Sustainability Science, B.S.

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The Sustainability Science major focuses on the critical linkages between global environmental, human, and social systems and emphasizes complex systems analysis focusing on understanding sustainability related problems and assessing potential solutions.

To fulfill major requirements, students must complete:

a calculus course:

which fulfills the Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MR) general education requirement for Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree candidates.

at least five additional courses from the list below with no more than three courses selected from any one group:

Environmental Security

Human Security

Sustainable Production and Consumption

Further considerations

It is strongly recommended that courses used to fulfill major requirements be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor and represent a diverse set of contributions from several departments.

Students interested in environmental and/or sustainability issues, but not wishing to major in the sciences may complete an interdisciplinary minor in Environmental Studies Minor . Earth and Environmental Sciences majors may also fulfill the requirements for the Environmental Studies interdisciplinary minor.