Undergraduate Bulletin

Spring 2025

Major SBC Courses for the BA in Sustainability Studies

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2)

SBC Category

Required Major Courses

Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)

ARTS    
GLO   ANT 102, SOC 344, SUS 314, SUS 316, SUS 405
HUM   PHI 104, PHI 105, SUS 202, SUS 203, SUS 316
LANG (see Note 4)    
QPS AMS 102

AMS 110, AMS 151, MAT 123, MAT 125, MAT 131

SBS   ANT 102, GSS 105, ECO 108, MAR 356, POL 102, SUS 200, SUS 115
SNW ENV 115

ANP 120, ANP 307, ATM 201, BIO 201, ENS 101, GEO 102, MAR 104, SUS 111, SUS 113

TECH SUS 201 GSS 313, GSS 317
USA   MAR 356, POL 102, SUS 317
WRT    
STAS   ANP 401, BIO 371, ENS 311, ENV 301, ENV 304, ENV 339, GEO 304, GEO 313, HIS 302, HIS 352, MAR 315, MAR 340, MAR 392, MAR
394, SUS 307, SUS 323, SUS 340, SUS 343, SUS 344
EXP+   MAR 355, MAR 388, SUS 316, SUS 351, SUS 352, SUS 405, SUS 487, SUS 488
HFA+  

SUS 320, SUS 321, SUS 325, SUS 328, SUS 366, SUS 390

SBS+  

POL 310, POL 359, SOC 344, SUS 206, SUS 305, SUS 317, SUS 318, SUS 324

STEM+   BIO 211, BIO 351, MAR 303, MAR 320, MAR
388, SUS 204, SUS 319, SUS 322, SUS 326, SUS 351
CER   PHI 104, PHI 105, SUS 203, SUS 323, SUS 366
DIV (see Note 5)   POL 310
ESI   ANP 401, BIO 319, BIO 352, ENV 340, GEO 313, MAR 315, MAR 355, MAR 388, MAR 394, SUS 390, SUS 401
SPK SUS 301 COM 365, ENV 301
WRTD SUS 459 SUS 203, SUS 321, SUS 323, SUS 325, SUS 328

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG).

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

  • Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
  • Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
  • Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later