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2025-2026 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog

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2025-2026 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog

Sustainability Minor

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Program Requirements

Required Courses: 15 Credits

ENVR 120 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 Credit(s)
or
CHEM 321 - The Sustainable World 3 Credit(s)

Dimensions of Sustainability

Choose 1 course from each dimension:

Environment

BIOL 148 - Biodiversity Conservation 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 304 - Sustainable Agriculture 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 402 - Conservation and Wildlife Management 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 301 - Chemistry and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 343 - Environment and Society 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 380 - Sustainable Energy 3 Credit(s)
ESCI 200 - Environmental Science 3 and 1 Credit(s)

Society

ENVR 340 - Environmental Justice Narratives 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 343 - Environment and Society 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 371 - Globalization and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 330 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit(s)
SOCI 343 - Environment and Society 3 Credit(s)
SOCI 371 - Globalization and the Environment 3 Credit(s)

Economy

ECON 320 - Economy and Environment 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 350 - Sustainable Development 3 Credit(s)

Capstone

Choose one:

ENVR 470 - Applied Sustainability 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 480 - Sustainable Communities 3 Credit(s)
SOCI 480 - Sustainable Communities 3 Credit(s)

Elective: 3 Credits

ANTH 354 - Environmental Archaeology 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 366 - Historical Ecology 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 148 - Biodiversity Conservation 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 300 - Ecology 3-4 Credit(s)
BIOL 304 - Sustainable Agriculture 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 310 - Marine Biology 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 312 - Insect Ecology 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 334 - Biology of Woody Plants 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 352V - Tropical Ecology and Conservation 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 402 - Conservation and Wildlife Management 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 409 - Fresh Water Ecology 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 483 - Current Topics in Biology 2-3 Credit(s)
CHEM 301 - Chemistry and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
COMP 304 - Technical Writing 4 Credit(s)
COMP 321 - Writing about the Environment 4 Credit(s)
ECON 302 - The Global Economy 3 Credit(s)
ECON 320 - Economy and Environment 3 Credit(s)
ECON 321 - Economic Development of Nations 3 Credit(s)
ECON 340 - Health Economics 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 290 - Environmental Inquiry 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 310 - Adirondack Environmental History 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 320 - Policy and Protected Areas 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 350 - Sustainable Development 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 371 - Globalization and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 380 - Sustainable Energy 3 Credit(s)
ESCI 200 - Environmental Science 3 and 1 Credit(s)
GEOL 101 - Environmental Geology 1 and 3 Credit(s)
GEOL 125 - Earth Systems 1 and 3 Credit(s)
GEOL 380 - Climate Change Past and Present 3 Credit(s)
GEOL 440 - Economic Geology 3 Credit(s)
HIST 378 - Adirondack Environmental History 3 Credit(s)
HIST 470 - African Environmental History 3 Credit(s)
PHTH 300 - Environmental Health 3 Credit(s)
LITR 351 - Nature and Literature 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 330 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit(s)
PHYS 330 - Meteorology 3 Credit(s)
POLS 303 - Policy and Protected Areas 3 Credit(s)
POLS 414 - Environmental Law 4 Credit(s)
SOCI 371 - Globalization and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
SOCI 440 - The Sociology of Food 3 Credit(s)
WILD 240 - Backpacking 2 Credit(s)

Note(s)

Students graduating with a Sustainability minor must complete the minor requirements with at least a 2.0/S grade in each course.

Total Credit Hours Required: 18

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