Environmental Sustainability Minor

Minor Requirements:

Students are encouraged to speak with an academic advisor regarding the course requirements for this minor, as some courses will also fulfill other degree requirements. Before beginning these courses, the student must meet the required course prerequisites. A minimum grade of C- must be achieved in each course qualifying for the minor. No more than six transfer credits can be applied toward the minor.

Core Courses:

CIEG 445 - Industrial Ecology Credit(s): 3
CIEG 465 - Global Sustainable Engineering Credit(s): 3

Pollution Control Technology:

One of the following:

CIEG 433 - Hazardous Waste Management Credit(s): 3
CIEG 436 - Processing, Recycling, Management of Solid Wastes Credit(s): 3
CIEG 438 - Water and Wastewater Engineering Credit(s): 3

Sustainability:

Two of the following:

APEC 343 - Environmental Economics Credit(s): 3
BUAD 429 - Selected Topics in Management Credit(s): 3 (only when course is titled Sustainability and Green Business)
ECON 311 - Economics of Developing Countries Credit(s): 3
ENEP 410 - Political Economy of the Environment Credit(s): 3
ENTR 489 - Eco-Entrepreneurship Practicum Credit(s): 3
GEOG 320 - Water and Society Credit(s): 3
GEOG 422 - Resources, Development and the Environment Credit(s): 3
MAST 676 - Environmental Economics
PHIL 448 - Environmental Ethics Credit(s): 3
POSC 491 - Politics of Developing Nations Credit(s): 3
POSC 350 - Politics and the Environment Credit(s): 3
SOCI 471 - Disasters, Vulnerability & Development Credit(s): 3
UAPP 406 - Plan Sustainable Communities & Regions Credit(s): 3
UAPP 411 - Regional Watershed Management Credit(s): 3

Notes:

Recommended prerequisites: To be accepted into the minor, the student is recommended to have completed an introductory course in mass and energy balances such as CHEG 112 , CIEG 233 , or CIEG 331 .