Sustainability and Environmental Studies Minor

Degree Requirements

The minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies requires five (5) course credits and a noncredit Experiential Learning Project, as follows:

Required Core Courses

SENS 100 and two (2) courses in SENS at the 200-level or above.

Required Distribution Courses

Two (2) additional course credits with one from each of the following two groups. With approval from the SENS Department Chair, other courses, including regular term or Summer term courses germane to SENS  learning objectives, may be used to meet a Group I or Group II requirement. 

Group I

Natural Science:
ANR 130Plant Science

1 Course Credit

ANR 240Soil Science

1 Course Credit

ANR 360Forest & Wildlife Management

1 Course Credit

BIO 110Modern Biology

1 Course Credit

BIO 114Botany

1 Course Credit

BIO 342Field Botany

1 Course Credit

BIO 344Dendrology & Forest Ecology

1 Course Credit

CHM 131Accelerated General Chemistry

1 Course Credit

CHM 134Accelerated Environmental Chem

1 Course Credit

SENS 310Ecology (BIO)

1 Course Credit

Group II

Social Justice or Economic Viability
APS 215/SENS 215Sustainable Appal Comm (SENS)

1 Course Credit

APS 225/AFR 225/PSJ 225/SENS 225/WGS 225Envr Justice(AFR/PSJ/SENS/WGS)

1 Course Credit

APS 229Contemporary Issues-Appalachia

1 Course Credit

CFS 145Consumer Decision Making

1 Course Credit

ECO 102Principles of Microeconomics

1 Course Credit

ECO 341Economic Dev:Theory & Appl

1 Course Credit

ECO 370Envr Issue Public Pol (SENS)

1 Course Credit

MAT 108/MAT 101Environ Issue:Math Model Appr

1 Course Credit

PHI 104Morality, Law & Philosophy

1 Course Credit

PHI 230Reflecting on Nature

1 Course Credit

PSC 250International Relations

1 Course Credit

SENS 320Intro-Geographic Info System

1 Course Credit

SENS 340Intro to Ecological Design

1 Course Credit

SENS 345/TAD 345Ecological Architecture (TAD)

1 Course Credit

SOC 110Prob of American Institutions

1 Course Credit

 

Required Experiential Learning Project (noncredit course) Must have completed SENS 100 and be pre-approved by the SENS Department Chair; project normally occurs beyond the classroom setting, may be on or off campus, and will involve students in activities central to SENS learning objectives. Projects may take the form of Internships, student-faculty undergraduate research projects, service-learning projects, or student Labor Positions.