Skip to main content

Accessibility menu

Skip to main content Skip to footer

Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Email Call Visit

Analyze the effects of human interaction on the environment and work toward an eco-friendly society with a minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies.

Request info Declare a program Apply today

Declare a program

Interested in one of our majors, minors or certificates? Fill out the declaration form to declare a major or minor.

Undergraduate program

Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Undergrad minor

Sustainability and environmental studies is an interdisciplinary field that aims to understand human-environment relationships and address complex issues and problems related to this relationship. It draws upon diverse disciplines including natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, allowing students to analyze human-environment relationships with the breadth and depth that other fields alone do not have. 

Featured courses

  • Environmental Studies Capstone
    ENV 496 | 3 credits
    As a culmination of the environmental studies minor, this course has two main purposes. The first is to take action locally on an environmental service learning project. Action in the community builds professional skills, offers networking, and solidifies student interests. The second purpose is to help students clarify personal and career goals that are based on their environmental philosophy. Hearing from recent graduates and professionals in environmental fields provides students with a wide variety of perspectives and ideas as they consider their future decisions. Prerequisite: ENV 303; ENV 301 or ENV 304 or SOC 328 or SOC 332; six credits from the natural sciences electives, social sciences electives, or arts and humanities electives. Offered Fall, Spring.
  • Topics in Environmental Studies
    ENV 303 | 3 credits
    This fully interdisciplinary seminar provides the opportunity to explore how scientific, historical, political, and ethical issues are interrelated in a specific environmental topic. Complexity of social-ecological systems is inherent in each pressing environmental issue. Course topics could include food, bicycle politics, environmental activism, and forest management. Repeatable for credit - maximum six. Prerequisite: ENV 101 or ENV 201. Offered Fall, Spring.