SST_BA - Sustainability Studies
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About this Program
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts
- Credits for Degree: 120
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To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.
Sustainability Studies prepares students for global citizenship while providing a broad foundation of sustainability knowledge and professional skill sets. Students gain experience and put their learning to work in the capstone internship course, Sustainability in Action.
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About This Program
Sustainability studies investigates the means to maintain environmental health, create economic welfare, and pursue social justice in a changing world. Students gain an understanding of the ways in which these three goals are interdependent and explore how they can best be pursued in the long term at local, national, and global levels.
requirements for the major
Students are required to complete 33 credits of sustainability studies coursework; 15 of these 33 credits must be at the 3000/4000 level. All courses must be completed with minimum grades of C and a minimum of 15 credits of sustainability studies courses must be completed at UF.
For more information about Sustainability Studies and listings of newly available Core Courses and Cluster Courses, please visit the program website.
Required Major Coursework
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDS 2154 | Facets of Sustainability | 3 |
| IDS 4942 | Sustainability in Action | 3 |
| Select one 2000-level core course from each area | ||
| Humanities Core | 3 | |
| History of Sustainability | ||
| Classical Antiquity and Sustainability | ||
| Literature of Sustainability & Resilience | ||
| Sustainability and Religion | ||
| Natural Sciences Core | 3 | |
| Global Change Ecology and Sustainability | ||
| Geographical Sciences and Sustainability | ||
| Social Sciences Core | 3 | |
| Anthropology of Sustainability | ||
| Economics of Sustainability | ||
| Psychology of Sustainability | ||
| Politics of Sustainability | ||
| Cluster Courses | ||
| Select six cluster courses with at least one course chosen from each of the four clusters. 1 | 18 | |
Cluster A: Ethics, Culture and Human Behavior | ||
Cluster B: Economics, Law and Policy | ||
Cluster C: Production Systems and the Built Environment | ||
Cluster D: Ecology and Environmental Stewardship | ||
| Total Credits | 33 | |
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Four of the six courses (12 credits) must be taken at the 3000 level or higher
Approved Cluster Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A Course List | ||
| AEB 4126 | Agricultural and Natural Resource Ethics | 3 |
| AMH 3630 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| ANT 3420 | Consumer Culture | 3 |
| ANT 4006 | Human Rights and Culture | 3 |
| ANT 4147C | Environmental Archaeology | 3 |
| ANT 4403 | Environment and Cultural Behavior | 3 |
| ENC 3361 | Environmental Nonfiction | 3 |
| ENG 3503 | CINEMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS | 4 |
| ENV 3930 | Environmental Engineering Ethics | 2 |
| FNR 3020 | Professional Practice in Natural Resources | 1 |
| FNR 4070C | Environmental Education Program Development | 3 |
| GEO 3427 | Plants, Health and Spirituality | 3 |
| GEO 4033 | Climate Change and Health | 3 |
| GEO 4034 | Weather, Climate, and Society | 3 |
| GEO 3372 | Conservation of Resources | 3 |
| INR 4350 | International Environmental Relations | 3 |
| JOU 4314 | Environmental Journalism | 3 |
| PHC 4309 | Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health | 3 |
| PHC 4320 | Environmental Concepts in Public Health | 3 |
| FOR 3202 | Society and Natural Resources (Gen Ed Social and Behavioral Sciences) | |
| PHI 3633 | Bioethics | 3 |
| PHM 3032 | Ethics and Ecology | 3 |
| POT 3503 | Environmental Ethics and Politics | 3 |
| PUP 4224 | Florida Environmental Politics | 3 |
| PUR 4442 | Public Interest Communications | 3 |
| PUR 4443 | Global Social Change Communication | 3 |
| REL 2104 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| REL 3492 | Religion Ethics and Nature | 3 |
| REL 4103 | Religion and Nature in North America | 3 |
| REL 4188 | Environmental Values and Practice | 3 |
| RUT 3530 | Russia's Struggle with Nature: Legacies of Destruction and Preservation | 3 |
| SYD 3395 | Sociology of Globalization | 3 |
| SYD 4020 | Population | 3 |
| SYG 2010 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SYO 4530 | Social Inequality | 3 |
| WIS 4523 | Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation | 3 |
| WST 3415 | Transnational Feminism | 3 |
| WST 3663 | Gender and Food Politics | 3 |
| WST 4349 | Ecofeminism | 3 |
| B Course List | ||
| AEB 2451 | Economics of Resource Use | 3 |
| AEB 3450 | Introduction to Natural Resource and Environmental Economics | 3 |
| AEB 4123 | Agricultural and Natural Resource Law | 3 |
| AEB 4282 | International Humanitarian Assistance | 3 |
| AEB 4283 | International Development Policy | 3 |
| CPO 4793 | Environmental Politics in the Global South | 3 |
| DCP 4215 | Leadership in Sustainability | 3 |
| ECP 3302 | Environmental Economics and Resource Policy | 4 |
| ENT 3503 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship | 2 |
| ENV 4601 | Environmental Resources Management | 3 |
| EUH 3683 | The History of Consumption | 3 |
| FNR 4660 | Natural Resource Policy and Economics | 3 |
| FOR 4664 | Sustainable Ecotourism Development | |
| FYC 4408 | Organizational Leadership for Nonprofits | 3 |
| FYC 4409 | Working with Nonprofit Organizations in Community Settings | 3 |
| FYC 4410 | Fund Raising for Community Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| FYC 4427 | Non-Governmental Organizations | 3 |
| GEO 2500 | Global and Regional Economies | 3 |
| C Course List | ||
| ABE 4655C | Bio-Based Products from Renewable Resources | 3 |
| ALS 3030C | Urban Agriculture | 3 |
| AOM 4461 | Sustainable Agricultural Systems | 3 |
| ARC 1000 | Architecture + Humanity | 3 |
| ARC 3880 | Sustainable Architecture | 3 |
| ARC 4882 | Vernacular Architecture and Sustainability | 3 |
| AGG 3501 | Environment, Food and Society | 3 |
| AGR 4212 | Alternative Cropping Systems | 3 |
| ALS 3133 | Agricultural and Environmental Quality | 3 |
| ALS 3153 | Agricultural Ecology | 3 |
| AOM 2520 | Global Sustainable Energy: Past, Present and Future | 3 |
| BCN 1582 | International Sustainable Development | 3 |
| BCN 3730 | Construction, Safety, Health and the Environment | 3 |
| BCN 3730 | Construction, Safety, Health and the Environment | 3 |
| BCN 4105 | Sustainable Housing: Putting the 3 E's into Residential Practice | 3 |
| BCN 4594 | Building Energy Modeling | 3 |
| DCP 3200 | Methods of Inquiry for Sustainability and the Built Environment | 3 |
| DCP 3210 | Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment | 3 |
| DCP 3220 | Social and Cultural Sustainability and the Built Environment | 3 |
| DCP 4213 | Developing Sustainable Projects | 3 |
| DCP 4941 | Practicum in Sustainability and the Built Environment | 6 |
| EES 3008 | Energy and Environment | 3 |
| EES 4050 | Environmental Planning and Design | 3 |
| ENV 4932 | Special Problems in Environmental Engineering Sciences | 1-4 |
| FAS 2024 | Sustainable Fisheries | 3 |
| FYC 3521 | Community Food Systems | 3 |
| FOR 3162C | Silviculture | |
| FOR 4060 | Global Forests | |
| FOR 4090C | Urban Forestry | |
| GEO 2006 | Natural Hazards Geography | 3 |
| GEO 2230 | Living with Rising Seas | 3 |
| GIS 4324 | GIS Analysis of Hazard Vulnerability | 3 |
| GLY 2038 | Sustainability and the Changing Earth | 3 |
| HOS 2333 | Fighting Food Waste and Loss | 3 |
| GLY 2038 | Sustainability and the Changing Earth | 3 |
| HOS 2333 | Fighting Food Waste and Loss | 3 |
| HOS 3281C | Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
| HOS 3285 | The Organic Debate: Organic Agriculture Development & Regulations | 1 |
| HOS 4283C | Advanced Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
| IND 3627 | Sustainable Interior Environments | 3 |
| LAA 1330 | Site Analysis | 3 |
| PLS 4630 | Organic Weed Management | 3 |
| SWS 3022 | Introduction to Soils in the Environment | 3 |
| SWS 4116 | Environmental Nutrient Management | 3 |
| SWS 4207 | Sustainable Agricultural and Urban Land Management | 3 |
| SWS 4231C | Soil, Water and Land Use | 3 |
| SWS 4233 | Soil and Water Conservation | 3 |
| SWS 4245 | Water Resource Sustainability | 3 |
| SWS 4550 | Soils, Water and Public Health | 3 |
| URP 4000 | Preview of Urban and Regional Planning | 3 |
| URP 4640 | Sustainable Urbanism in Europe | 3 |
| D Course List | ||
| BOT 2800C | Plants in Human Affairs | 3 |
| BSC 2005 | Biological Sciences | 3 |
| BSC 2011 | Integrated Principles of Biology 2 | 3 |
| BSC 3307C | Climate Change Biology | 4 |
| BSC 4055 | Climate Change and Human Systems | 3 |
| ENV 4101 | Elements of Atmospheric Pollution | 3 |
| EVR 2001 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 |
| EVR 3323 | Introduction to Ecosystem Restoration | 4 |
| ENV 4041C | Environmental Analysis | 4 |
| EVS 3000 | Environmental Science 1 | 3 |
| FAS 4270 | Marine Ecological Processes | 3 |
| FAS 4363 | Marine Protected Areas | 3 |
| FAS 4364 | Marine Adaptations: Environmental Physiology | 3 |
| FOR 2662 | Forests for the Future (Gen Ed Social and Behavioral Sciences; Writing Requirement) | |
| FOR 3004 | Forests, Conservation and People (Gen Ed Biological Sciences) | |
| FOR 3153C: Forestry Ecology (Gen Ed Biological Sciences) | ||
| GEO 2006 | Natural Hazards Geography | 3 |
| GEO 2200 | Dynamic Planet Earth | 3 |
| GEO 2242 | Extreme Weather | 3 |
| GEO 3250 | Climatology | 3 |
| GEO 3280 | Principles of Geographic Hydrology | 4 |
| GEO 3334 | Managing for a Changing Climate | 3 |
| GEO 3341 | Extreme Floods | 3 |
| GEO 3352 | The Human Footprint on Landscape | 3 |
| GEO 4300 | Environmental Biogeography | 3 |
| GLY 2010C | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GLY 2030C | Environmental and Engineering Geology | 3 |
| GLY 3074 | Oceans and Global Climate Change | 3 |
| GLY 3083C | Fundamentals of Marine Sciences | 3 |
| GLY 3882C | Hydrogeology and Human Affairs | 3 |
| PCB 3601C | Plant Ecology | 3 |
| PCB 4043C | General Ecology | 4 |
| SWS 2007 | The World of Water | 3 |
| SWS 2008 | Land and Life | 3 |
| SWS 4223 | Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 |
| SWS 4244 | Wetlands | 3 |
| WIS 2040 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3 |
| WIS 2552 | Biodiversity Conservation: Global Perspectives | 3 |
| WIS 3401 | Wildlife Ecology and Management | 3 |
| WIS 3402 | Wildlife of Florida | 3 |
| WIS 3404 | Natural Resource Ecology | 3 |
| WIS 3410 | The Ecology of Climate Change | 3 |
| WIS 4501 | Introduction to Wildlife Population Ecology | 3 |
| WIS 3434 | Tropical Wildlife | 3 |
| WIS 4554 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| WIS 4934 | Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation | 1-4 |
| ZOO 4405 | Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation | 3 |