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Sustainability Science, B.S.

General Education 35

Foundation Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1
OR
GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1
 
ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3
MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3
COMM 1402COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3
GE 2024RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 6

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Required Distribution Course

Select one course with advisement from areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3
Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3
Music or Theatre

3
Philosophy or Religion

3
Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 6

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Required Distribution Course

Select one course with advisement from areas below:
Economics or Geography

3
Political Science

3
Psychology

3
Sociology or Anthropology

3
Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 7

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3
CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

**MATH*1016 required by SESS, pre-requisite is MATH*1000 which may be used as a free elective by students needing to take MATH*1000 first.

****CHEM*1083 requires a grade of C or better to advance to CHEM*1084.

G.E. and Major Capstone 3

SUST 4300INDEPENDENT PRACTICUM IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

Additional Requirements 26

Additional Required Courses 26

BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4
BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIV- ERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4
CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4
MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4
PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4
ECO 1021PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS II

3
MGS 2030PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

3

Academic Major Requirements 38

Academic Major Requirements 38

ENV 1000INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3
ENV 2100ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE

4
ES 1101INTRODUCTION TO EARTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS

4
ES 2101GEO-HYDRO SYSTEMS

4
ES 3010DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING IN GEOSCIENCE

4
SUST 1000INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCI

3
SUST 2200INTRODUCTION TO LAWS & SUSTAINABILITY

3
SUST 3110RENEWABLE ENERGY

3
SUST 3200ENV HLTH & SFTY FOR SUSTAIN

3
SUST 3300LEED LAB AND AP CREDENTIAL PREPARATION

4
SUST 4110LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

3

Program Focus-Related Electives 12-15

All Major courses require a grade of C or better

To be selected with advisement from approved program list maintained in the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and in consultation with the Program Coordinator with at least half of the credits must be at the 3000-4000 level. A maximum of 8 S.H. of Sustainability courses count toward degree. If the course is taken as a Major Elective, it cannot be counted as a General Education course. 

Environmental Internship is recommended as a Major Elective course.

1000 Level Courses

ANTH 1800CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3
ECO 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3
PHYS 1050ENERGY, PHYSICS & THE ENVIRONMENT

3
PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3
SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

2000 Level Courses

ACCT 2200PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I

3
BIO2400GENES, ORGANISMS, POPULATIONS

4
BIO 2500PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY

4
BIO2601ENVIRON ECOLOGY AND HUMANITY

4
BIO 2650INTRO TO MARINE BIOLOGY

4
CHEM 2180PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC CHEM

4
CHEM 2581ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

3
CHEM 2582ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

3
CHEM 2583ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY AND RECITATION I

2
CHEM 2584ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY AND RECITATION II

2
DSN 2200DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY II

3
ENV 2000EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY

4
ENG 2005ADVANCED COMPOSITION

3
ENG 2010CREATIVE WRITING

3
ENG 2020WRITING

3
ENG 2101STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3
GEOG2020CONSERVATION OF NAT RESOURCES

3
MKT 2500PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

3
PA 2000INTRO TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3
SUST 2008INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSTING

4
SUST 2101APPLIED ORGANIC CHEMICAL SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

4
SUST 2201ECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

3
SUST 2202RELIGON AND SUSTAINABILITY

3
SUST 2203INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

3

3000 Level Courses

ANTH 3830ANTHROPOLOGY-NO AMER INDIANS

3
BIO 3000MARINE BIOLOGY

4
BIO 3305PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY

4
BIO 3400ZOOLOGY:FORM AND FUNCTION

4
BIO3435ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

4
BIO3513MORPHOLOGY/EVOLUTN PLNT KINGDM

4
BIO 3535FIELD BOTANY

3
BIO 3614PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY

4
CHEM 3581Biochemistry

3
COMM 3216INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMM

3
COMM 3590BUSINESS & PROF. COMM

3
COMM 3660INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC RELATIONS

3
COMM 3675MEDIA ADVERTISING

3
COMM 3910PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING

3
COMM 3915FEATURE WRITING

3
ECO3730ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

3
ECO 3840POPULATION ECONOMICS

3
ENG 3030WRITING ARGUMENTS

3
ENG 3041WRITING IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

3
ENG 3915FEATURE WRITING

3
ENV 3051FIELD BIOLOGY: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS

4
ENV 3201BIODIVERSITY

4
ENV 3230URBAN ECOLOGY

3
ENV 3250MEDICINAL BOTANY

3
ENV 3400ENVIRONMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHY

4
ENV 3600CORAL REEFS & COASTAL SYSTEMS

4
ENV 3720ENTOMOLOGY

4
ES 3000GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY

4
ES 3010DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING IN GEOSCIENCE

4
ES 3200GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS IN GEOSCIENCE

4
ES 3261MINERALOGY

4
HIST 3852THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

3
MKT 3510CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

3
PHIL 3800ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

3
PSY 3420ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3
REC 3810RECREATION & THE ENVIRONMENT

3
SOC 3410SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

3
SOC 3420ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

3
SUST 3600GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TL

3

4000 Level Courses

BIO4415ICHTHYOLOGY

4
BIO4575PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

4
BIO 4615APPLIED ECOLOGY

4
ENV 4210CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

4
ENV 4435BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

3
ENV 4600PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS

3
ENV 4601MARINE CONSERVATION

3
ENV 4605FIELD METHODS IN MARINE RESEA

4
ES 4200REMOTE SENSING

4
GEOS4201URBAN GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS

4
HIST 4361THE AMERICAN CITY

3
MKT 4240CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MKT

3
SOC 4401SOCIAL CHANGE

3
SUST 4001ESSENTIAL READINGS FOR SUST

3
SUST 4000TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAIN

3

Free Electives 6-9

(50% of free electives must be at the 3000-4000 level)

Total Credit Hours: 120

At least 50% must be 3000/4000 level

Students should meet with the Executive Director for advisement because of pending changes to the guidesheet.