Sustainability Minor
Regardless of what your future holds, an understanding of how to think sustainably will complement any career with intellectual breadth and problem-solving skills. Sustainability is widely recognized as a metric for assessing the value of potential solutions to contemporary environmental, social, and economic challenges. The Sustainability Minor examines the interconnected nature of the triple bottom line of sustainability, including environmental stewardship, social integrity, and economic stability. The study of sustainable practices encompasses multi-generational and transnational responsibility, while also exploring the feasibility of solutions. The ultimate goal is to impart sustainability into activities within a profession, as well as in personal life decisions.
Requirements for Minor in Sustainability
23 hours: 10 hours of core courses, 1 hour of EVS 496 Applied Service Learning, 3 hours each in Environmental Domain, Social Domain, and Economic Domain, 3 hours of electives. Core courses: EVS 195, EVSL 195, EVS 205, and EVS 476. Electives: Students may select any EVS numbered courses not used in the core requirements. A minimum of 9 hours must be at the 300-400 level. A maximum of 12 credit hours counted toward a student’s major in another department will be counted toward completion of core and/or elective minor requirements in EVS. Students selecting the minor in sustainability are strongly encouraged to meet with an EVS advisor to determine a specific course of study. Minimum overall quality point average of “C” (2.00) average in courses.
Sustainability Minor Core Courses (10 hours required)
EVS 195 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
EVSL 195 - Environmental Studies Laboratory
EVS 205 - Global Environmental Issues
EVS 476 - Topics and Issues in Sustainability
Applied Service Learning (minimum of 1 hour required)
EVS 496 Applied Service Learning
Environmental Domain (minimum of 3 hours required)
BIO 366 - Ecology
CHM 377 - Environmental Chemistry
EVS 445 - Environmental Conservation
EVS 477 - Environmental Site Assessment
GLY 420 (PHY 420) - Global Climate Change
GGY 340 - Population, Resources, and the Environment
Social Domain (minimum of 3 hours required)
ANT 329 - Environmental Justice Ethnography
EVS 364 - Natural Resource Policy
HST 332 - American Environmental History
GGY 473 - Regional and Environmental Land Use Plan
PLS 209 - Environmental Politics
PSY 370 - Environmental Psychology
Economic Domain (minimum of 3 hours required)
EBD 280 - Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors
ECN 125 - Survey of Economics
ECN 250 - Capitalism and the Global Market
ECN 325 (EVS 325) - Environmental Economics
ECN 330 (EVS 330) - Natural Resource Economics
MGT 351 - Green Business and Sustainable Enterprise
Electives (minimum of 3 hours required)
ANT 309 - Environmental Anthropology
ANT 327 - Globalization & Culture Change
BIO 466 - Conservation Biology
BLA 371 - International Business Law
CHML 377 - Environmental Chemistry Lab
COM 223 - Mediation and Conflict Management
COM 257 - Argumentation and Debate
COM 265 - Media, Culture and Society I
COM 351 - Media and Politics
EBD 281 - Creativity and Innovation
EBD 380 - Entrepreneurship
EVS 281- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Environmental Sciences
EVS 360 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
EVS 430 - Tropical Environmental Ecology
EVS 440 - Wildlife Field Methods for Conservation
EVS 450 - Food and the Environment
EVS 463 - Environmental Education and Interpretation
GGY 270 - Principles of Land Use Planning
GGY 317 - Urban Geography
GGY 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GGY 345 - The Geography of Food
GGY 432 - Biogeography
INB 300 - International Business
INT 331 - The Environment and Development in Africa
INT 360 - Topics in the Global Environment
PLS 205 - Campaign and Elections
PLS 208 - Politics and the Entertainment Media
PLS 304 - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
PLS 425 - International Politics
REC 362 (EVS 485) - North Carolina Coastal Issues and Experience
REC 366 - Coastal Recreation Resource Management
REC 451 - Travel and Tourism
SHS 210 - Introduction to Science, the Humanities and Society
SOC 303 - Media and Society
SOC 304 - Popular Culture
SOC 305 - Population
SOC 326 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements
SOC 366 - Social Change
SOC 460 - Sociology of Poverty
SOC 485 - The Community
