Sustainability Studies, Minor
The Minor in Sustainability Studies requires a minimum of 16/17 credit hours.
Required courses include:
Minor and Minor-Related Courses
| SUS 101 | Environmental Issues and Foundations of Sustainability | 3 |
| SUS 337 | Internship in Sustainability Studies | 3 |
| SUS 401 | Sustainability E-Portfolio | 1 |
Three additional courses selected from the following options –
Two choices must come from fields outside the student’s major (9/10 hrs.):
One of the following courses:
| ART 200 | Sustainable Art Processes | 3 |
| ENG 249 | ENG 249 for Sustainability Studies Minors | 3 |
| OST 315 | Wilderness Emergency Response | 3 |
Note for ENG 249: This course is an option for the minor only when course title is
ENG 249 Words and the Land; check Highlander Hub and consult your academic advisor or the course instructor to be sure.
One of the following:
| BIO 222 | Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| BIO 311 | Natural History of the Great Smoky Mountains | 4 |
Any of the following:
| ECN 346 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ENV 231 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| ENV 345 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| HIS 248 | Appalachian Cultural and Social History | 3 |
| INT 201 | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
One of the following:
| MTH 221 | Inferential Statistics w/Data Visualization | 3 |
| MTH 222 | Regression Analysis | 3 |
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