GE Minor: Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Sustainability GE minor provides holistic perspectives on environmental issues by exploring relationships between society and nature through interdisciplinary connections of natural science, social science, humanities, and business. Choose courses from this GE minor to broaden your awareness of the environment and human interactions with ecosystems, learn different viewpoints about what the concept of "sustainability" means, and meet the challenges of promoting sustainability in the local community and at a global scale.
Requirements for a GE Minor in Environmental Sustainability (18 units)
In order to complete this GE Minor, students must take 18 units (six courses), by choosing one course from six of the categories below:
- at least two must be upper-division courses
- at least one must be a Writing Intensive course
Students should take care to choose classes from a variety of departments and disciplinary perspectives.
| Category E -- Foundation Seminar | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Leadership for Global Challenges: Citizenship in a Sustainable World (G) | ||
| Science, Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility | ||
| Category B1 -- Physical Science | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Environmental Geology and Geological Hazards (G, recommend GEOL 1060L ) | ||
| Water in the West (G) | ||
or GEOG 2040 | Water in the West | |
| Category B2 -- Life Science | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| Category B5 -- Upper Division Scientific Inquiry | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Chemistry and the Environment | ||
| Natural Disasters (G) | ||
| Energy and the Environment (G) | ||
| Introduction to Systems Modeling | ||
| Category C4 -- Upper Division Arts or Humanities | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Analysis of Environmental Discourse (G, WI) | ||
| Environmental Literature (G, WI) | ||
| Environmental Ethics (DI, WI) | ||
| Category D3 -- Social Science Discipline Perspective | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| The Economy: Problems and Perspectives (G) | ||
| Environment and Society (G) | ||
| Category D4 -- Upper Division Social Science | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Environmental Sustainability | ||
| Climate Change (G) | ||
| Total | 18 | |