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Track E: Environment and Sustainability (18 credit hours)

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Required Courses (9 credit hours)

BTNY 1403 LS SUS - Principles of Environmental Science Credits: (4)
GEOG 3060 SUS - Environmental Issues: Local to Global Impacts and Solutions Credits: (3)
SOC 3300 SUS - Environment and Society Credits: (3)

Choose from one of the following subfields:

Sustainability in the Built Environment Subfield (9 credit hours)

Select a total of 9 credits from at least two disciplines:

ARCH 3000 SUS - Sustainable Building Design & Codes Credits: (3)
CM 1310 - Materials & Methods Credits: (4)
CM 2410 SUS - LEED-GA Preparation Credits: (1)
CM 3630 - Environmental Issues in FM Credits: (3)
EET 2180 - Solar PV Systems Credits: (4)
EET 3100 - Renewable Energy Credits: (3)
GEOG 4410 SUS - Sustainable Land Use Planning Credits: (3)
GEOG 4420 - Advanced Urban and Regional Planning Credits: (3)
ID 2010 SUS - Sustainability I: Textiles and Soft Materials Credits: (3)

Sustainable Land, Food, and Water Subfield (9 credit hours)

Select a total of 9 credits from at least two disciplines:

BTNY 2303 - Ethnobotany Credits: (3)
BTNY 2413 - Introduction to Natural Resource Management Credits: (3)
BTNY 3214 - Soils Credits: (4)
BTNY 3454 - Plant Ecology Credits: (4)
ECON 3300 - Environmental Economics Credits: (3)
GEO 3010 SUS - Oceans and Climate Credits: (3)
GEO 3080 - Applied Hydrology Credits: (3)
GEO 4560 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (4)
GEOG 3080 - Arid Lands: Resources, Landforms, and the Quest for Water Credits: (3)
MICR 3484 - Environmental Microbiology Credits: (4)
MICR 3502 SUS - Environmental Health Credits: (2)
NUTR 1240 SUS - Nutrition and Sustainable Cooking Credits: (3)
OCRE 3450 - Adventure Travel and Sustainable Tourism Credits: (3)
ZOOL 3450 - Ecology Credits: (4)
ZOOL 3500 - Conservation Biology Credits: (3)
ZOOL 4470 - Wildlife Ecology and Management Credits: (4)

Advocacy, Education and Communication Subfield (9 credit hours)

Select a total of 9 credits from at least two disciplines:

COMM 1020 HU - Principles of Public Speaking Credits: (3)
COMM 2010 HU - Mass Media and Society Credits: (3)
COMM 3820 - Persuasive Communication Credits: (3)
ECON 3300 - Environmental Economics Credits: (3)
GEOG 4410 SUS - Sustainable Land Use Planning Credits: (3)
HIST 3270 SUS - American Environmental History Credits: (3)
OCRE 4550 - Outdoor Education Philosophies & Principles Credits: (3)
PHYS 3570 - Foundations of Science Education Credits: (3)

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Subfield (9 credit hours)

Select a total of 9 credits from at least two disciplines:

BTNY 3473 - Plant Geography Credits: (3)
EET 3100 - Renewable Energy Credits: (3)
GEOG 1500 PS SUS - Climate Change: Science, Society and Solutions Credits: (3)
GEOG 3050 - Weather and Climate: from daily storms to decades of drought Credits: (3)
GEOG 3080 - Arid Lands: Resources, Landforms, and the Quest for Water Credits: (3)
GEOG 3090 - Arctic and Alpine Environments Credits: (3)
HIST 3270 SUS - American Environmental History Credits: (3)
PHYS 2090 PS SUS - Energy and the Environment Credits: (3)

Note:

Any course with a SUS attribute or strong environment/sustainability component(s) may be applied to the track with advisor approval. For an inventory of sustainability courses, visit https://www.weber.edu/sustainability/courses/course-inventory.html.