Undergraduate Program
Minor Requirements
The minor in Sustainability Studies requires the successful completion of 21 credit hours: 9 hours of required core courses, SUST 134, 344, 434, and 499, and 9 remaining hours taken from three groups of electives. In the capstone independent study project, students apply lessons from the sustainability minor in the context of the major discipline or other arena. Ideally, students will design a project for one semester for 1 credit. During the second semester, the student will earn 2 more credits, for a total of 3 credits 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 areas of focus:
1) Environmental protection,
2) Social equity, and
3) Economic vitality, politics and policy.
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 credits. Consult the current schedule of classes online for each semester’s offerings and check the Web site of the Sustainability Studies Program, http://www.sust.unm.edu each semester for a complete list of options.
Areas of Focus
| Environmental protection (choose one) | ||
| ANTH 364 | Topics: Human Evolutionary Ecology | 3 |
| ARCH 385 | Environmental Controls I | 3 |
| ARCH 412 | Seminar (topic: Sustainable Design) | 3 |
| BIOL 310L | Principles of Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 490 | Biology 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 | 3 |
| EPS/GEOG 352 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
| EPS 472 | Subsurface Fate and Transport Processes | 3 |
| EPS 481L | Geomorphology and Surficial Geology | 4 |
| EPS 485L | Soil Stratification and Morphology | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Food and Natural Resources | 3 |
| LA 335 | Site & Environment | 3 |
| LA 458 | Plant Materials | 3 |
RSLP as appropriate and specified in the schedule of classes.
FLC as appropriate and specified in the annual FLC Guide.
Courses offered in the University Honors program 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.
| Social equity (choose one) | ||
| AMST 182 | Introduction to Environment, Science and Technology | 3 |
| AMST 285 | American Life and Thought | 3 |
| AMST 323 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| AMST 324 | Environmental Conflicts in the U.S. West | 3 |
| ANTH 339 | Human Rights in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 365 | Anthropology of Health | 3 |
| AMST 285 | American Life and Thought | 3 |
| ARCH 470 | Human Factors in Design | 3 |
| ARTS 429 | Undergraduate Topics in Studio Art (Art and Ecology) | 3 |
| CJ 221 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| CJ 314 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| CJ 320 | Mediation | 3 |
| CJ 339 | Rhetoric and the Environment | 3 |
| CJ 454 | Diffusion of Innovations | 3 |
| CRP 165 | Introduction to Community & Regional Planning | 3 |
| CRP 265 | Community Planning: Concepts and Methods | 3 |
| CRP 473 | Planning on Native American Land | 3 |
| CRP 474/574 | Cultural Aspects of Community Development | 3 |
| CRP 484/584 | Neighborhood Planning | 3 |
| MGMT 308 | Ethical, Political and Social Environment | 3 |
| MGMT 362 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| NATV 436 | Environmental Ethics and Practices in Native America | 3 |
| PHIL 363 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Global Issues | 3 |
| SOC 303 | Sociology of Political Behavior | 3 |
| SOC 305 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 308 | Sociology of Gender (WMST 308) | 3 |
| SOC 331 | Collective Behavior | 3 |
| SOC 461 | Social Dynamics of Global Change | 3 |
RSLP as appropriate and specified in the schedule of classes.
FLC as appropriate and specified in the annual FLC Guide.
Courses offered in the University Honors program as appropriate by topic and recommended by the UHP Curriculum Committee.
| Economic vitality, politics, and policy (choose one) | ||
| CRP/ECON 203 | Society and the Environment | 3 |
| CRP 424/524 | Environmental Planning Methods | 3 |
| CRP 428/528 | Gender and Economic Development | 3 |
| CRP 480/580 | Community Growth and Land Use Planning | 3 |
| ECON 342 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ECON 343 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| HIST 433 | U.S. Environmental History | 3 |
| HIST 439 | History of Science and Technology in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIST 440 | Atomic America | 3 |
| GEOG 195 | Survey of Environmental Issues | 3 |
| GEOG 360 | Land and Resource Management | 3 |
| GEOG 363 | Resource Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 461 | Environmental Management | 3 |
| GEOG 462 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
| GEOG 463 | Public Land Management (Public Lands and Other Shared Resources) | 3 |
| POLS 376 | Health Policy & Politics | 3 |
| POLS 377 | Population Policy and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 475 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
RSLP as appropriate and specified in the schedule of classes.
FLC as appropriate and specified in the annual FLC Guide.
Courses offered in the University Honors program as appropriate by topic and recommended by the UHP Curriculum Committee.
Courses
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 *402. Topics in Sustainability Studies. (1-6 to a maximum of 18 Δ)
SUST 434. Synthesis of Sustainability Perspectives and Innovations. (3)
SUST 499. Sustainability Independent Capstone Project as Research or Creative Expression. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)
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