Minor in Sustainability & Environmental Stewardship (Non-Teaching)

The Sustainability & Environmental Stewardship Minor is designed to encourage undergraduate students from any discipline to explore the three pillars of sustainability (economic, environmental and social) beyond course work in their major.  

The interdisciplinary minor prepares students to understand and address sustainability challenges and enhances the value of an undergraduate degree by identifying students who have taken initiative to learn and experience the integration of economic, social and environmental sustainability within their disciplines. The Sustainability Minor is supported by the Institute on Ecosystems (loE), Campus Sustainability Advisory Council (CSAC) and the Office of Sustainability.

The Minor requires a minimum of 21 credits, with at least 9 credits unique to the minor. Course substitutions are allowed by approval of Liberal Studies and the student's major advisor. Students are expected to create a diverse program, with the guidance of their faculty advisor, using courses from all three areas. No more than 12 credits may be used to simultaneously fulfill the Sustainability Minor requirements, University Core and the student's major. The student's minor advisor must certify that the 12-credit restriction is not exceeded.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Students will develop systemic or holistic thinking
• Students will be able to integrate perspectives from different fields
• Students will develop skills such as problem solving, creative thinking, teamwork
• Students will be able to think critically about sustainability on local, regional and global scales

*At least 9 credits overall MUST be upper division, 300 & 400 level