Minor Requirements: Sustainability Studies
Sustainability Studies Minor Requirements
The Undergraduate College: Traditional, On Campus
The Undergraduate College Sustainability Studies program offers a minor that requires 18 credits (6 courses) available with the Major of your choice:
Minor Courses: 9 credits (3 courses).
Minor Elective Courses: 9 credits (3 courses).
Under certain conditions, a student may have a minor field designated on their Rosemont transcript. Candidates for the minor must select 21-24 credits above the introductory level in a discipline. These courses are chosen from the Academic Offerings section of the catalog for approved minors. A minimum grade point average of 2.00 in the minor is required. Discuss with your advisor.
Sustainability Studies Minor Courses (9 Credits)
SUS 101: Healing Earth
Prerequisite: None
Course description coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
SUS 102: Global Environmental Issues
Prerequisite: None
Course description coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Choose 1 of the Following 2 Courses:
PSC 0283: Politics of Sustainability
Prerequisite: None
This course explores the social and political dimensions of sustainability. Students will study the common problems created by environmental degradation and the depletion of nonrenewable resources, the solutions to these problems proposed by governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations, and the processes by which competing preferences over these different solutions are reconciled. This course includes theoretical readings and case studies in order to provide an accurate survey of the rapidly changing politics of sustainability. At the conclusion of the course, students will have an increased awareness of what actions society must take in order to develop in a sustainable manner.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
SUS 0283: Politics of Sustainability
Prerequisite: None
Course description coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Sustainability Studies Minor Elective Courses (9 Credits)
Choose 3 of the Following 11 Courses:
BUS 0333: Sustainability for Business, Green Investing
Prerequisite: BUS-0305 AND BUS 240 or permission of Business Discipline Coordinator.
This course will focus on best practices in sustainable business operations. You will be engaged in discussions on how environmental issues shape competitive strategy, government regulation, investor relations, marketing and financial business functions. You will learn to apply tools for implementing sustainable practices such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and thus, be equipped to make investment decisions that take sustainability into view.
Offered spring semester. (3 Credits)
COM 02XX: Environmental Communication
Prerequisite: None
Course description coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
HIS 0265: From Conservation to Climate Change
Prerequisite: None
The course offers a chronological survey of environmental, social movements from the birth of the American conservation movement to recent ideas of sustainability and stewardship. Drawing on readings, films, and field trips, we will focus on individuals, organizations, values, and movement culture in our exploration of environmentalism.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
HIS 0345: Environmental History
Prerequisite: None
This course explores the history of the American environment and the ways in which different cultural groups have perceived, used, managed, and conserved it from colonial times to the present. Cultures include American Indians and European and African Americans. Natural resource development includes gathering, hunting, fishing, farming, mining, ranching, forestry, and urbanization. Changes in attitudes and behaviors toward nature and past and present conservation and environmental movements are also examined.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PHI 0290: Environmental Ethics
Prerequisite: None
This course examines different conceptions of nature and theories about humans’ relationship to their natural environment that have shaped current debates about environmental issues. Readings will be drawn from historically important moral theories as well as contemporary philosophical writings in the area of environmental ethics.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0205: Ethics in International Relations
Prerequisite: None
This course examines the role of ethics in International Relations. International politics is ripe with ethical and normative issues, including when the use of force is justified. Should human rights be important for state behavior? Who should be responsible for environmental protection? This course will ask students to address these and other important questions and think about the consequences and responsibilities that follow for us, our political leaders, and the world.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0265: International Organizations and Law
Prerequisite: None
The course offers a chronological survey of environmental, social movements from the birth of the American conservation movement to recent ideas of sustainability and stewardship. Drawing on readings, films, and field trips, we will focus on individuals, organizations, values, and movement culture in our exploration of environmentalism.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0267: Public Policy Analysis
Prerequisite: None
A consideration of the process of policy making from the formulation of a policy through its success or failure in becoming part of the public agenda and official policy. Students will learn to analyze and write case studies on pressing contemporary political and social issues, e.g. cloning, third world indebtedness, poverty, health care, crime, and education.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
RST 322: Theology and Creation: Care for Our Common Home
Prerequisite: None
Course description coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
SOC 0385: Animals, Society and Human Interaction
Prerequisite: None
The course will explore the study of the relationship between animals and humans throughout social history, how domestication has coincided with social evolution, the role of animal companions in the lives of individuals and families, the treatment of animals as a reflection of culture, animals and physical/social/emotional help; visits to settings where animals are employed as therapeutic agents; the role of animals in personal and societal security; animal communication patterns and capacities.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
SUS 0480: Internship
Prerequisite: None
Discuss with Advisor
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Choose Your Path to Success
At Rosemont College, we prepare all our students to build careers grounded in sound leadership, ethics, and communication, complemented by strong skills in their chosen fields of study. Regardless of your major, our curriculum goes beyond mere job training. It fosters a sense of social responsibility and equips you with robust intellectual and practical skills essential for success in real world settings. If you're uncertain about which path to take, our faculty will provide guidance to help you make the choice that aligns best with your interests.