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Sustainability


 

Academic Certificate

Major Code: 6240
Award: AC
CIPS Code: 03.0104
Total Credits: 15-17

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Sustainability is interdisciplinary and builds a strong academic expertise along one of five significant pillars of sustainability, where students will examine and assess how to minimize unintended consequences and enhance a mutually productive relationship between man and nature. The five pillars are organized into specialized tracks, including land use and human transformations of the earth, competition for water and other natural resources from the earth systems, political and economic treatment of the earth, coupled human-environment interactions, and entrepreneurship for transforming ideas for sustainable products/services into viable businesses.


Program Notes

Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses required within the program.

Program Prerequisites

Credits: 0-3
Current English assessment reflecting eligibility for ENG101 OR ENG107 OR Satisfactory completion of
ENG101First-Year Composition (3) OR
ENG107First-Year Composition for ESL (3) OR
Permission of Department or Division

Required Courses

Credits: 6
SSH111Sustainable Cities 3
SUS110Sustainable World 3

Restricted Electives

Credits: 9-11
Students must select one (1) of the following five (5) tracks:
 
Track I: Sustainability: Earth Systems Credits:
 
Students must choose two (2) courses from the following list:
 
AGS260Origin and Composition of Soils 4
ASM104Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution 4
BIO105Environmental Biology 4
BIO182General Biology (Majors) II 4
 
CHM107Chemistry and Society (3) and
CHM107LLChemistry and Society Laboratory (1) 4
 
GLG110Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and
GLG111Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) 4
 
GLG140Introduction to Oceanography 3
 
GPH211Landform Processes 4
GPH213Introduction to Climatology (3) and
GPH215Introduction to Climatology Laboratory (1) 4
 
Students will choose one (1) course from the following list:
 
ASB226Human Impacts on Ancient Environment 3
COM263Elements of Intercultural Communication 3
ENH206Nature and Environmental Literature 3
ENH260Literature of the Southwest 3
GCU102Introduction to Human Geography 3
GCU141Introduction to Economic Geography 3
HUM201Humanities: Universal Themes 3
PHI216Environmental Ethics 3
POS120World Politics 3
RDG112Successful College Reading for Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences or Technology 3
SBU200Society and Business 3
SOC251Social Problems 3
 
Track II: Sustainability: Social, Political, Economic Treatment of the Earth Credits:
 
Students will choose two (2) courses from the following list:
 
ASB102Culture in a Globalizing World 3
COM263Elements of Intercultural Communication 3
ECN212Microeconomic Principles 3
ECN263The Economics of Natural Resources, Population and the Environment 3
GCU102Introduction to Human Geography 3
GCU141Introduction to Economic Geography 3
HRM290Ecotourism 3
POS120World Politics 3
PSY132Psychology and Culture 3
SBU200Society and Business 3
SOC180Social Implications of Technology 3
 
Students must choose one (1) to two (2) courses from the following list:
 
BIO105Environmental Biology 4
 
CHM107Chemistry and society (3) and
CHM107LLChemistry and society Laboratory (1) 4
 
ENH206Nature and Environmental Literature 3
ENH260Literature of the Southwest 3
 
GLG110Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and
GLG111Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) 4
 
GPH210Society and Environment 3
HUM201Humanities: Universal Themes 3
PHI216Environmental Ethics 3
 
Track III: Sustainability: Coupled Human-Environment Systems Credits:
 
Students will choose two (2) courses from the following list:
 
ASB102Culture in Globalization World 3
 
ASB222Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World (3) OR
ASB223Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: New World (3)3
 
ASB226Human Impacts on Ancient Environments 3
COM263Elements of Intercultural Communication 3
ENH206Nature and Environmental Literature 3
ENH260Literature of the Southwest 3
HUM201Humanities: Universal Themes 3
PHI216Environmental Ethics 3
REC150ABOutdoor Adventure Skills 3
 
Students will choose one (1) to two (2) course from the following list:
 
ASM104Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution 4
BIO105Environmental Biology 4
BIO108Plants and Society 4
BIO182General Biology (Majors) II 4
 
CHM107Chemistry and Society (3) and
CHM107LLChemistry and Society Laboratory (1) 4
 
GLG110Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and
GLG111Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) 4
 
GPH210Society and Environment 3
PHI104World Philosophy 3
POS120World Politics 3
 
Track IV: Sustainability: Human Transformation of the Earth Credits:
 
Students will choose 9-11 credits from the following list:
 
ASB100Introduction to Global Health 3
ASB226Human Impacts on Ancient Environments 3
CNS205Sustainable Construction/LEED Certification 3
ECE101Origins of Science and Engineering 3
ECE111Bioengineering Systems 3
FON135Sustainable Cooking 3
FON143Food and Culture 3
FON161Sustainable Food Production Systems 3
HES210Cultural aspects of Health and Illness 3
INT170Interior Materials 3
SCT100Introduction to Sustainable Built Environments 3
 
SCT271AASustainable Design Internship (1) OR
SCT271ABSustainable Design Internship (2) 1-2
 
SOC180Social Implications of Technology 3
WED124Environmental Wellness 3
 
Track V: Sustainability: Business and Entrepreneurship Credits:
 
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list:
 
EPS150Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3) and
EPS195Business Start-Up and Planning (2) 5
 
MGT253Owning and Operating a Small Business 3 and
MGT298AASpecial Project (1) or
SSH298AASpecial Project(1) 4
 
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list:
 
GBS151Introduction to Business (3) OR
GBS205Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business (3) 3
 
Students will choose one (1) option from the following list:
 
ECN212Microeconomics (3) OR
SBU200Society and Business (3) 3

Program Competencies

  • 1. Explore the sustainable interaction between human and natural systems. (SUS110)

  • 2. Analyze the concept of sustainable development within local, regional, and global contexts. (SSH111)

Offered through the Sustainability program

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change.

Complete information for AC - Sustainability can be found HERE

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