Environmental Sustainability Minor
Business and Public Administration (bpa)
Department of Economics
Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Sustainability (12 units)
Must select one course from four out of the five categories outlined below.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. A&H Environmental Justice/Ethics/Ecological Footprints and Human Lifestyle | ||
| PHIL 3358 | Philosophy, Technology and Our Future | 3 |
| PHIL 3368 | Environmental Philosophy | 3 |
| RS 3538 | Religion and Human Rights | 3 |
| RS 4528 | Religion, Ethics, and Social Justice | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 2. NSME Scientific Aspects related to Sustainability | ||
| BIOL 1009 | Perspectives in Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 3210 | Human Ecology | 3 |
| GEOL 1209 | Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Natural Disasters | 3 |
| GEOL 2020 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 4 |
| GEOL 2030 | Introduction to Oceanography | 4 |
| GEOL 2050 | Introduction to Soil Science | 4 |
| GEOL 2310 | Introduction to Earth Science | 2 |
| GEOL 3011 | Natural History of National Parks | 4 |
| GEOL 3329 | ||
| GEOL 3339 | Dinosaurs: Paleoecology, Evolution and Extinction | 3 |
| GEOL 4050 | GIS for Natural Sciences | 4 |
| GEOL 4150 | Applied GIS | 4 |
| SCI 3009 | 3 | |
| SCI 3129 | Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability | 3 |
| SCI 3319 | ||
| CHEM 3500 | Concepts of Food Analysis | 4 |
| ENGR 1628 | Introduction to Engineering II | 2 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 3. SS&E, A&H Historical and Social Science Components related to Sustainability | ||
| ANTH 2508 | ||
| ANTH 3318 | Peoples of Mexico | 3 |
| ANTH 3340 | People and the Environment | 3 |
| ANTH 3320 | Native Peoples of California | 3 |
| ANTH 4100 | Cultural Resource Management | 3 |
| PLSI 3648 | Food Politics and Policy | 3 |
| PLSI 3470 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| PPA 4690 | Urban Planning & Public Policy | 3 |
| PSYC 2648 | 3 | |
| PSYC 3648 | 3 | |
| SOC 4008 | Society and the Natural Environment | 3 |
| HIST 3258 | The American Environment | 3 |
| HIST 4528 | Plagues and Public Health: Epidemiology and Society since 1800 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 4. SS&E, A&H Importance of Education, Communication, Literature to promote Sustainability | ||
| ENGL 3268 | Writing Nature: Literature and the Environment | 3 |
| COMM 3089 | Communication and the Environment | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 5. BPA Environmental Politics and Economic Development in the Anthropocene | ||
| AGBS 3520 | Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources | 3 |
| ECON 3418 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 |
| ECON 3508 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ECON 3418 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 |
| ERM 4110 | Environmental Law I | 3 |