2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
    Aug 02, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Sustainability, B.S.


Degree Planning Sheet

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Degree Planning Sheet with Full-Time Sample Course Plan  

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This program provides students with the broad base knowledge and skills necessary to understand the interactions between people and their environment. Graduates will be equipped to navigate the complex, integrated scientific, economic, and social issues that our world faces. We examine the links between human choices and environmental effects, as well as the innovative, evidence-based solutions that will build a more sustainable future.

This program takes a cross-disciplinary and experiential approach towards a deeper understanding of sustainability principles. Our interdisciplinary approach to sustainability is reflected in the three academic tracks (Environmental Science, Business, or Policy) available to students. The core courses give a strong foundation in sustainable principles. All the tracks are focused on the formation of a more ecologically sustainable society.

Graduates are prepared for admission into graduate and professional schools or may begin careers in positions in industry, consultancy, utilities, regulatory agencies, non-profits, non-governmental organizations, or local, state or federal government. Career choices in the field range from conservation scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, foresters, environmental health and safety inspectors, urban planners and environmental attorneys.

This is a fully asynchronous online program.

 

Disclaimer: The program requirements outlined in this catalog are applicable only to students who enroll in this degree program at the university during the academic year specified in this catalog.  Please be aware that program requirements and offerings are subject to change in future academic years. Dual-enrolled students are not admitted to a degree program, but upon admission to a degree program, they will follow the degree requirements that align with their start term.

MCORE


(36 credits)

Social Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the study of human behavior, its ethical and moral dimension, human societies, the requirements of civility, and social science theory and practice which undergirds such study.

(6 credits)

Civic Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the study and purpose of human institutions and systems, the historical and contemporary forms of power, authority, governance and citizenship, and the distribution and use of resources.

(6 credits)

Cultural Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on significant systems of thought, contributions made by significant historical and cultural figures, philosophical and historical movements, and ideas which have shaped history, culture and human institutions.

(6 credits)

Creative Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the nature of the creative imagination, the philosophical underpinnings of human creativity in music, the visual arts, the narrative arts, and philosophical invention, and innovation in a variety of human endeavors.

(9 credits)

Scientific Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the nature of scientific reasoning, the history and variety of the scientific endeavor in culture, and the nature of scientific process and exploration.

(9 credits)

Concentrations


Students must complete at least one concentration.

Graduation Requirements - MCORE


  • 120 credit hours minimum
  • Last 30 hours of the degree taken in residency
  • A minimum of half the major credit hours in residency
  • A minimum of half the minor credit hours in residency
  • ​60 credit hours must be completed at a 4-year institution