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2012-2013 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Sustainability Minor


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This 18 credit minor helps students develop both broad understanding and practical skills that contribute to their marketability to potential employers, including private businesses that have greened their production methods, public agencies, think tanks, and non-profit organizations. Outcomes include:

  • The addition of a sustainability knowledge base
  • The ability to identify unsustainable practices and to offer the latest science and technological solutions to reduce the impact of these practices.
  • The capacity to affect policy implementation at the local, regional, national, and global levels.
  • A deeper understanding of the local and global challenges to sustainability from economic, environmental and social perspectives.

Note: Additional Electives may be substituted at the discretion of the Program Director.

 

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