Pictured | Josh King | Bachelor of General Studies, Science and Mathematics / Minors in Earth and Space Science, Business Administration, and Sustainability Studies | Middlebury, Indiana (hometown)

Minor in Sustainability Studies

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Requirements (15 cr.)

Fifteen credit hours, at least 9 of which must be taken at the 200-level or above. In some cases, special topics courses, internships, independent studies, or other courses not listed below may qualify to count toward the minor based on the approval of the director of the minor in sustainability studies. Students interested in completing the minor should consult the director prior to completing three courses in the program.

• Choose one course from each of the areas below. Only one course may be taken per discipline. No more than 6 credit hours at the 100–level.
• An asterisk [*] indicates a General Education requirement
• All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.

Introduction (3 cr.)

• SUST-S 201 Foundations of Sustainability

Sustainability Core Course (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• SOC-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Sustainable Communities
  VT: Consumer Society and Environment
• SUST-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems
  VT: Icelandic Land Ethics
• SUST-S 310 Systems Thinking for Sustainability 
• SUST-S 341 Life in the Anthropocene: Past, Present, and Future(s)
• SUST-S 360 Topics in Sustainability Studies
  VT: Sustainable Urban Agriculture
  VT: Good Work
  VT: Health, Wellness, and Sustainable Living
  VT: Urban Landscapes and Biodiversity
  VT: Tools for Measuring Sustainability
  VT: Environmental Justice
  VT: Art and Sustainability
• SUST-S 361 Sustainability Abroad (3-6 cr.)
• SUST-S 411 Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• SUST-S 460 Strategies for Transformative Leadership and Community Engagement
• SUST-S 491 Internship in Sustainability
• SUST-S 495 Directed Readings in Sustainability (1-3 cr.)
• SUST-S 496 Research in Sustainability (1-3 cr.)

Scientific Foundations of Sustainability (3 cr.)

Select one from the following:

• BIOL-L 101 Introduction to Biological Sciences 1 (5 cr.)
• BIOL-N 390 The Natural World*
  VT: Environmental Science
  Biology majors may substitute BIOL-L 473 Ecology and BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology
• CHEM-N 190 The Natural World*
  VT: Chemistry and Our Environment
• GEOL-G 111 Physical Geology
• GEOL-G 210 Oceanography
• GEOL-G 219 Meteorology
• GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology
• GEOL-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Geology of the National Parks
  VT: Weather Forecasting and Analysis
• PHYS-N 190 The Natural World*
  VT: Energy in the Twenty-First Century
• PLSC-B 101 Plant Biology (5 cr.)

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

Select one from the following:

• AHST-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions*
  VT: History of Landscape
• BUS-B 399 Business and Society*
• GEOG-B 190 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Introducing Globalization
• GEOG-G 213 Introduction to Economic Geography
• GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
• HIST-T 190 Literary and Intellectual Traditions*
  VT: Humans and the Environment
• HPER-N 220 Nutrition for Health*
• HSC-H 331 Evironmental Health
• HSC-H 412 Global Health
• LSTU-L 390 Topics in Labor Studies
  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 People
• PSY-B 190 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Social Justice
• SOC-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Sustainable Communities
  VT: Costa Rica (crosslisted with SOC-S 362)
  VT: Belize
  VT: Consumer Society and Environment
• SOC-S 306 Urban Society
• SOC-S 410 Advanced Topics in Social Organization
  VT: Consumer Culture and Climate Change
  VT: Environmental Sociology
• SOC-S 460 Topics in Non-Western Cultures
  VT: International Inequalities
• SUST-B 190 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: The Sustainable Future*
• WGS-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions*
  VT: Women and Sustainability

Capstone (3 cr.)

• SUST-S 490 Sustainability Practicum