Sustainability Concentration
Concentration Requirements: 18 Credit Hours
A total of 18 credit hours are required for the concentration
This concentration is ONLY available for students who have as their major the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies or the Online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies.
| Credit Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Requirements | 18 | |
| Students must complete Global Sustainability and Innovation or one of the 1000-level environmental science courses below: | ||
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Chemistry and the Environment | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Environmental Physics | ||
| Global Sustainability and Innovation | ||
| Students must also complete 15 credit hours 3000-level and above from the following list of courses pending completion of necessary pre-requisites: 1 | ||
| Environmental Archaeology | ||
| Anthropology and Human Problems 2 | ||
| Environmental Art | ||
| People and the Environment | ||
| Evolution and Ecology | ||
| Sea Turtle Biology | ||
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Biology of Marine Organisms | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Agroecology | ||
| Barrier Island Ecology | ||
| Marine Pollution | ||
| Wildlife Management | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Aquatic Ecology | ||
| Plant Ecology | ||
| Marine Ecology | ||
| Rhetoric of Social Movements 3 | ||
| Chemistry of Biofuels | ||
| Green Chemistry | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | ||
| Sociocultural Bases of Communication | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Literature and the Environment | ||
| Weather and Climate 2 | ||
| Economic Geography | ||
| Nature and Society | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Environmental Impact and Remediation | ||
| Principles of Oceanography | ||
| Earth Science 2 | ||
| Sea Turtle Natural History 3 | ||
| Environmental History | ||
| Epidemiology | ||
| Environmental and Community Health Issues | ||
| Sustainability for the Built Environment 3 | ||
| Global Issues | ||
| Development and Sustainability | ||
| Sustainable Ocean Policy | ||
| Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics 3 | ||
| Sustainable Foods 3 | ||
| Environmental Ethics 3 | ||
| Environmental Politics 3 | ||
| International Relations 3 | ||
| Politics of the Global South 3 | ||
| Principles of Environmental Health | ||
| Stress Theory and Management in Health Promotion 2 | ||
| Introduction to Public Health 3 | ||
| Adventure Education 3 | ||
| Outdoor Recreation Management 2 | ||
| Environmental Education and Interpretation 2 | ||
| Social Change | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Green Building and Sustainable Construction | ||
| Hazardous Waste Management | ||
| Environmental Law 3 | ||
| Practicum in Environmental Sustainability 4 | ||
Students MUST contact the Director of the Institute for Coastal Plain Science at the beginning of the semester BEFORE the practicum, in order to allow time to develop, arrange, and approve a suitable project. | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 1 | Non-science majors must choose at least two courses taught within the College of Science & Mathematics. |
| 2 | Permission of instructor |
| 3 | Courses with no prerequisites |
| 4 | Practicum in Environmental Sustainability (SUST 4730) is a capstone project in sustainability, conducted with a faculty mentor (generally in the home department) and coordinated by the Director of the Institute for Coastal Plain Science (ICPS). |
Advisement
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