The Sustainability miinor is an interdisciplinary program with themes focusing on environmental science, politics and economics of sustainability, social and cultural perspectives of sustainability, and applied aspects of sustainability to better prepare students for jobs in environmental fields.

At minimum of 6 units must be upper-division courses.

Environmental Science (3 units)

BIOL 300 - Environmental Biology and Sustainability (3)
BIOL 318 - Wildlife Conservation (3)
BIOL 319 - Marine Biology (3)
CHEM 313A - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Air Pollution (1)
CHEM 313B - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Water Pollution (1)
CHEM 313C - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Land Pollution (1)
EGCE 370 - Environmental Engineering (3)
GEOG 110 - Intro to Natural Environment (3)
GEOG 311 - Weather and Climate (3)
GEOG 313 - Natural Vegetation (3)
GEOG 324 - Geography of Water Resources (3)
GEOG 328 - Global Change and Environmental Systems (3)
GEOL 100 - Introduction to Earth Sciences (3)
GEOL 101 - Introduction to Geology (3)
GEOL 102 - Earth Science Investigations for Future Teachers (4)
GEOL 310T - Topics in California-Related Geology (3)
GEOL 333 - General Oceanography (3)
GEOL 335 - Hydrology and Surface Processes (3)
GEOL 410 - Planet Earth for Educators (3)
PHYS 301 - Energy and Sustainability (3)
PUBH 115 - Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety (3)
PUBH 381 - Climate Change and Global Health (3)

Politics and Economics of Sustainability (3 units)

ANTH 322 - Human Behavioral Ecology (3)
ANTH 490T - Undergraduate Seminar in Anthropology (3)
ECON 361 - Urban Economics (3)
ECON 362 - Environmental Economics (3)
ECON 462 - Natural Resource Economics (3)
GEOG 320 - Environmental Justice (3)
LBST 340 - Food in the Social Sciences (3)
LBST 488 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (3)
POSC 315 - Introduction to Public Policy (3)
POSC 320 - Introduction to Public Administration (3)
CRJU 320 - Introduction to Public Administration (3)
CRJU 322 - Leadership for Public Service (3)
POSC 322 - Leadership for Public Service (3)
POSC 425 - Policy Analysis (3)
POSC 428 - Environmental Politics and Policy (3)
SOCI 361 - Population and the Environment (3)

Social and Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability (3 units)

AMST 404 - Americans and Nature (3)
ENGL 350 - Literature and the Environment (3)
ENGL 429 - American Landscape in Literature (3)
GEOG 120 - Global Environmental Problems (3)
GEOG 321 - Nature and Society (3)
GEOG 329 - Cities and Nature (3)
GEOG 371 - The National Parks (3)
GEOG 373 - Global Cuisines (3)
PHIL 313 - Environmental Ethics (3)
SOCI 202 - The Social Life of Food (3)
CHIC 201 - Chicana and Chicano Environmentalisms (3)
AFAM 361 - Black Environmentalism (3)

Capstone Experience (3 units)

ANTH 215 - Urban Agroecology (3)
ANTH 315 - Culture and Nutrition (3)
ANTH 458 - Sustainable Urban Food Systems (3)
CHEM 492 - Sustainability Projects (3)
ENST 492 - Sustainability Projects (3)
ENST 495 - Sustainability Internship (3)
GEOG 422 - Global Climate Change (3)
GEOG 433 - Geography of Natural Resources: Environment, Development and Conflict (3)

Total (12 units)

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