Sustainability Minor
Offered by the Sustainability Council
Sustainability Council: Pamela Anneser, Brian Eisenhauer, Suzanne Gaulocher, Abby Goode, Patrick May, Brigid O'Donnell, Laura Tilghman, Amy Villamagna.
Sustainability perspectives and practices are emerging as essential tools in the 21st century at local, national, and global scales. To prepare graduates from all fields to create and work in a more sustainable world, this interdisciplinary minor allows all students the opportunity to develop a solid mastery of the fundamental components of sustainability and its applications across multiple disciplines. Students are provided opportunities through course selection and capstone experiences to develop a focus that compliments the content of their major curriculum and provides them with skills to directly apply to their future professional and personal practices.
The program allows for student choice while maintaining a focus that ensures all students learn core sustainability concepts. A minimum of 15 credits must be completed toward the minor and no more than six credits in the minor can be double counted with a student’s major. Half of the credits towards the minor must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to contact a member of the Sustainability Council for assistance in planning their studies.
Please see complete information on all of the requirements to earn a minor at Plymouth State University.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| SU 2111 | Introduction to Sustainability Studies | 3-4 |
| or ISDI 2100 | Issues in Sustainability (SSDI) | |
| SU 3113 | Conversations in Sustainability | 1 |
| Sustainability Core | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Environmental Humanities (WRCO) (Complete one course from the following:) | ||
| Social Science Perspectives on Sustainability (DICO,GACO) | ||
| Economic and Ecological Sustainability (GACO,QRCO) | ||
| Foundations of Public Health | ||
| Sustainability in Residences | ||
| Sustainability in Practice (WECO) | ||
| Sustainability Project Design | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| Curiosity and the Nature of New Hampshire (SIDI) | ||
| Botany | ||
| Conservation (DICO,GACO) 1 | ||
| Ecology (QRCO,WRCO) 1 | ||
| Current Environmental Issues 1 | ||
| Environmental Chemistry (INCO) 1 | ||
| Introduction to Permaculture | ||
| Environmental Science (SIDI) | ||
| Earth Systems Science: The Hazardous Earth (SIDI) | ||
| Environmental Geography (SIDI) | ||
| Energy and Society (Energy & Society (New Course Proposal)) | ||
| Climate, Risk, and Adaptation (GACO) (Climate, Risk, and Adaptation (New Course number)) | ||
| Fundamentals of Meteorology and Climatology (GACO) | ||
| Climate Change (Climate Change (New Course Number)) | ||
| Special Topics in Sustainability | ||
| Social and Economic Systems | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Sustainability Project Design | ||
| Environmental Humanities (WRCO) | ||
| Economic and Ecological Sustainability (GACO,QRCO) | ||
| Art and Sustainability | ||
| Business and the Environment | ||
| Environmental Planning 1 | ||
| Sustainability in Residences | ||
| The American West (PPDI) | ||
| Environmental Ethics (WECO) | ||
| Business Ethics (DICO,INCO) | ||
| Impact Marketing | ||
| Sustainability in Practice (WECO) | ||
| Social Science Perspectives on Sustainability (DICO,GACO) | ||
| Special Topics in Sustainability | ||
| Total Credits | 13-17 | |
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Course has prerequisites
A minimum of 15 credits must be completed toward the minor and half of credits in the minor must be taken at the 3000/4000 level. No more than six credits may double count with the student’s major.