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Program Overview

Participants will gain knowledge of materials, techniques, and quality control measures to ensure efficient and successful execution of asphalt paving projects. The program emphasizes safety, planning, and communication to achieve optimal results.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The BS major in Sustainability Studies allows students to complete a broad-based interdisciplinary course of study with required concentrations in sustainability, in the natural sciences, and in mathematics, and with a selection of relevant electives from across the curriculum.

Outline:

The program requires the completion of 58-60 semester hours of coursework, broken down as follows:

• Sustainability Core (24 s.h.
• ):
• SBLY 001 - Our Sustainable World (3-4 s.h.)
• SBLY 002 - Sustainability Planning and Policy (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 105 - Seminar on Sustainability (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 110 - Sustainability Studio (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 005 - Environmental Geology (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 180 - Sustainability Internship (minimum of 3 s.h.)
• One other 3 s.h.
SBLY course
• GEOG 060 - Introduction to Digital Mapping (3 s.h.)
or TPP 060 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 s.h.)
• Science Requirements (17-19 s.h.
• ):
• CHEM 003A - General Chemistry I (3 s.h.)
• CHEM 003B - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1 s.h.)
• CHEM 139 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry (3 s.h.)
• CHEM 140 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (1 s.h.)
• 6-8 credits of BIOLOGY, chosen under advisement from the Director of Sustainability Studies.
• One of the following courses:
• GEOL 033 - Environmental Geomorphology (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 121 - Hydrology (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 132 - Geochemistry (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 140 - Paleoclimatology (3 s.h.)
• Mathematics Requirements (6-8 s.h.
• ):
• Complete 6-8 s.h.
of course work, chosen from the following:
• MATH 008 - Elementary Mathematical Statistics (3 s.h.)
• MATH 050 - Precalculus (3 s.h.)
• MATH 137 - Mathematical Probability and Statistics (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 124 - Biostatistics (3 s.h.)
• AND
• MATH 061 - Basic Calculus with Applications (3 s.h.)
• MATH 061A - Basic Calculus (3 s.h.)
• MATH 071 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (3 s.h.)
• Elective Courses (9 s.h.
• ):
• Select 9 s.h.
from the courses listed below.
• NOTE: Prior to taking elective courses, see adviser to develop a course plan.
Note that not all courses are offered every semester. Courses taken to fulfill elective requirements must be different from courses taken to fulfill Core and Science requirements for the degree.
• BIOL 142 - Urban Habitats (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 124 - Biostatistics (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 139 - Coastal Marine Biology (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 138 - Field Ecology (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 136 - General Ecology (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 156 - Conservation Biology (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 170 - Urban Ecology (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 176 - Ecology of Wild and Urban Plants (3 s.h.)
• BIOL 155 - Marine Biology (3 s.h.)
• CHEM 185 - Environmental Chemistry (3 s.h.)
• ENGG 047 - Environmental Engineering (3 s.h.)
• ENGG 060 - Water Quality for Environmental Engineers (3 s.h.)
• ENGG 110 - Project Management (3 s.h.)
• GEOG 160 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 033 - Environmental Geomorphology (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 121 - Hydrology (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 132 - Geochemistry (3 s.h.)
• GEOL 140 - Paleoclimatology (3 s.h.)
• HPR 068 - Environmental Health (3 s.h.)
• PHI 101 - Ecology and Environmentalism (3 s.h.)
• PHI 133 - Ethics and the Natural Environment (3 s.h.)
• PSY 040 - Statistics (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 014F - First-Year Seminar (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 014S - First-Year Seminar (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 104 A-Z - Special Topics in Sustainability Studies (3 s.h.)
• SBLY 151 to 154 - Readings in Sustainability Studies (3 s.h.)
• SOC 180 - Statistics in Sociology (3 s.h.)
• TPP 110 - Energy and Society (3 s.h.)
• TPP 112 - Technology and Human Values (3 s.h.)
• TPP 114 - Technology and Urban Problems (3 s.h.)
• TPP 115 - Environmental Planning (3 s.h.)
• Note: SBLY 105 and SBLY 110 make up a capstone course sequence that is taken in the fall and spring of the senior year.
SBLY 105 must be taken prior to enrolling in SBLY 110.
• Note: BIOL 124 may be used to satisfy an elective requirement for the degree OR a math requirement, but not both.
Students without a background in high school calculus are strongly advised to take MATH 050 - Precalculus before continuing on to calculus.

Other:

• At least 15 s.h.
must be completed in-residence.
• At least 65 s.h.
must be completed in liberal arts course work. The humanities and social science electives must be satisfied with approved distribution courses:
• WSC 001 - Composition (3-4 s.h.)
• WSC 002 - Composition (3 s.h.)
• Humanities Electives (6 s.h.)
• Social Science Electives (6 s.h.)
• Courses with grades lower than a C- do not count toward the total number of hours required for the sustainability studies major.