Undergraduate Program
Minor Study
The minor in Sustainability Studies requires the successful completion of 21 credit hours. Twelve (12) credit hours are required core courses: SUST 134; one of 334, 364 or *384; 434; and 499. SUST 499 is a stretch course spanning two semesters, where students apply lessons from the sustainability minor in the context of their major discipline or other arena. Students may select a mentor to co-advise their project. Nine (9) remaining hours are taken from three (3) groups of electives.
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 Sustainability Studies Program Web site 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.
Economic Vitality, Politics, and Policy (choose one):
| Credit Hours |
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| AMST 320 | Topics in Environmental and Social Justice | 3 |
| BIOL 379 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| CJ 313 | EcoCultural Communication: Humans and "The Environment" | 3 |
| CRP 428/528 | Gender and Economic Development | 3 |
| CRP 470 | Sem: Ecotourism and Community Development | 3 |
| ECON 105 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 106 | Introductory Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 342 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ECON *343 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| GEOG 195 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 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 Land Management | 3 |
| GEOG 464 | Food and Natural Resources | 3 |
| HIST 433 | U.S. Environmental History | 3 |
| POLS 200 | American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 220 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 240 | International Politics | 3 |
| POLS 260 | Political Ideas | 3 |
| POLS 270 | Public Policy and Administration | 3 |
| POLS 376 | Health Policy and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 377 | Population Policy and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 443 | International Politics of Climate Change | 3 |
| SUST *402 | T: Climate Change and Sustainability | 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 Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 379 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| BIOL *490 | Biology of Infectious Organisms | 3 |
| CE 438 | Sustainable Engineering | 3 |
| CRP 181 | Introduction to Environmental Problems | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Society and the Environment | 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 Stratigraphy and Morphology | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | Home Planet: Land, Water and Life | 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 |
| SUST *402 | T: Nuclear New Mexico | 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 Environmental and Social Justice | 3 |
| AMST 285 | Perspectives in American Studies | 3 |
| ANTH 339 | Human Rights in Anthropology | 3 |
| ARTS 429 | Undergraduate Topics in Studio Art (Art and Ecology) | 3 |
| ARTS 441 | Art and Ecology: Computational Sustainability | 3 |
| CCS 393 | Topics in Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies | 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 | Community and Regional Planning, Introduction | 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 |
| 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 | Documenting Globalization and Human Rights | 3 |
| SOC 305 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 308 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 331 | Social Movements | 3 |
| SOC 398 | ST: Community Organizing Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SOC 461 | Visualizing Global Change | 3 |
| SUST 109 | Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies (CCS, NATV, WMST) | 3 |
| SUST *402 | T: Nuclear New Mexico | 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 *384. Heritage Farming Practicum. (3)
SUST *402. Topics in Sustainability Studies. (1-6 to a maximum of 18 Δ)
SUST *418. Nuclear New Mexico: Environmental and Social Impacts. (3)
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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