In this major, students address the essential question of sustainability: How can we best live without degrading our life-support system and create conditions that nurture the flourishing of other beings and of future generations? To do this, students majoring in Sustainability examine both the environmental systems upon which we depend and the modern social structures that can either support or degrade our relationships with nature and each other. Students consider technological, social, and ethics-based approaches intended to promote more a harmonious and sustainable human-nature relationship.

Integrative Studies Requirements

40 credits minimum

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Major Requirements (48 credits)
Foundation
ISENST-120	Principles of Sustainability	4
Select one of the following introductory environmental courses:		4
IIENST-110	Food, Health & Environment
IIENST-150	Global Environmental Change
IIENST-151	Environ Central New England
ISENST-205	Environmental Geography
Core: a grade of C or higher is required in all courses
INENST-201	Earth Cycles & Systems	4
or ENST-252	Ecology of a Changing Planet
ISENST-203	Globalization Culture & Place	4
or ENST-253	Environmental Governance
ISECON-372	Ecological Economics	4
or ENST-393	Sustainablty for Organizations
Capstone
ENST-395	Seminar I	4
ENST-495	Seminar II	4
Skills Elective
Select one of the following:		4
ARCH-260	Sustainable Desg/Bldg Sci
BIO-313	Population & Community Ecology
ENST-323	Mapping Nature With GIS
ENST-325	Mapping Social Patterns - GIS
MGT-215	Accounting for Decision Making
ISMGT-383	Applied Data Analysis & Vis
IIPHYS-342	Data Analysis for Scientists
IIPSYC-172	Intro to Restorative Practice
SPDI-304	Materials - a Life Cycle View
Disciplinary Elective
Select one of the following courses not already used to meet another requirement:		4
ARCH-260	Sustainable Desg/Bldg Sci
ARCH-360	Solar Des/Bldg Sci II
ISECON-372	Ecological Economics
INENST-300	Geoscience Issues & Society
IIENST-302	Apocalypse Science and Society
INENST-303	Life Sust. in Earths History
INENST-320	Earths Climate: Past & Future
INENST-381	Farming With Nature in Mind
ISENST-382	Environmental Advocacy
INENST-383	Rethinking Energy
HGS-261	The United States and Genocide
HGS-370	Genocide Special Topics
HIST-360	Natives/Newcomers NA1500-1766
IIJRN-268	Environmental Issues & Media
SPDI-304	Materials - a Life Cycle View
IISPDI-360	Sustainability by Design
Upper-level Electives: Choose three courses at the 300 level or above in Environmental Studies & Sustainability (ENST), excluding ISP courses. A student may request that one course from a different discipline be applied toward this requirement. This can be managed by the department through the course substitution process.		12
Total Credits		48

**Only six courses used to meet a student’s requirements for a B.S. in Environmental Studies can be applied toward completion of a B.S. in Sustainability Studies.

Electives

Select courses to reach a total of 120 credits.

Degree Requirements

120 credits
40 credits at the upper-level

Upon completion of the Sustainability B.S. degree, students will be able to:

• Use appropriate methods and technique to pose and answer questions about sustainability.
• Characterize sustainability challenges using integrated knowledge of human and nature systems.
• Understand the basic sustainability concepts of homeostasis, carrying-capacity, cradle-to-grave recycling, evolutionary processes, inter-generational debt, social adaptation, climate change, ecosystem services, and environmental justice.
• Characterize sustainability challenges from multiple value and interest perspectives.
• Articulate a comprehensive world view that integrates diverse approaches to sustainability.
• Work effectively with others to achieve a goal.
• Analyze the role of environmental sustainability in the promotion of comprehensive justice and equity.
• Use skills, knowledge, perspective-taking, and collaborative competences to solve a sustainability challenge.