Academic Catalog

Environmental Sustainability Minor (ESUS)

The Environmental Sustainability minor complements any major. It consists of a selection of courses that provide students with an understanding of important concepts in environmental studies such as ecology, climate change, terrestrial and aquatic habitats, and conservation of energy and natural resources. Students also gain experience in the field and laboratory settings. Students can choose from a variety of elective courses mainly in environmental economics, policy, law, anthropology, and justice to complete this minor.

Students who graduate with a minor in Environmental Sustainability will be able to:

  • Use classical skills such as critical thinking, research, speaking and writing as they apply to seeking just, equitable, and sustainable solutions to the global challenges facing humanity;
  • Understand fundamental principles of environmental sustainability.
ENVI 150HHonors: Introduction to Environmental Systems4
ENVI 153Environmental Sustainability4
Select at least twelve credits of the following; at least six must have an ENVI prefix:12
Ecological Disaster and Cultural Imagination
Plants and Society
Honors: Plants and Society
The Good Earth: The Theme of Agrarianism
The American Renaissance
Introduction to Outdoor Leadership
Green Living Seminar
Ecology and Management of the Adirondack Park
Politics and Environmental Policy
Sustainable Food Systems
Environmental Economics
Environmental Economics
Geographic Information Systems
Environmental Law
Honors: Environmental Law
Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Environmental Justice
Everglades and South Florida
Environmental Health
Honors: Environmental Health
Ethics, Animals and the Environment
Total Hours20