Sustainability Co-Major
For more information, contact the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, 118 Shideler Hall, 513-529-5811.
The Sustainability Co-major emphasizes human-nature interaction in understanding environmental patterns and processes. Students are prepared to pursue a wide variety of career paths and post-graduate degrees in sustainability, especially those with design, management, and policy specializations. The term "co-major" indicates that students must complete another major at Miami University. The Sustainability Co-major complements the primary major, which provides significant depth and breadth in an academic discipline. There is no specific degree designation for the co-major; students receive the degree designation of their primary major.
Program Requirements
(37-42 semester hours)
Complete a major in one of the divisions of the university.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Experience | ||
| IES 274 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability | 3 |
| Foundations to Sustainability | ||
Ecological Dimensions: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Plants, Humanity, and Environment | ||
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Ecology of North America | ||
Physical Dimensions: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Earth's Physical Environment | ||
| Environmental Geology and Understanding the Earth | ||
Social Dimensions: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Ideas in Architecture | ||
| Global Cultural Diversity | ||
| Economic Perspectives on Inequality in America | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Global Forces, Local Diversity | ||
| Public Administration | ||
| Integrative Perspectives | ||
Natural Resources & Ecosystems: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Evolution of Plant Biodiversity: Genes to Biosphere | ||
| Evolutionary Biology | ||
| Fundamentals of Ecology | ||
| Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation | ||
| Select two of the following: 1 | 6-8 | |
| Global Plant Diversity | ||
| Field Ecology | ||
| Environmental Education: Focus on Natural History | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Chemistry in Societal Issues | ||
| Global Perspectives on Natural Disasters | ||
| Hydrogeography | ||
| Watershed Management | ||
| Ecoregions of North America | ||
| Water and Society | ||
| Ice Age Earth | ||
| Introduction to Hydrogeology | ||
| Hydrogeological Modeling: Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport and Fate | ||
Social Systems & Human Landscape: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Energy and Policy | ||
| Sustainability Perspectives in Resources and Business | ||
| Urban Geography | ||
| Environment, Society & Justice | ||
or SJS 419 | Environment, Society & Justice | |
| Select two of the following: 1 | 6-7 | |
| Seminars (406C: Sustainable Design Case Studies) | ||
| Environmental Systems I | ||
| Ecological Anthropology | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Urban and Regional Planning | ||
| Environmental Literature | ||
| Principles and Applications of Environmental Science | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Sustainable Marketing Management | ||
| Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development | ||
| Environmental Philosophy | ||
| Public Management, Leadership, and Administrative Politics | ||
| Administrative Law | ||
| Indigenous Peoples and Their Sacred Lands | ||
| Women, Gender, and the Environment | ||
Environmental Measures & Metrics: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| GIScience Techniques in Landscape Ecology | ||
| Environmental Protocols | ||
| Principles of Business Analytics | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Data Analysis Practicum | ||
| Project-Based Synthesis: | ||
| IES 474 | Sustainability in Practice | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 37-42 | |
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A workshop or one-time seminar on sustainability may be substituted with permission of advisor.