Minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies
Minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates with a Minor in Sustainability and Environmental Studies will:
- Articulate the basic tenets of sustainability.
- Describe the obstacles and potential solutions for achieving a more sustainable future.
- Design and implement sustainability concepts and practices in a final independent project.
- Develop and articulate ideas and arguments about sustainability in written and oral form.
Minor requirements*
- NSCI201 Environmental Issues (3 hours)
- SES 103 Sustainability: Concepts and Applications (3 hours)
- SES 359 Practicum in Sustainability (3 hours)
Choose one course from the following:
- NSCI180 Science, Society, and the Environment (3 hours)
- BIOL112 Biology 2 (4 hours)
Choose two courses from the following:
- AGRI 1266 Crop and Plant Science (4 hours) *
- AGRI 1267 Principles of Animal Science (3 hours) *
- BUS 376 Introduction to Environmental Law (3 hours)
- BUS 377 Hazardous Materials and Waste Management (3 hours)
- PHIL322 Ecology and Ethics (3 hours)
- ECON334 Environmental Economics (3 hours)
- ENG 203 Literature and the Environment (3 hours)
- POLS322 Climate Change, Global Warming, and Politics (3 hours)
*The AGRI 1266 and AGRI 1267 classes are taught through Cowley County Community College at their Wellington Campus. Students will need to enroll in those courses through Cowley College and attend courses at their CC Wellington campus. Students who have successfully completed those classes may use them toward completion of the sustainability minor. The Southwestern College “Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy” will apply to the students while they take classes also at Cowley College.
