Sustainability

Description
The concentration in sustainability introduces students to the problems of sustainability and enables them to understand what it is that determines the sustainability of human institutions, organizations, cultures and technologies in different environments at the local, national and international level. The 18-credit concentration allows students from many areas of study to explore the challenges of sustainability and how it may be used to develop solutions to pressing issues at local and global levels. Students must take two core sustainability courses and choose two of the following four themes and take two courses from each of the two themes selected.

Coupled Human-Environment Systems
Earth Systems
Human Transformation of the Earth
Social, Political, and Economic Treatment of Natural Resources and Environment

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division (300-400 level) hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.

Notes

• Find Global Sustainability Study Abroad options and Scholarships here: schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/student-experience/study-abroad/  Scholarship awards may be up to 40 to 60 percent of the total cost of the program, not to exceed $5,000.

• To request an override into any School of Sustainability (SOS), please use the following link: schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/course-override-request-form/

• Students wishing to request a course substitution in a themed area may email sosadvising@asu.edu with an explanation of why a course fits into a specific themed area and provide a copy of the syllabus. Students may be asked to ask submit a petition if a decision cannot be reached at the advising level.

Core 6 Hours Required

SOS 100 Introduction to Sustainability, G (3)*

SOS 300 Advanced Concepts and Integrated Approaches in Sustainability (3) (Prerequisites: SOS 100, SOS 110, SOS 111 (PUP 190) with C or better; and approved override)

* If taken already, SOS 110 or SOS 111/PUP 190 may substitute for SOS 100. If SOS 110 and SOS 111/PUP 190 have both been taken, one course may substitute for SOS 100 and the other course may be used as a “theme” course.

Thematic Studies 12 Hours Required - 9 hours must be upper division
Select two themes and complete two courses from each. 

Coupled Human-Environment Systems

ASB 222 Buried cities and Lost Tribes (HU or SB) & G & H (3)

CHM 107 Chemistry and Society (3) (Both CHM 107 & CHM 108 must be taken to secure SQ General Studies credit)

CRD/NLM/PRM/TDM 301 Sustainable Communities (3)

CRD 302 Inclusive Community Development (SB & C) (3)

GLG 110 Dangerous World, SG & G (3) (Both GLG 110 & 111 must be taken to secure SG General Studies credit)

GPH 210 Society and Environment, G (3)

ISS 450 Consumerism and Sustainable Development (3) (Prerequisite(s): minimum 45 hours)

LSC 362 The Human Environment (3) (Prerequisite(s): BIO 181; BIO 182)

SOS 320 Society and Sustainability, L or SB (3) (Prerequisites:  SOS 110 and SOS 111 (or PUP 190) with C or better; OR Non-Sustainability major with 2 of the following courses: SOS 100, SOS 110, SOS 111 (or PUP 190), SOS 300 with C or better)

SOS 327 Sustainable Food and Farms (3) (Prerequisites:  SOS 110 and SOS 111 (or PUP 190) with C or better; OR Non-Sustainability major with 2 of the following courses: SOS 100, SOS 110, SOS 111 (or PUP 190), SOS 300 with C or better)

Earth Systems

ABS 225 Soils, SQ (3) (Prerequisites: CHM 101 or CHM 113)

ABS 270 Sustainable Biological Systems (3)

BIO 100: The Living World (SQ) (4)

ENV 410: Soil Science (4)

GLG 101 Introduction to Geology I (Physical), SQ & G (3) (Students must complete GLG 101 & GLG 103 to secure SQ general studies credit)

GLG 110 Dangerous World, SG & G (3) (Both GLG 110 & 111 must be taken to secure SG General Studies credit)

GPH 211: Landform Processes (SQ) (4)

LSC 388 Research Fundamentals for the Natural Sciences, L (3) (Prerequisite(s): ACO 320 OR BIO 182 OR MAT 272; Credit is allowed for only LSC 388 or LSC 498 (Research Fundamentals for the Natural Sciences) or ENV 388 or FOR 388 or PLB 388 or PTX 388)

SES 106: Habitable Worlds (SQ) (4)

SOS 326 Sustainable Ecosystems (3) (Prerequisites:  SOS 110 and SOS 111 (or PUP 190) with C or better; OR Non-Sustainability major with 2 of the following courses: SOS 100, SOS 110, SOS 111 (or PUP 190), SOS 300 with C or better)

Human Transformation of the Earth

ABS 260: Fundamentals of Sustainable Horticulture (SG) (4)

ABS 270: Sustainable Biological Systems (3)

ABS 363: Sustainable Landscape Practice (4)

ALA 100: Introduction to Environmental Design (HU & H & G) (3)

ASM 104: Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution (SB or SG) (4)

BIO 130: Introduction to Environmental Science (SQ) (4)

CON 101: Construction and Culture: a Built Environment (HU & H) (3)

ENV 201: Fundamentals of Environmental Science (3)

FSE 181: Technological, Social, and Sustainable Systems (HU) (3)

IAS 407 / PHI 407: Environmental Philosophy and Policy (L or HU) (3)

IND 243: Design for Ecology and Social Equity (3)

SOS 111 / PUP 190: Sustainable Cities ((HU or SB) & G) (3)

SOS 323: Sustainable Urban Dynamics (3)

SOS 324: Sustainable Energy Technology and Systems (3)

SOS 465 / PUP 465: Sustainable Urbanism (3)

STS 235: Technology and Urban Systems (L) (3)

Social, Political and Economic Treatment of Natural Resources and Environment

ABS 381: Natural Resources Policy (3)

ABS 479: Ecosystem Management and Planning (L) (3)

AGB 250: Economics of Resource Allocation: Food and Agriculture (3)

AGB 414: Food and Agribusiness Policy Issues (L) (3)

AGB 452: Global Food and Agricultural Trade (3)

ASB 100: Introduction to Global Health (SB & G) (3)

CRD 301: Sustainable Communities (3)

GCU 441: Economic Geography (SB) (3)

HCI 311: Health Innovation: Foundational Concepts (3)

HCI 412: Transforming Health Care: A Systems Perspective for Innovation (3)

HCI 421: Health Care Policy: The Innovator's View (3)

HCR 230: Culture and Health (C & G) (3)

HCR 336: Environmental Community Health (3)

HCR 494: Food Safety and Protection (3)

IAS 340 / PHI 320: Bioethics (HU) (3)

IAS 409: Eco-Community Ethics (HU) (3)

NLM 410: Social Entrepreneurship (3)

PHI 306: Applied Ethics (HU) (3)

PHI 360: Business and Professional Ethics (HU) (3)

PRM 340: Outdoor Survival (3)

SGS 203: Contemporary Global Trends (SB & G) (3)

SGS 303: Global Trends (SB & G) (3)

SOS 110: Sustainable World (SB) (3)

SOS 321: Policy and Governance in Sustainable Systems (3)

SOS 323: Sustainable Urban Dynamics (3)

SOS 325: The Economics of Sustainability (3)

SOS 330: Sustaining the Commons (L) (3)

STS 101: Introduction to Science, Technology and Society (SB) (3)

STS 110: Global Technology and Development (SB & G) (3)

TDM 482: Sustainable Revenue Management (3)