Academic Catalog 2024-25

Sustainability Studies (Minor)

Dominican’s Sustainability Studies minor is a stand-alone, interdisciplinary minor that equips students with knowledge and skills to better understand and address global sustainability challenges. The minor is grounded in the three pillars of sustainability: environment, social, and economic perspectives with the goal of protecting the environment, supporting communities, and enhancing prosperity. The interdisciplinary nature of this minor also allows students to pursue studies that complement any major or concentration.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  1. Define sustainability and identify sustainability challenges.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of ecosystem carrying capacity as relates to human needs.
  3. Apply sustainability concepts and frameworks to address sustainability issues in a global context.
  4. Evaluate their personal and professional actions with respect to environmental, social, and economic perspectives.

Minor Requirements

The minor is organized around the three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social.

Economic Perspective:

BUS 3016Sustainability Driven Business Innovation

4.00 units

*Note: BUS 4080 Socially and Environmentally Responsible Management may be substituted for BUS 3016.

 

Environmental Perspective

Select one from the following:

BIO 2900Ecology and Evolution

3.00 units

and

BIO 2905Ecology and Evolution Lab

1.00 unit

 

or

 

ENSC 2000Environmental Sciences

3.00 units

and

ENSC 2005Environmental Sciences Lab

1.00 unit

Social Perspective

Select 1 course from the following:

ART 3814Art + Environment

4.00 units

CMS 3201Environmental Communication

4.00 units

ENGL 3090American Transcendentalism

4.00 units

HIST 3711U.S. Environmental History

4.00 units

PHIL 2110Environmental Ethics

4.00 units

POL 3430Environmental History and Law

4.00 units

PSY 3020Environment and Behavior

1.00 unit

PSY 4038Ecopsychology

4.00 units

RLGN 3170Ecology and Religion

4.00 units

Electives

Select 1 course from the following:

ART 3814Art + Environment

4.00 units

BIO 2900Ecology and Evolution

3.00 units

BIO 2905Ecology and Evolution Lab

1.00 unit

BIO 3505International Field Biology

1.00- 4.00 units

BUS 4073Managing Not-For-Profit Organizations

4.00 units

BUS 4080Socially and Environmentally Responsible Management

4.00 units

CMS 3201Environmental Communication

4.00 units

 

ENSC 2000Environmental Sciences

3.00 units

and

ENSC 2005Environmental Sciences Lab

1.00 unit

 

ENSC 3000Environmental Chemistry

3.00 units

and

ENSC 3005Environmental Chemistry Lab

1.00 unit

 

ENSC 3300Advanced Environmental Science

3.00 units

and

ENSC 3305Advanced Environmental Science Lab

1.00 unit

 

ENSC 4000Conservation Biology

3.00 units

and

ENSC 4005Conservation Biology Lab

1.00 unit

 

ENGL 3090American Transcendentalism

4.00 units

GPH 3500Global Environmental Health

4.00 units

HIST 3711U.S. Environmental History

4.00 units

PHIL 2110Environmental Ethics

4.00 units

PHSC 2200Earth Science

3.00 units

PHSC 2205Earth Science Lab

1.00 unit

POL 3430Environmental History and Law

4.00 units

PSY 3020Environment and Behavior

1.00 unit

PSY 4038Ecopsychology

4.00 units

RLGN 3170Ecology and Religion

4.00 units

Total Credit Hours: 16