Environment, Society & Sustainability Major
College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) – Department of Environment, Society, and Sustainability
The General Education Requirement
All students must satisfy a general education requirement consisting of ten (10) courses outside of the major department. The General Education Domain III.C (Global Competency, Ethical Reasoning, and/or Human Diversity) requirement is satisfied through the completion of the Environmental Studies and Sustainability major.
Requirements for Major in Environment, Society, and Sustainability (U_SU):
This major and concentration consists of seventeen (17) courses.
Thirteen (13) Required Core Courses:
- EASC 201 Principles of Earth System Science
- ENVS 101 Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy
- ENVS 246 Sustainability and Social Justice
- ENVS 272 Global Environmental Issues
- EVSS 460 Thesis in Environment, Society, and Sustainability
- GEOG 110 World Regional Geography
- GEOG 216 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
- GEOG 235 Environmental Law and Policy
- GEOG 240 Community Land Use Policy
- GEOG 260 Introduction to Urban Studies and Planning in the United States
- GEOG 375 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources or
- GEOG 380 Making Places Sustainable
- GEOL 108 Physical Geology with Lab
- STAT 117 Introduction to Statistics
Concentration in Social Justice (USUJ)
Required Concentration Core (4 courses):
Choose two (2) courses from the following policy options, only one (1) of which may be at the 100-level:
- EASC 308 Climatology and the Future of Human Society
- ENVS 218 Energy Science and Policy: The Pursuit of Sustainability
- EVSS 490 Independent Study in Environment, Society, and Sustainability
- EVSS 495 Internship in Environment, Society, and Sustainability
- GEOG 165 Global Cities
- GEOG 180 Native Americans: The Original Injustice on American Soil
- GEOG 201 Money, Power, and Space: Introduction to Economic Geography
- GEOG 208 The Environment, Health, and Disease
- GEOG 390 Special Topics in Regional Geography
- PHIL 234 Environmental Ethics
- POSC 229 Public Policy Analysis
- POSC 325 Public Management
Choose two (2) courses from the following geospatial techniques options:
- ENVS 333 Digital Field Methods: Drones, Data, & Artificial Intelligence
- GEOG 111 The Digital Earth
- GEOG 214 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 300 Geospatial Applications Using Python
- GEOG 316 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 328 Introduction to Remote Sensing