2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Sustainability Science, B.S. (This program is not currently accepting new students)

General Education 32

Foundations 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).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

MATH 1054: A student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 2415 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free electives instead of MATH 1054 to total 120 credits.

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 7

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

MATH 1016: Course required by Major.

CHEM 1083: Requires a grade of C or better to advance to CHEM 1084.

Additional Required Courses 26-28

Select one concentration from below:

Energy and Business Concentration 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

MATH 1054 is a co-and /or pre-requisite for BIO 1300, MATH 2415, and PHYS 2091.

MATH 2415:  A student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 2415 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free electives of MATH 1054 to total 120 credits.

Environmental Engineering Concentration 28

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

MATH 2416CALCULUS II

4

PHYS 2197PHYSICS III

4

MATH 1054 is a co-and /or pre-requisite for BIO 1300, MATH 2415, and PHYS 2091.

MATH 2415:  A student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 2415 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free electives of MATH 1054 to total 120 credits.

Academic Major 50-53

Major Required Courses 23

The following courses are required for the Energy and Business or Environmental Engineering Concentrations.

ENV 1000INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3

ES 1101INTRODUCTION TO EARTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS

4

ES 2101GEO-HYDRO SYSTEMS

4

SUST 1000INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

SUST 2200INTRODUCTION TO LAWS & SUSTAINABILITY

3

SUST 3200ENV HLTH & SFTY FOR SUSTAIN

3

SUST 4110LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

3

Energy and Business Concentration (Only) 14

ES 3010DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING IN GEOSCIENCE

4

SUST 3110RENEWABLE ENERGY

3

SUST 3300LEED LAB AND AP CREDENTIAL PREPARATION

4

SUST 4000TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY

3

Environmental Engineering Concentration (Only) 15

ENV 3100PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE

4

SUST 4700WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

4

SUST 4600AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

3

Major Electives Courses 11-16

Energy and Business Concentration requires 13-16 credits of Major Elective courses.

Environmental Engineering Concentration requires 11-14 credits of Major Elective courses.

ES 1996 (Optional) Research Initiative for First-Year Students (1 credit)

ES 3291-3293 (Optional) Internship course (1-3 credits)

Major Capstone Course 3

SUST 4300INDEPENDENT PRACTICUM IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

SUST 4300: Course required by major.  A grade of C or better is required for this course.

Free Electives 6-9

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

Total Credit Hours: 120