustainability

Sustainability and the Arts and Humanities (6 cr.)

• HIST-T 190 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: History of United States Environmental Units
• PHIL-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Environmental Philosophy

Business and Economics of Sustainability :: Select one (3 cr.)

• BUS-B 399 Business and Society
• SUST-S 411 Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Electives :: Select any two courses listed above or below (6 cr.)

• BIOL-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Food and Oil: Do They Mix
• GEOL-G 190 The Evolving Earth
  VT: Geology and the National Parks

• INTL-I 490 International Studies Capstone Seminar; or
• SOC-S 410 Advanced Topics in Social Organization
  VT: International Inequalities and Global Issues

• PHIL-P 383 Topics in Philosophy
  VT: Philosophy and Evolution
• PSY-B 190 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Social Justice
• SOC-S 306 Urban Society
• SUST-S 360 Topics in Sustainability Studies
• SUST-S 361 Sustainability Abroad
• SUST-S 460 Strategies for Transformative Leadership and Community Engagement
• SUST-S 495 Directed Readings in Sustainability
• SUST-S 496 Research in Sustainability

Capstone :: Select one (3 cr.)

• SUST-S 490 Sustainability Practicum
• SUST-S 491 Internship in Sustainability