Sustainability Dual Major

Program Overview

The Sustainability Dual Major at the University of New Hampshire offers a comprehensive curriculum that explores the natural, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. Students can choose from a wide range of elective courses in natural and biological systems, as well as social systems and humanities, to tailor their studies to their interests. The program prepares graduates for careers in various fields related to sustainability, including environmental consulting, sustainability management, and environmental policy.

Program Outline

Outline:

Core Curriculum:

• SUST 401: Exploring Sustainability (4 credits)
• SUST 501: Sustainability in Action (4 credits)
• SUST 750: Sustainability Capstone (4 credits)

Elective Courses (20 credits):

Natural & Biological Systems:

• BIOL 541: Ecology (0 or 4 credits)
• CEE 520: Environmental Pollution and Protection: A Global Context (4 credits)
• CEE 705: Introduction to Sustainable Engineering (3 credits)
• CEE 706: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits)
• CEE 719: Green Building Design (3 credits)
• ECOG 401: Introduction to Ecogastronomy (4 credits)
• ESCI 405: Global Environmental Change (4 credits)
• ESCI 765: Paleoclimatology (3 credits)
• GEOG 572: Geography of the Natural Environment (4 credits)
• GEOG 670: Climate and Society (4 credits)
• HLS 580: Environmental and Human Security (4 credits)
• MARI 705: Introduction to Marine Policy: Understanding US Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Policy (3 credits)
• MEFB 702: Sustainable Marine Fisheries (4 credits)
• MEFB 772: Fisheries Biology: Conservation and Management (4 credits)
• NR 435: Contemporary Conservation Issues and Environmental Awareness (4 credits)
• NR 502: Forest Ecosystems and Environmental Change (4 credits)
• NR 507: Introduction to our Energy System and Sustainable Energy (4 credits)
• NR 650: Principles of Conservation Biology (4 credits)
• NR 703: Watershed Water Quality Management (4 credits)
• NR 785: Systems Thinking for Sustainable Solutions (4 credits)
• NUTR 595: Mediterranean Diet and Culture (4 credits)
• NUTR 730: From Seed to Sea: Examining Sustainable Food Systems (4 credits)
• SAFS 405: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production (4 credits)
• SAFS 410: A Taste of the Tropics (4 credits)
• SAFS 502: Agroecology (4 credits)
• SAFS #510: Agriculture and Development in the Neotropics (4 credits)
• SAFS 632: Urban Agriculture (4 credits)
• SUST 600: Sustainability Independent Study (1-4 credits)
• SUST 605: Sustainability Internship (1-4 credits)

Social Systems & Humanities:

• ADMN 444: Business for People, Planet, and Profits (4 credits)
• ANTH 695: Globalization and Global Population Health (4 credits)
• ANTH 697: Special Topics (4 credits)
• DS 620: Topics in Decision Sciences (Supply Chain Management) (1-4 credits)
• CLAS 540A: Environment, Technology and Ancient Society: Sustaining Ancient Rome Ecology and Empire (4 credits)
• ECON 633: Microfinance (4 credits)
• ECON 706: Economics of Climate Change (4 credits)
• ENGL 521: Nature Writers (4 credits)
• ENGL 736: Environmental Theory (4 credits)
• ENGL 787: English Major Seminar (4 credits)
• EREC 444: The New Pirates of the Caribbean (4 credits)
• EREC 572: Introduction to Natural Resource Economics (4 credits)
• EREC #760: Ecological-Economic Modeling for Decision Making (4 credits)
• FIN 620: Topics in Finance I (2-4 credits)
• FIN 720: Topics in Finance II (The Finance of CSR and ESG Investing) (4 credits)
• GEOG 405: There Is No Planet B (4 credits)
• GEOG 590: Field Research (4 credits)
• GEOG 673: Political Ecology (4 credits)
• GEOG 685: Population and Development (4 credits)
• HMP 501: Epidemiology and Community Medicine (4 credits)
• HMP 715: Environmental Health (4 credits)
• INCO 505A: Semester in the City Becoming a Problem Solver (4 credits)
• INCO 505B: Social Innovator's Toolbox (4 credits)
• INCO 505I: Semester in the City: Boston and SITC @ UNH Internship (8 credits)
• MKTG 620: Topics in Marketing (Sustainability and Marketing) (4 credits)
• NR 602: Natural Resources and Environmental Policy (4 credits)
• NR 643: Economics of Forestry (4 credits)
• NR 720: International Environmental Politics and Policies for the 21st Century (4 credits)
• NR 724: Resolving Environmental Conflicts (4 credits)
• NR 784: Sustainable Living - Global Perspectives (4 credits)
• NR 787: Advanced Topics in Sustainable Energy (4 credits)
• PHIL 431: Business Ethics (4 credits)
• PAUL 670: BiP-Analytical Intelligence Topics (B-Impact Clinic, Carbon Clinic) (2 credits)
• PHIL 450: Environmental Ethics (4 credits)
• POLT 444: Politics and Policy in a Warming World (4 credits)
• POLT 548: Drug Wars (4 credits)
• POLT 750: Politics of Poverty (4 credits)
• POLT 751: Comparative Environmental Politics and Policy (4 credits)
• RMP 511: Issues of Wilderness and Nature in American Society (4 credits)
• RUSS #425M: Topics in Russian Culture and Society in Moscow (4 credits)
• SOC 444A: Honors/Society in the Arctic (4 credits)
• SOC 565: Environment and Society (4 credits)
• SOC 665: Environmental Sociology (4 credits)
• SOC 730: Communities and the Environment (4 credits)
• SUST 600: Sustainability Independent Study (1-4 credits)
• SUST 605: Sustainability Internship (1-4 credits)
• TOUR 767: Social Impact Assessment (4 credits)
• WS 505: Survey in Women's Studies (4 credits)
• WS 798: Colloquium (4 credits)

Careers:

Upon completion of the Sustainability Dual Major, graduates will be prepared for careers in various fields, including:

• Environmental consulting
• Sustainability management
• Corporate social responsibility
• Environmental education
• Environmental policy
• Green building design
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable agriculture
• Sustainable tourism
• Water resource management