Sustainability Studies Minor

Course Requirements

The minor in Sustainability Studies is an interdisciplinary minor designed to introduce students to the breadth and application of academic approaches relevant to meeting the scientifically, ethically, and politically complex environmental, community, and social justice challenges of the Twenty-First Century. The Department of History & Political Science has oversight of the Sustainability Studies minor. This minor degree is intended to complement progress toward completion of a bachelor’s degree in the student’s major field of study by emphasizing sustainability themes in her or his major and related academic areas. In this respect, the minor provides substantial support for students who wish to incorporate sustainability issues and themes in their major program research.

The minor in Sustainability Studies requires the following courses:

HUM 210Introduction to Sustainability

3

Choose one of the following:

HUM 211/HIST 211Memphis Past and Present

3

RS 331The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating

3

ECON 325Environmental Economics

3

PHIL 325Environmental Ethics

3

PHIL 324Technology and Human Values

3

Choose one of the following with lab:

BIOL 107Environmental Biology

3

BIOL 107LEnvironmental Biology Laboratory

1

OR

BIOL 412Ecology

3

BIOL 412LEcology Laboratory

1

3 courses from the following list (two of which must be from outside one’s major field of study):

ANTH 160Cultural Anthropology (Formerly ANTH 150)

3

ANTH 350Global Health

3

BIOL 101Public Health

3

BIOL 102Principles of Epidemiology

3

BIOL 107Environmental Biology

3

BIOL 250Ecological Census Techniques

3

BIOL 370Toxicology

3

BIOL 412Ecology

3

CE 400/ECE 400/ME 400The Compleat Engineer

3

CH E 410/CE 435Air Pollution Control

3

ECON 325Environmental Economics

3

ECON 347Sustainability, Culture, and Economics

3

ECON 420Managerial Economics

3

ECON 422International Trade and Economics

3

GS 200/HUM 200Foundations of Global Studies

3

HIST 211/HUM 211Memphis Past and Present

3

HIST 351History of the American West

3

HIST 352Environmental History of America, 1491-Present

3

HIST 353Cities and Suburbs: Ecology and Community in U.S. History

3

HUM 211/HIST 211Memphis Past and Present

3

HUM 295, 395Community Service

3

MGMT 320International Business

3

PHIL 324Technology and Human Values

3

PHIL 325Environmental Ethics

3

POLS 113World Politics

3

RS 330Justice and Society

3

RS 331The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating

3

RS 375The Prophets

3

PSYC 364Stereotyping and Prejudice

3

Course additions and substitutions, e.g., “Special Topics” courses for the minor require prior approval by the director of the Minor in Sustainability Studies.

BIOL 250, BIOL 370, BIOL 412, CE/CH E/ECE/ME 400, CH E 410, ECON 420, ECON 422, HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 353, MGMT 320, PSYC 364: Has prerequisite(s) that might not be counted toward the minor;

HUM 295, 395: Requires approval of the director of the Minor in Sustainability Studies, and only one course in HUM 295, 395 may count toward the minor