Discover the Sustainability Minor
A Minor in Sustainability is suggested for students who desire an understanding of sustainability or those who anticipate working for trans-national or development organizations.
The interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability is open to students of all majors. Sustainability requires that short and long-term social, economic, and environmental impacts of products and processes be considered. With globalization of the world's economies, continuing challenges with depletion of resources and increased global pollution, the well-being of society will require application of the principles of sustainability.
The Minor in Sustainability is suggested for students who desire an understanding of sustainability or those who anticipate working for trans-national or development organizations. The interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability is open to students of all majors.
Minor Requirements
The minor in sustainability is open to students of all majors.
To earn a minor in sustainability, you must complete a minimum of 20 units and earn a Pacific minor GPA of 2.0. You must take one course in technology, one course in economics and society, and one course in environment and ethics.
Eligible Technology Courses
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CIVL 171 |
Water and Environmental Policy |
3 |
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CIVL 173 |
Sustainable Engineering |
3 |
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EMGT 176 |
Systems Engineering Management |
4 |
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MECH 155 |
Solar Energy Engineering |
4 |
Eligible Economics and Society Courses
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ECON 071 |
Global Economic Issues |
4 |
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ECON 157 |
Environmental and Natural Resources Economics |
4 |
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GESC 103 |
Global Change |
4 |
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INTL 077 |
Contemporary World Issues |
4 |
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INTL 174 |
Global Environmental Policy |
4 |
Eligible Environment and Ethics Courses
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BIOL 35 |
Environment: Concepts and Issues |
4 |
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BUSI 053 |
Legal and Ethical Environment of Business I-B |
4 |
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ENGL 126 |
Literature and the Environment-Diversity III-C |
4 |
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GESC 043 |
Environmental Science for the Informed Citizen |
4 |
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GESC 045 |
Soil, Water, and War III-C |
4 |
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HIST 136 |
American Environmental History |
4 |
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PHIL 035 |
Environmental Ethics II-B |
4 |
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SOCI 111 |
Environment and Society - Diversity, III-B |
4 |
