Dec 17, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sustainability Minor

Students seeking a minor in sustainability must complete 18 hours including SUS 330 - Foundations in Society and Sustainability and

At least one course from Sustainability Coursework in Humanities
At least one course from Sustainability Coursework in Natural Sciences
At least one course from Sustainability Coursework in Social Sciences
additional hours in SUS or from the listed electives to meet or exceed 18 hours

Academic Policies and Requirements for Minors:

See University Academic Policies for Minors

Hours to Minor: 18 hours

Elective Sustainability Coursework in Humanities:

ENG 409 - Studies in Literature and the Environment 3 hrs.
ESC 302 - Environmental Improvement Project 3 hrs.
FLM 460 - Social Justice Documentary Production 3 hrs.
FLM 469 - Film, Media, and the Environment 3 hrs.
HIS 469 - The New South 3 hrs.
HIS 470 - Environmental History of the South 3 hrs.
HIS 472 - American Environmental History 3 hrs.
HIS 479 - Topics in American History 3 hrs.
PHI 351 - Critical Thinking 3 hrs.
PHI 457 - Environmental Ethics 3 hrs.
REL 324 - Religion and Animals 3 hrs.

Elective Sustainability Coursework in Natural Sciences:

BSC 340 - Introductory Ecology 3 hrs.
BSC 345 - Marine Biology 3 hrs.
BSC 404 - Field Biology 1-2 hrs. arr.
BSC 422 - Coastal and Marine Management 3 hrs.
BSC 436 - Conservation Biology 3 hrs.
BSC 440 - Ecology 3 hrs.
ESC 301 - Living in the Environment 3 hrs.
GHY 315 - Research Methods in Geography 3 hrs.
GHY 370 - Conservation of Natural Resources 3 hrs.
GHY 411 - Remote Sensing Principles 4 hrs.
GHY 412 - Remote Sensing Applications 4 hrs.
GHY 422 - Biogeography 3 hrs.
SUS 315 - Field Methods and Data Acquisition 3 hrs.

Elective Sustainability Coursework in Social Sciences:

ECO 440 - Economic Development 3 hrs.
GHY 331 - Cultural Systems in the Environment 3 hrs.
GHY 341 - Geography and World Political Affairs 3 hrs.
GHY 362 - Urban Geography 3 hrs.
GHY 400 - Geography of Mississippi 3 hrs.
GHY 435 - Historical Geography of the American Landscape 3 hrs.
GHY 443 - Sustainable Planning and Development 3 hrs.
PS 402 - Urban Politics 3 hrs.
PS 403 - Politics and Environment 3 hrs.
PS 470 - Science, Technology and Politics 3 hrs.
SOC 316 - Sociology of the Environment 3 hrs.