Sustainable Practice
Add significant value to your primary discipline by completing the Sustainable Practice second major.
Major
Double Major
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Minor
Core Courses (16 credits)
- ENVS 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies I – 4 credits
- GEOL 231 Climate Change Mechanics – 4 credits
- PHIL 281 Ethics – 4 credits
- SUST 101 Introduction to Sustainability – 4 Credits
Technical Competency (3 credits)
- BIOL 226 Biostatistics – 4 Credits
- BUSI 113 Descriptive Analytics & Statistics – 3 Credits
- BUSI 150 Business Analytics Math – 3 Credits
- DATA 202 Data Visualization & Analysis
- ECON 310 Applied Econometrics and Predictive Analytics – 3 Credits
- ENGR 305 Engineering Statistics – 3 Credits
- ENVS 205 Environmental Data Analysis – 4 Credits
- ENVS 220 Introduction to GIS – 4 Credits
- POLS 230/SOCI230 Introduction to Data Analysis & Statistics – 4 Credits
- PSYC 220 Psychological Methods & Statistics – 4 Credits
Electives (11 credits)
8 credits must be from 300-400 level.
- ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology – 4 Credits
- ART 382 Ceramic Materials: Clay & Glazes – 4 Credits
- ARTH 300 Landscapes Across Culture – 4 Credits
- BIOL 320 Toxicology – 4 Credits
- BIOL 332 Botany – 4 Credits
- BIOL 354 Ecology – 4 Credits
- BIOL/ENVS 357 Conservation Biology – 4 Credits
- BIOL 425 Physiological Plant Ecology – 4 Credits
- BUSI 300 Business Sustainability – 3 credits
- ENVS 415 Nat. Resources Management – 4 Credits
- GEOL 106 Oceanography – 4 Credits
- GEOL 201 Surficial Geology – 4 Credits
- GEOL 464 Hydrogeology – 4 Credits
- GLBS 101 Intro to Global Studies – 4 Credits
- HIST 300 Indigenous Latin America – 4 Credits
- MECH 438 Alternative Vehicle Energy Control and Powertrain Design – 3 Credits
- MUSI 200 Sound Gathering Ensemble – 4 Credits
- POLS 110 American Politics – 4 Credits
- POLS 214 Environment, Politics & Society– 4 Credits
- POLS 237 Media & Politics – 4 Credits
- RNEW 201 Renewable Energy – 3 Credits
- RNEW 310 Fuel Cell Principles and Technology – 3 Credits
- RNEW 355 Power System Operation and Economics – 3 Credits
- RNEW 431 Wind Energy – 3 Credits
- RNEW 432 Solar Energy Systems – 3 Credits
- RNEW 461 Power Electronics for Renewable Systems – 3 Credits
- SJST 101 Intro to Social Justice – 4 Credits
- SJST 304 Equality – 4 Credits
- SOCI 110 Intro Sociology – 4 Credits
Appropriate topics courses can be substituted within electives with advisor permission.
Capstone (2 credits)
Complete an independent study, research project, study abroad course, or internship related to your primary major and approved by your academic advisor and by the sustainability program director.
Upon completion of this program a student is able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic ecological underpinnings of our world.
- Demonstrate an understanding of our social and economic systems and key sustainability challenges.
- Supplement disciplinary knowledge with the ability to analyze the interdependence of ecological, social, and economic systems.
- Be able to use technical skills to quantitatively analyze, display, and/or map data.
- Adequately apply ethical principles and approaches to the analysis of sustainability issues.
- Combine systems thinking and sustainability concepts to recognize challenges present in their primary field of study and engage with solutions to these challenges.
- Develop proficiency in information literacy: gather, evaluate, and select reliable information to inform analyses.
- Make use of effective communications in professional, civic, and community engagement.
Potential career opportunities are as varied as the programs offered at AU. The Sustainable Practice second major will increase employability in your primary field of study and open unique responsibilities: positions dedicated to sustainability data collection, analysis, reporting, or compliance are now found in every sector.
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