Sustainability- Undergraduate Minor
The Undergraduate Minor in Sustainability is an interdisciplinary program through which students develop a deeper understanding of the relations between humans and the natural environment. The minor offers students the opportunity to cross disciplines and construct a coherent interdisciplinary program that focuses on:
- Human interactions with the natural environment
- Society’s role in depleting and transforming natural resources
- Critical issues in sustainable development
- New strategies for conserving natural resources and/or sustainable agricultural production
NMSU occupies a unique strategic position as a land grant institution in a multi-cultural regional setting, combined with its geographic location on a binational border. Students in different programs can use the minor in sustainable development to enhance their undergraduate degree and prepare themselves professionally to seek careers and graduate degrees in sustainable and international development.
A minor in Sustainability is available for students who want to include sustainable development in their academic training. The minor requires 18 credit hours.
NMSU occupies a unique strategic position as a land grant institution in a multi-cultural regional setting, combined with its geographic location on a binational border. Students in different programs can use the minor in sustainability to enhance their undergraduate degree and prepare themselves professionally to seek careers and graduate degrees in sustainable and international development.
A minor in Sustainablility is available for students who want to include sustainable development in their academic training. The minor requires 18 credit hours.
Requirements
| Prefix | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses 1 | ||
| Choose 18 credits from the following: | 18 | |
| World Agriculture and Food Problems | 3 | |
or GEOG 315V | World Agriculture and Food Problems | |
| Natural Resource Economics | 3 | |
or ECON 337V | Natural Resource Economics | |
| Water Resource Economics | 3 | |
or ECON 384V | Water Resource Economics | |
| John Muir: Lessons in Sustainability | 3 | |
| Science & Society | 3 | |
| Food and Culture Around the World | 3 | |
| Environmental Anthropology | 3 | |
| New Mexico and the American West | 3 | |
| Climatology | 3 | |
| Challenges of Globalization | 3 | |
| Cultural Geography | 3 | |
| Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes, and Floods: The Role of Natural Hazards in Civ Past and Present | 3 | |
| Special Topics (Subtitle Environmental History) | 3 | |
| The History of Food | 3 | |
| Agriculture in an Interconnected World | 3 | |
| Global Environmental Health Issues | 3 | |
| Energy and Society in the New Millennium | 3 | |
| Environmental Policy & Administration | 3 | |
| Social Issues in the Rural Americas | 3 | |
| Advanced Environmental Sociology | 3 | |
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Students who wish to substitute 3 credits of internship for one of the above listed classes may do so with permission of the Department Head, Anthropology. Suggested internship courses would include ANTH 385 Internship in Anthropology, ANTH 486 Community Engagement and Service Learningg, or GEOG 401 Internship/Co-op.