Sustainability Studies
Students in this minor will explore innovative solutions to the local and worldwide degradation of nature and associated social injustices, including the technological, social, and ethics-based approaches intended to promote more harmonious and sustainable dynamics between humans and nature. Students address the essential question of sustainability: How can we best live without degrading our life-support systems, and create conditions that nurture the flourishing of other beings and future generations?
(Please note some courses have pre-requisites)
Minor Requirements
24 credits
Foundation:
- ISENST 120 Principles of Sustainability
Choose one introductory environmental course:
- IIENST 150 Global Environmental Change
- IIENST 151 Environment of Central New England
- ISENST 203 Globalization, Culture and Place
- ISENST 205 Environmental Geography
Select two interdisciplinary electives:
- ISECON 372 Ecological Economics
- IIENST 110 Food, Health, and the Environment
- IIENST 302 Apocalypse Science and Society
- INENST 303 Life Sust. in Earth’s History
- INENST 320 Earth's Climate: Past & Future
- INENST 381 Farming with Nature in Mind
- ISENST 382 Environmental Advocacy
- INENST 383 Rethinking Energy
- IIJRN 268 Environmental Issues and the Media
- IIPSYC 172 Intro to Restorative Practice
Disciplinary electives
Select two of the following:
- ARCH 260 Sustainable Design and Building Science
- ARCH 360 Solar Design and Building Science II
- ARCH 370 Architectural Systems
- ENST 308 Sustainability & Justice Planning
- ENST 311 Environmental Health
- ENST 344 Community Solutions to Climate Change
- ENST 353 Restoration Ecology
- ENST 371 Environmental Ethics
- ENST 393 Sustainability for Organizations
- HGS 261 The United States and Genocide
- HGS 370 Indigenous Genocides
- HIST 360 Natives and Newcomers in North America
- MGT 215 Accounting for Sustainable Business
- SPDI 304 Materials: A Life Cycle View
Only two courses that are being used to meet a student’s major requirements can be used toward the minor.