Global Sustainability, Policy & Justice Concentration

The Global Sustainability, Policy & Justice concentration is a course of social science study for students interested in examining issues of sustainability that focuses on the societal experiences, political and economic factors, and justice implications of environmental challenges. Students explore the means of addressing these challenges at home, in other countries, and through international agreements. Students with this major generally aspire to careers in environmental advocacy, consulting, corporate responsibility, law, management, public policy, green design, and urban planning. The curriculum provides a solid foundation for the pursuit of graduate and professional degrees as well for the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps.

Requirements

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Students must take a minimum of 11 courses, at least four of which are at the 300-level or above including the following (*check prerequisites).

 

Required Core Courses (6 total)

1. ENST 100 - Environment and Society
2. ENST/BIOL 120 - Ecology and Environmental Problems
3. ENST 230 - Earth Systems Science
4. Research methods requirement - one of the following:
   • ENST 200 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
   • BIOL 323* (formerly 209) - Biostatistics and Experimental Design
   • PSYCH 227 - Statistics
   • ECON 227 - Statistics for Business and Economics
   • SOC 225 - Methods of Social Research
   • PSCI 392 - Empirical Political Research
5. Ethics requirement: either PHIL 301 Ethics and the Environment or ENST/PSCI 365 - Ethical Dilemmas in Environmental Politics
6. ENST 480* - Senior Seminar: Creating a Sustainable Society
   

   Elective Course Requirements 

7. US Requirement - One of the following:
   • ENST/HIST 248 - American Environmental History
   • ENST/PSCI 260 - American Environmental Politics and Policy
   • ENST/SOC 367 - Environmental Sociology
8. International Requirement - One of the following:
   • ENST/PSCI 361 - Globalization and the Environment
   • ENST/PSCI 362 - Global Sustainability and Asian Development
   • ENST/PSCI 363 - Global Responses to Climate Change
9. Economic/Development Requirement - One of the following:
   • PSCI 326 Globalization and Development
   • ENST/ECON 370 Environment & Natural Resource Economics
10. Environmental Justice Requirement - One of the following:
    • ENST/PSCI 260 American Environmental Politics
    • SOC 340 Social Movements and Politics in the US
    • ENST/PSCI 362 Global Sustainability and Asian Development
    • ENST/SOC 367 Environmental Sociology
11. One Elective Course from List Below

No more than one internship (ENST 397) may count toward the major.

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Approved elective courses - 1 required

• ENST 115/PHYS 120 Energy and Society
• ENST/CHEM 130 Chemistry of the Environment
• ENST/CHEM 135 Water Quality
• ENST/CHEM 138 Better Living Through Green Chemistry
• ENST 231 Environmental Science in Action
• ENST/CHEM 234 Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
• ENST 240 Health and the Environment
• ENST 241 War on Cancer: Does Environment Matter?
• ENST 242 Toxic Threats to Reproduction and Child Development
• ENST/HIST 248 American Environmental History
• ENST/PSCI 260 American Environmental Politics and Policy
• ENST/PSCI 262 Global Environmental Sustainability and Asian Development
• ENST/ANTH 274 Peoples and Cultures of East Africa
• ENST/ANTH 276 Native Americans and the Environment
• ENST/ANTH 288 Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of Food
• ENST 300 Applied Geographic Information Systems*
• ENST/BIOL 318 Field Ornithology*
• ENGL 320 Fiction and Field Study*
• ENST/BIOL 321 Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology*
• BIOL 322 Herpetology*
• BIOL 324 Principles of Ecology*
• ENST/BIOL 329 Stream Ecology
• ENST/PSYC 355 Psychology and the Environment*
• HIST 360 Modern Brazil
• ENST/PSCI 361 Globalization and the Environment
• ENST/PSCI 362 Global Sustainability and Asian Development
• ENST/PSCI 363 Global Responses to Climate Change
• ENST/SOC 367 Environmental Sociology
• ENST/ECON 370 Environmental and Natural Resources Economics

Common Substitutions

• ENST 250 Directed Readings in Environmental Studies
• ENST 270 Special Topics
• ENST 275 Experimental Course in Environmental Studies
• ENST 370 Special Topics
• ENST 375 Experimental Course in Environmental Studies
• ENST 397 Internship*
• ENST 450 Independent Study*
• ENST 451 Independent Research and Writing*
  *Check prerequisites