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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Sustainability Studies

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FRESHMAN

FALL

First Year Seminar 101 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 101 - Introductory Writing Workshop 3 credits,
MAT 125 - Calculus A 3 credits
ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
OR
SUS 111 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits
SUS 113 - Physical Geography Lecture 3 credits
OR
GEO 102 - The Earth 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SPRING

First Year Seminar 102 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 102 - Intermediate Writing Workshop 3 credits,
CHE 115 - Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits
ENV 115 - Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits
AMS 102 - Elements of Statistics 3 credits
POL 102 - Introduction to American Government 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SOPHOMORE

FALL

ECO 108 - Introduction to Economics 4 credits
SUS 200 - Human Settlement: History and Future 3 credits
SUS 201 - Systems and Models 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SPRING

BIO 201 - Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
SUS 115 - Introduction to Human Demography 3 credits
SUS 206 - Economics and Sustainability 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

JUNIOR

FALL

SUS 305 - Collective Action and Advocacy 3 credits
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

SUS 343 - Age of the Anthropocene 3 credits
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SENIOR

FALL

GSS 313 - GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
GSS 314 - GIS Laboratory 1 credit
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division track elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SPRING

SUS 301 - Technical Writing and Communication 3 credits
SUS 401 - Integrative, Collaborative Systems Studies 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division SBC Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits