Sustainability
Director: Leslie Gray
The sustainability minor helps students discover the connections and balance among a healthy environment, just societies, and a vibrant economy that meet all people's fundamental needs currently and in the future, especially those of the global poor. Courses explore the environmental, societal, and economic aspects of sustainability, and how to take action to improve sustainability.
Requirements for the Minor
Students must complete a total of seven courses. Two courses must be taken from each of the following three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, societal, and economic. In addition, students must complete one action learning course consisting of an approved project, community-based or immersion course. The following courses are approved for each area.
Environmental Dimensions
BIOL 5. Endangered Ecosystems L&L
BIOL 6. Oceans L&L
BIOL 134. California Plant Diversity L&L
BIOL 156. General Ecology L&L
BIOL 180. Marine Ecology L&L
CENG 20. Geology
CENG 124. Water Law and Policy (also listed as ENVS 124)
CENG 140. Water Resources Engineering
CENG 143. Environmental Engineering
CENG 144. Environmental Systems Design
CENG 161. Sustainable Water Resource
CHEM 1. Chemistry and the Environment
CHEM 12. General Chemistry 2 L&L
CHEM 101. Bioinorganic Chemistry
ENGR 1. Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 15. Environmental Quality Engineering
ENGR 60. Sustainable Electric Energy
ENVS 22. Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENVS 23. Introduction to Earth Systems L&L
ENVS 80. Energy and the Environment
ENVS 145. Environmental Technology
ENVS 156. General Ecology L&L
ENVS 160. Water Resources L&L
ENVS 166. Climate Change: Past to Future
ENVS 167. Innovation for Climate Justice
MECH 121. Thermodynamics
PHYS 120. Thermal Physics
Societal Dimensions
ANTH 50. World Geography (also listed as ENVS 50 or POLI 50)
ANTH 140. Food, Culture, and the Environment
ANTH 154. Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 159. Globalization and Culture Change
COMM 105A. Multicultural Folktales and Storytelling
COMM 120A. Environmental Communication
COMM 128B. Dialogue and Deliberation
ECON 129. Economic Development
ECON 160. The Economics of Poverty and Inequality
ENGR 110. Community-Based Engineering Design
ENGR 177. Cultures of Innovation
ENGR 272. Energy Public Policy
ENGR 273. Sustainable Energy and Ethics
ENVS 22. Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENVS 146. Agriculture, Environment, and Development: Latin America
ENVS 155. Environmental and Food Justice
ETHN 156. Environmental Racism, Gender, and Justice
PHIL 29. Ethics and the Environment
PHYS 192. Physics and Society
POLI 123. Global Environmental Politics
RSOC 64. Comparative Religion and Environmentalism
SOCI 33. Social Problems in the United States
SOCI 132. Social Stratification
SOCI 134. Globalization and Inequality
SOCI 138. Populations of India, China, and the United States
Economical Dimensions
ACTG 140. Government and Nonprofit Accounting
BUSN 70. Contemporary Business Issues
BUSN 150. Feeding the World
BUSN 130. Sustainable Development 1
BUSN 131. Sustainable Development 2
BUSN 170. Contemporary Business for Nonmajors
CENG 128. Engineering Economics and Business
ECON 1. Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 101. Resources, Food, and the Environment (also listed as MGMT 173)
ECON 111. Economics of the Environment
ENGR 171A. Product Opportunity Assessment and ENGR 173. Introduction to Business Fundamentals (1 unit each)
ENGR 271. Energy and Economics
MGMT 6. Business Ethics
MGMT 80. Global and Cultural Environment of Business
MKTG 189. Sustainability Marketing
OMIS 108E. Sustainable Operations Management
PHIL 26. Ethics in Business
Action Learning
BUSN 132. Contemplative Leadership and Sustainability Program (CLASP)
BUSN 133. CLASP Alaska Immersion: Climate Change and Renewable Energy
BUSN 151. Food, Hunger, Poverty, Environment Immersion
ENGR 25. Sustainability Energy Projects
ENGR 125. Advanced Sustainable Energy Projects
ENGR 136. Frugal Innovation Projects for Social Benefit
ENVS 95 or 195. Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project (SLURP)
ENVS 140. Sustainability Outreach
ENVS 196. Special Topics in Environmental Studies (Forge Garden Urban Agriculture Practicum)
Other classes that may be approved for the Action Learning requirement include a relevant credit-bearing course for which a grade is earned (e.g., internship, study abroad, Washington Semester, research project, senior design project, etc.) or participation in the Global Social Benefit Incubator, Leavey School of Business Global Fellows Program, or sustainability-related study abroad programs.