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Sustainability Education

The Sustainability Studies Program requires a minimum of 15 credits. This includes 6 credits of the required Core Courses, including SUST: 3003 and SUST: 4004, and a minimum of 9 credits of Elective Courses.

SUST 3003: Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet (3 credits)

(3.0 cr; =[GLOS 3304]; Prereq-Soph or jr or sr; fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies Minor. Scientific, cultural, ethical, and economic concepts that affect environmental sustainability and global economic justice. Key texts. Participatory classroom environment.

SUST 4004 Sustainable Communities (3 credits)

(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3003 or GLOS 3304, [jr or sr] in sustainability studies minor] or #; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Students synthesize multiple disciplinary perspectives and integrate insights gained from various approaches/methods. Concepts/scholarship related to sustainability. Applying knowledge/experience to real sustainability problems.

Examples of previous student coursework available here.

ADMINISTRATION
The Sustainability Education website is administered by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.

SUSTAINABILITY CLASSES
The University of Minnesota offers sustainability courses in most of the colleges and schools at the main Twin Cities campus and on each of our four coordinate campuses. Sustainability related courses are offered in departments and programs within the biophysical sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, design, engineering, business, health and within numerous interdisciplinary programs.