The Department of Biomedical & Natural Sciences offers a minor in Sustainability Studies to students from any major.
Sustainability Studies minors will gain interdisciplinary knowledge in ecology, economics and environmental ethics. In this hands-on minor you'll also learn from local organizations that are addressing environmental sustainability challenges through service learning.
Sustainability Studies at the Mount
Hours: 17-20
Core Courses - 7 hours
GEO 140 Environmental Science (4) CN
or
BIO 140 Environmental Science (4) CN
ETH:PHI 269 Environmental Ethics: A Call to Conscience in a Time of Climate Change (3) CE
Elective Courses - 9-12 hours
Choose three courses from one or more of the three key areas listed below. Note that some of these courses have prerequisites.
Environmental Dimensions of Sustainability
ART 336 Sculpture Wkshp:Sustainable Mixed Media (3) CAM
BIO 315 Ecology (4)
BIO 316/316A Aquatic Biology and Lab (4)
BIO 330/330A Evolution and Lab (4)
BIO 335/335A Entomology and Lab (4)
Economic dimensions of sustainability
ECO 212 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECO 450 International Economics and Finance (3)
MGL 375 Nonprofit Management (3)
Social dimensions of sustainability
HIS 236 From Cortez to Costco Impact of European Contact with the Americas on the Food We Eat (3) CH
HON 261 United Nations Sustainability Development Goals: Global & Local (3) (EXP)
JCG 267 Healing and Loving Creation: An Ecological Spirituality for Our Time (3) JCG
JCG 390 Appalachian Culture & Spirit (3) JCG/EXP
SOC 202 Race, Class, Gender (3)
Service Learning - 1 hour
Each student must complete one service learning credit with an organization appropriate for sustainability studies. The service learning credit is subject to the program coordinator’s approval.
Residency requirement: 6 hours
Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in those 6 hours
The Mount prepares students not only to be leaders in their careers, but to be leaders in their communities. The Service Learning Program at Mount St. Joseph University provides a comprehensive array of experiences that help students to be prepared to be engaged in the workplace and in the community.
All Mount students receive hands-on, or experiential, education as part of their program. The Mount’s Service Learning program offers students an opportunity to engage with their community in a wide variety of ways, including:
- Service projects that are embedded into specific classes (such as graphic design classes doing pro bono projects for local nonprofits).
- Credit-bearing service learning classes.
- One-time volunteer experiences such as Welcome Week Service Day.
- Ongoing volunteer opportunities.
- Student Philanthropy Project.
- Civic and voter engagement opportunities.
Eric Johnson
