Undergraduate Program
Minor Requirements
The minor in Sustainability Studies requires the successful completion of 21 credit hours: 9 credit hours of required core courses, SUST 134, 334, or equivalently 364, 434, and 499, and 9 remaining credit hours taken from three (3) groups of electives (Areas of Focus).
In the SUST 499 Independent Capstone Study project, students apply lessons from the sustainability minor in the context of the major discipline of other arena. Ideally, students design a project for one semester for one (1) credit hour. During the second semester, the student earn two (2) more credit hours, for a total of 3 credit hours for SUST 499.
Students are advised in the selection of a faculty mentor who oversees the project. An ad hoc committee evaluates the final product and recommends a grade accordingly.
Electives
Select one elective from each of three (3) Areas of Focus:
- Economic Vitality, Politics and Policy
- Environmental Protection
- Social Equity
Courses from Freshman Learning Communities (UNIV), the Research Service Learning Program (RSLP), and the University Honors Program (UHON) may be substituted as electives with approval of the SSP advisor. Specific listings are available each semester. In addition, courses from praxis-oriented regional institutes of sustainability may qualify as electives, with approval of the SSP advisor and registration for UNM independent study credit hours. Consult the current schedule of classes online for each semester’s offerings and check the Web site of the Sustainability Studies Program Web site each semester for a complete list of options.
Areas of Focus
Research Service Learning Program (RSLP) as appropriate and specified in the schedule of classes.
Freshman Learning Communities (FLC) as appropriate and specified in the annual FLC Guide.
Courses offered in the University Honors program (UHP) as appropriate by topic and recommended by the UHP Curriculum Committee.
Art Studio majors may apply one of the following courses as an elective under this category: ARTS 461, 462, 463, or 464.
Economic Vitality, Politics, and Policy (choose one)
| Credit Hours |
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| AMST 320 | T: Environment, Science and Technology | 3 |
| ARCH 241 | Sustainability I | 3 |
| BIO 379 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| CJ 313 | EcoCultural Communication: Humans and "The Environment" | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Society and the Environment | 3 |
| CRP 428/528 | Gender and Economic Development | 3 |
| CRP 470 | Sem: Ecotourism and Community Development | 3 |
| CRP 480/580 | Community Growth and Land Use Planning | 3 |
| ECON 105 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 106 | Introductory Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 342 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ECON 343 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| HIST 433 | U.S. Environmental History | 3 |
| GEOG 195 | Humans Role in Changing the Face of the Earth | 3 |
| GEOG 360 | Land Use Management | 3 |
| GEOG 363 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 461 | Environmental Management | 3 |
| GEOG 462 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
| GEOG 463 | Public Lands Management | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Food and Natural Resources | 3 |
| MGMT 451 | Problems | 3 |
| POLS 200 | American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 220 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 240 | International Politics | 3 |
| POLS 260 | Political Ideas | 3 |
| POLS 376 | Health Policy and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 377 | Population Policy and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 443 | International Politics of Climate Change | 3 |
| POLS 475 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| SUST *402 | T: Climate Change and Sustainability | 3 |
| UHON 302 | Sem: Environmental Law and the U.S. Constitution | 3 |
| WMST 200 | Introduction to Women Studies | 3 |
Environmental Protection (choose one)
| Credit Hours |
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| ANTH 160 | Human Life Course | 3 |
| ANTH 364 | Topics: Human Evolutionary Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 300 | Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 310L | Principles of Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 379 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 490 | Biology of Infectious Organisms | 3 |
| CRP 181 | Introduction to Environmental Problems | 3 |
| CRP 427 | Watershed Management | 3 |
| ENVS 101 | The Blue Planet | 3 |
| ENVS 330 | Environmental Systems | 3 |
| EPS 101 | How the Earth Works - An Introduction to Geology | 3 |
| EPS/GEOG 352 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
| EPS 481L | Geomorphology and Surficial Geology | 4 |
| EPS 485L | Soil Stratification and Morphology | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 352 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Food and Natural Resources | 3 |
| LA 335 | Site-Environment | 3 |
| LA 458 | Plant Materials | 3 |
| SUST *402 | T: Climate Change and Sustainability | 3 |
| UHON 301 | Sem: Environmental Justice in New Mexico | 3 |
| UHON 301 | Sem: The Wondrous Land: Biogeography of the Arid Southwest | 3 |
Social Equity (choose one)
| Credit Hours |
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| AMST 182 | Introduction to Environment, Science and Technology | 3 |
| AMST 285 | American Life and Thought | 3 |
| AMST 323 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ANTH 339 | Human Rights in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 365 | Anthropology of Health | 3 |
| ARCH 342 | Human Factors and Programming | 3 |
| ARTS 429 | Undergraduate Topics in Studio Art | 3 |
| CCS 393 | T: Revolutionary Mexican Women | 3 |
| CJ 221 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| CJ 314 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| CJ 318 | Language, Thought and Behavior | 3 |
| CJ 320 | Conflict Management and Mediation | 3 |
| CJ 339 | Rhetoric and the Environment | 3 |
| CRP 165 | Introduction to Community and Regional Planning | 3 |
| CRP 265 | Sustainable Community Planning Methods | 3 |
| CRP 473 | Planning on Native American Lands | 3 |
| CRP 474/574 | Cultural Aspects of Community Development Planning | 3 |
| CRP 484/584 | Neighborhood Planning | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Society and the Environment | 3 |
| HIST 300 | Studies in History | 3 |
| MGMT 308 | Ethical, Political and Social Environment | 3 |
| MGMT 362 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| NATV 436 | Environmental Ethics and Justice in Native America | 3 |
| PHIL 363 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| SOC 205 | Crime, Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Global Issues | 3 |
| SOC 305 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 308 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 331 | Social Movements | 3 |
| SOC 398 | Special Topics in Sociology: Community Organizing Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SOC 461 | Social Dynamics of Global Change | 3 |
Courses
SUST 109. Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies. (3)
SUST 134. Creating a Sustainable Future: Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Economic Health. (3)
SUST 334. Sustainability Practicum to Benefit the Campus or Community. (3)
SUST 364. Growers' Market Practicum. (3)
SUST *402. Topics in Sustainability Studies. (1-6 to a maximum of 18 Δ)
SUST 434. Synthesis of Sustainability Perspectives and Innovations. (3)
SUST *438. Communicating Community, Food, and Change: Lobo Gardens. (3)
SUST 499. Sustainability Independent Capstone Project as Research or Creative Expression. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)
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