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Apr 19, 2024
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2013-2014 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.
Program Requirements (Minor)
The Sustainability Studies minor consists of 18 credits, distributed as follows:
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Required Foundation Course (3 credits)
At least ONE of the following (if more than one is taken, the additional course(s) count as electives): Required Capstone Course (3 credits)
Elective Courses (12 credits)
Sustainability Studies minors must complete 12 elective credits, at least six of which must be numbered 300 or higher. Electives courses include all courses with the “SUS” prefix and approved courses offered in other departments. - SUS 202 - Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
- SUS 235 - Environmental Policy 3 credits
- SUS 250 - Special Topics Sustainability 3 credits
- SUS 296 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
- SUS 347 - Environmental Law 3 credits
- SUS 348 - Ocean Policy and Law 3 credits
- SUS 350 - Special Topics Sustainability 3 credits
- SUS 396 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
- SUS 450 - Advanced Seminar in Sustainability Studies 3 credits
- SUS 451 - Politics of Developing Countries 3 credits
- SUS 460 - Environmental Impacts of Globalization 3 credits
- SUS 495 - Independent Study 1 to 6 credits
- SUS 496 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
The following courses have been approved as electives counting towards the SUS minor. New approved electives are added every semester, so interested students should check with the Director for the most up-to-date list.
- ANT 350 - Readings in Sociological and Anthropological Literature 3 credits
- SOC 350 - Readings in Sociological and Anthropological Literature 3 credits
for ANT/SOC350 only the topic “Sustainability in Action” - ANT 367 - Culture, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World 3 credits
- SOC 367 - Culture, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World 3 credits
for ANT/SOC367 only the topic “Culture, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World” - ANT 420 - Senior Seminar 3 credits
- SOC 420 - Senior Seminar 3 credits
for ANT/SOC 420 only the topic “Dealing with Disaster” - ARH 349 - Development of Modern Architecture 3 credits
- BIO 103 - Topics in Biology 3 credits
- BIO 112 - The Ocean Environment 3 credits
- BIO 143 - Ecology and Environmental Issues 3 credits
- CEN 304 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3 credits
- CHM 130 - Chemistry and the Environment 3 credits
- DES 300 - Concepts in Design 3 credits
- ENL 200 - Studies in Literature 3 credits only topic “Reading and Writing about the Ocean”
- MAR 110 - Natural Hazards and the Ocean 3 credits
- MGT 312 - Legal Framework of Business 3 credits
- PHY 162 - Science, Technology, and Society II: The Environment 3 credits
- PHY 171 - Planet Earth and its Resources I 3 credits
- PHY 172 - Planet Earth and its Resources II 3 credits
- PHY 183 - Global Climate Change 3 credits
- PHY 419 - Advanced Traffic Engineering 3 credits
- PSC 235 - Environmental Policy 3 credits
- PSC 251 - World Political Issues and Ideas 3 credits only topic “The Politics of Everyday Things”
- PSC 347 - Environmental Law 3 credits
- PSC 348 - Ocean Policy and Law three credits
- PSC 384 - International Law and Organization 3 credits
- PSC 400 - Seminar: Topics in American Politics & Policy 3 credits only topic “State and Local Public Policy”
- PSC 477 - Topics in International Relations 3 credits only topics “Global Environmental Politics” or “Climate Action”
- SOC 381 - Social Impact of Science and Technology 3 credits
- WGS 210 - Topics in Women’s Studies 3 credits only topics “Women’s Health and Environment” or “Gender, Migration, and Globalization”
Additional Electives
The following courses have been approved as electives counting towards the SUS minor. New approved electives are added every semester, so interested students should check with the Director for the most up-to-date list. |
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