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Minor

Sustainability Minor

Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences 141 courses 27-28 total credits

About This Program

The Sustainability Minor includes core sustainability courses and tailored elective courses to expand students' knowledge and experience of their primary major in the context of sustainability principles and frameworks.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 27-28 credits

Electives

Code Course Title Credits
AEC 122 +*Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy 3
AEC 243 *Global Poverty and Sustainable Development 3
AEC 250 +*Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy 4
AEC 253 *Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics 4
AEC 351 *Natural Resource Economics and Policy 3
AEC 352 *Environmental Economics and Policy 3
AEC 353 *Introduction to Coastal and Marine Resource Economics 3
AEC 411 +*Introduction to Food Systems: Local to Global 3
AEC 432 Environmental Law 4
AEC 434 ^Benefit-Cost Analysis 4
AG 201 +*Indigenous Ecosystem Sciences in Pacific Northwest Regions 3
BOT 301 *Human Impacts on Ecosystems 3
FST 327 Introduction to Sustainable Food Processing and Manufacturing 4
FST 455 Food and Climate Change 3
FW 251 Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 3
FW 303 Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource 3
FW 321 Applied Community and Ecosystem Ecology 3
FW 324 +*Food From the Sea 3
FW 325 +*Seeking Solutions to Global Crises in Resource Ecology 3
FW 326 Integrated Watershed Management 3
FW 340 +*Power and Justice in U.s. Natural Resource Management 3
FW 350 +*Endangered Species & Society 3
FW 435 ^Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems 3
FW 462 Ecosystem Services 3
HORT 217 +*Science for Self and Society 3
HORT 260 Organic Farming and Gardening 3
HORT 285 Permaculture Design and Theory: Certificate Course 4
LEAD 242 +Personal Leadership Development 3
LEAD 262 +*Team and Organizational Leadership 3
RNG 341 Principles of Rangeland Ecology and Management 3
RNG 421 Rangeland Restoration and Management 4
SUS 103 +*Introduction to Climate Change 4
SUS 200 Orientation to Sustainability 2
SUS 325 ^Ag and Environmental Predicaments: a Case Study Approach 3
SUS 331 +*Sustainability, Justice, and Engagement 3
SUS 450 Sustainable Organizations 3
BA 251 or BA 252 Managing Organizations or Introduction to Organizational Behavior 4
BA 354 ^Ethics in Organizations 4
BA 432 *Environmental Law, Sustainability and Business 3
BA 466 Integrative Strategic Experience 4
DSGN 383 Building Construction and Materials 3
DSGN 475 *Global Sourcing of Textiles, Apparel, and Footwear 4
MGMT 452 Leadership Theory and Practice 4
CLIM 201 +*Climate Science 4
CLIM 341 +*Snow, Smoke, and Storms: Climate Change Impacts in the Pacific Northwest 3
GEO 306 +*Minerals, Energy, Water and the Environment 4
GEO 332 *Global Warming: Science, Impacts, and Solutions 3
GEOG 100 +*Climate Justice 3
GEOG 241 +*Transforming Environmental Conflicts 3
GEOG 250 +*Land Use Planning for Sustainable Communities 3
GEOG 300 +*Sustainability for the Common Good 3
GEOG 324 ^Ecological Biogeography 4
GEOG 330 *Geography of International Development and Globalization 3
GEOG 331 +*Population, Consumption, and Environment 3
GEOG 332 *Climate and Health 3
GEOG 333 +*Environmental Justice 3
GEOG 340 *Introduction to Water Science and Policy 3
GEOG 360 Giscience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory 4
GEOG 430 Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management 3
GEOG 440 Conflict, Cooperation, and Control of Water in the Us 3
GEOG 441 The World's Water 3
GEOG 451 Planning Principles and Practices for Resilient Communities 4
GEOG 452 Environmental Assessment 3
OC 203 or OC 333 +Oceans, Coasts, and People or *Oceans, Coasts, and People 3
BEE 221 Fundamentals of Ecological Engineering 4
BEE 320 Biosystems Analysis and Modeling 4
BEE 322 Ecological Engineering Thermodynamics and Transfer Process 4
CCE 422 Green Building Materials 3
CHE 450 Conventional and Alternative Energy Systems 3
CHE 451 Solar Energy Technologies 3
ECE 438 Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles 4
ENGR 350 *Sustainable Engineering 3
ENVE 321 Environmental Engineering Fundamentals 4
ENVE 322 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering 4
ESE 355 Energy Regulation 4
ESE 360 Energy Consumption Analysis 4
HEST 201 Innovation for Social Impact 3
HEST 320 *Engineering for Global Health Solutions 3
HEST 412 Multidisciplinary Case Studies in Humanitarian Engineering, Science and Technology 3
HEST 462 System Dynamics Modeling for Humanitarian Engineering 3
FES 341 Forest Ecology 3
FES 365 *Issues in Natural Resources Conservation 3
FES 430 Forest As Classroom 4
FES 435 *Genes and Chemicals in Agriculture: Value and Risk 3
FES 445 Ecological Restoration 4
FES 455 Urban Forest Planning, Policy and Management 4
FES 485 *Consensus and Natural Resources 3
FOR 346 Topics in Wildland Fire 3
NR 201 +Managing Natural Resources for the Future 3
NR 202 Natural Resource Problems and Solutions 3
NR 312 Critical Thinking for Natural Resource Challenges 3
NR 351 *When Science Escapes the Lab: Science and Resource Management 3
TRAL 351 Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands 3
TRAL 354 Communities, Natural Areas, and Sustainable Tourism 3
WSE 111 +Wood Innovations for Sustainability 2
WSE 210 +*Biology, Structure, and Utilization of Woody Plants 4
WSE 266 Hempology: the Industrial Hemp Story 3
WSE 385 *Evaluating Sustainability Through Life Cycle Analysis 3
WSE 392 *Bamboolooza: the Fascinating World of Bamboo 3
H 333 *Global Public Health 3
H 344 *Foundations of Environmental Health 3
H 388 *Global Environmental Health 3
ANTH 352 +*Anthropology, Health, and Environment 4
ANTH 361 +*Food Justice 4
ANTH 477 Ecological Anthropology 4
ANTH 481 *Natural Resources and Community Values 3
ANTH 482 *Anthropology of International Development 4
COMM 440 Theories of Conflict and Conflict Management 3
COMM 442 Bargaining and Negotiation Processes 3
ECON 202Z +*Principles of Macroeconomics 4
ECON 466 Economics of Traditional and Renewable Energy 4
EAH 411 *Perspectives in Environmental Arts and Humanities 4
HST 481 *Environmental History of the United States 4
NMC 311 Introduction to Nonprofit Management 3
PHL 325 *Scientific Reasoning 4
PHL 440 *Environmental Ethics 3
PHL 443 *World Views and Environmental Values 3
PPOL 441 *Energy, Climate and Society 4
PS 331 *State and Local Politics 4
PS 374 *Sustainable Living: Practices and Policies 4
PS 455 *The Politics of Climate Change 4
PS 475 Environmental Politics and Policy 4
PS 477 International Environmental Politics and Policy 4
PSY 492 Conservation Psychology 4
SOC 360 *Population Trends and Policy 4
SOC 381 Social Dimensions of Sustainability 4
SOC 480 *Environmental Sociology 4
SOC 481 *Society and Natural Resources 4
WGSS 440 *Women and Natural Resources 3
BI 347 Oceans in Peril 3
BI 351 Marine Ecology 3
BI 370 Ecology 3
CH 390 Environmental Chemistry 3
MB 330 +*Disease and Society 3
PH 313 *Energy Alternatives 3
Total Electives 27-28 credits

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