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About the Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies

Make more than a living. Make a difference. The future is bright for students of sustainability studies. Employers today need people with the knowledge and skills to help them meet the challenge of balancing people, planet and prosperity. Our programs will teach you how to leverage sustainability and innovation to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the fast emerging green economy; And, they have been carefully designed to offer you a seamless classroom to career pathway.

Academic Advising

College policy on advising requires that students meet with their academic advisors at least once each year, and in some departments, prior to each semester’s enrollment. Advising holds are placed on all College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) students prior to advance registration and are released following advising appointments. Students with a declared major are advised in their academic units. To determine who your advisor is and how to contact them, see One.IU.

Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

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

• IU South Bend Campuswide General Education Curriculum (33-39 cr.)
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts Additional Requirements (14-23 cr.) 
• Major Requirements (21 cr.)
• Required Minor taken in any campus school or interdisciplinary program (15-18 cr.)
• Capstone (3 cr.)
• Electives (balance of credits needed to equal 120 cr. requirement)

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level.
• Major and minor requirements must be completed with a grade of C– or higher.

Major Requirements (33 cr.)

Introduction (3 cr.)

• SUST-S 201 Foundations of Sustainability

Sustainability Core Courses (12 cr.)

• SUST-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems
• SUST-S 360 Topics in Sustainability Studies
  VT: Sustainable Urban Agriculture
  VT: The Art of Sustainability
  VT: Sustainability, Health, and Wellness
• SUST-S 361 Sustainability Abroad (1-6 cr.)
• SUST-S 411 Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• SUST-S 460 Strategies for Transformative Leadership and Community Engagement
• SUST-S 495 Directed Readings in Sustainability (1-3 cr.)
• SUST-S 496 Research in Sustainability (1-3 cr.)

Social, Cultural and Economic Foundations of Sustainability  (3 cr.)

• BIOL-L 101 Introduction to Biological Sciences 1 (5 cr.)
  Note | 2 cr. count towards Elective
• BIOL-N 390 The Natural World
  VT: Environmental Biology (Biology majors can substitute BIOL-L 473 Ecology and BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
• CHEM-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Chemistry and Our Environment
• GEOL-G 111 Physical Geology
• GEOL-G 190 The Evolving Earth
  VT: Geology of the National Parks
• GEOL-G 210 Oceonography
• GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology
• GEOL-N 390 The Natural World
  VT: Natural Hazard and Disasters
• PHYS-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Energy in the 21st Century

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Sustainability (3 cr.)

• BUS-B 399 Business and Society
• FINA-A 190 Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
  VT: Exploring the City
• FINA-A 399 Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
  VT: The Modern City
• GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science
• HIST-T 190 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: History of the United States Environmental Movements
• HPER-N 220 Nutrition for Health
• LSTU-L 390 VT: Jobs and the Environment
• PHIL-P 383 Topics in Philosophy
  VT: Philosophical Topics in Evolution
• PHIL-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Environmental Philosophy
• POLS-Y 115 Environment and the People
• SOC-S 410 Advanced Topics in Social Organization
  VT: International Inequalities and Global Issues
• WGS-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Women and Sustainability

Capstone (3 cr.)

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

Electives (9 cr.)

• Electives may be chosen from any of the above listed categories