Sustainability Minor

Administration of the program

Courses must be approved by the faculty of the Sustainability Action Minor Committee for inclusion in the minor. The administrator of the program (Chair of Committee) must approve the course of study for each student who wishes to complete a Sustainability minor.

The minor in Sustainability requires a total of 16-18 hours.

1. GRY 108 Principles of Sustainability (3)
2. 12 hours from the following areas with courses from at least two different tracks and two different departments:
   1. Social Equity and Ethics:
      1. AGR 100 Food Security (3)
      2. ECO 101 Economics of Social Issues (3)
      3. GRY 100 World Regional Geography (3)
      4. GRY 316 Geography of Global Health and Disease (3)
      5. GRY 322 Urban Geography (3)
      6. PHI 302 Environmental Ethics (3)
      7. PHI 342 Global Ethics (3)
      8. PLN 505 Social Planning (3)
      9. REC 211 Principles of Outdoor Recreation (3)
      10. SOC 319 Environmental Sociology (3)
   2. Economics and Policy:
      1. ECO 540 Economics of the Environment (3)
      2. GRY 301 Geography of the Ozarks (3)
      3. GRY 310 Fundamentals of Tourism (30
      4. GRY 318 Geography of the National Parks (3)
      5. LAW 537 Environmental Regulation (3)
      6. PSY 379 Environmental Psychology (3)
      7. REC 302 Ecotourism (3)
   3. Environmental Systems:
      1. AGN 115 Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment (3)
      2. AGN 215 Soils (3)
      3. AGN 335 Soil Conservation and Water Management (3)
      4. ANT 355 Environmental Archaeology (3)
      5. BIO 485 Marine Conservation (1-3)
      6. BIO 502 Sustainability Science in Practice (3)
      7. BIO 579 Conservation Biology (3)
      8. GLG 171 Environmental Geology (3)
      9. GRY 351 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
      10. GRY 510 Applications in Sustainable Geotourism (3)
3. Complete 1-3 hours from one of the following as approved by the Administrator:
   1. Education Abroad
   2. Internship
   3. Service Learning
   4. Independent Study
4. No more than six hours of elective coursework may come from the same department or with the same course code.
5. No more than six hours of coursework may be applied toward a major or another minor.