Faculty: Professors Maillacheruvu, Morris, Associate Professors Bukowski (chair), Olds.

The Sustainability minor at Bradley is administered by an interdisciplinary group of faculty representing each of the colleges. The program is designed to introduce students to the importance of employing sustainable practices in their everyday lives. Our planet is governed by life support systems such as water, oxygen, and carbon cycles. These systems are robust but become degraded under human impact. Sustainability, the ability to protect and maintain natural resources for future generations, requires scholarship to provide a firm understanding of the scientific, economic, political and social factors governing those resources. This scholarship must also be employed to derive solutions and practices that will support and protect the life support systems afforded to humans by our planet, now and long into the future. By its very nature, sustainability requires a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on academic fields including, but not limited to, the natural, social, political, economic, and health sciences, engineering and humanities, and must draw insights from historical and current business and governmental practice.

 To minor in sustainability, a student must complete a minimum of 21 hours: 9 hours of required courses and 12 hours of electives. At least 9 hours of the total must be at the upper level,

Each course must be completed with a C or better to count towards the minor.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
ENS 105	Introduction to Sustainability	3.0
or C E 383 & C E 393	Ethics and Sustainability and Sustainability and Public Policy
ENS 110	Environmental Science	3.0
or BIO 300	Population, Resources and Environment
SOC 325	Environmental Sociology 1	3.0
or ECO 240	Environmental Economics and Sustainability
Elective Courses
Select 12 hours of the following:		12.0
ART 323	Art and The Environment
BIO 303	Plants and People
BIO 304	Ecology of Place
BIO 355	Soil Biology
BIO 420	Ecosystem Ecology
BIO 430	Soil Ecology
BIO 450	Conservation Biology
BIO 460	Ecology
C E 360	Introduction to Environmental Engineering
C E 430	Water Supply & Hydraulic Engineering
C E 465	Surface Water Hydrology
C E 541	Pollution Modeling
C E 542	Advanced Water Treatment
C E 543	Advanced Wastewater Treatment
C E 546	Groundwater Hydrology
C E 555	Sustainability and Environmental Regulations
C E 558	Solid Waste Management
CHM 300
CHM 416	Environmental Chemistry
CON 352	Sustainable Urban Environment
CON 430	Commercial Construction
CON 452	Green Construction and LEED
ECO 240	Environmental Economics and Sustainability
ENC 200
ENS 305	Sustainability and Food
ENS 307	Science and Politics of Global Climate Change
ENT 386	Social Entrepreneurship
EDU 280	Exploring Diversity: Learners, Families, And Communities
FCS 272	Hospitality Facilities Management
GES 300	Oceanography the Human Perspective
H S 220
HIS 315	U.S. Social Movements
HIS 385	Science, Technology, and Society
IME 301	Engineering Economy I
IME 331	Fundamentals of Materials Science
IME 422	Manufacturing Quality Control
PLS 307	Classical Political Philosophy
M E 351	Engineering Materials Science I
M E 536	Industrial Pollution Prevention
M E 537	Building Energy Management
NUR 372	Safety and Emergency Care
PHL 347	Ethics
PLS 421
PSY 250	Environmental Psychology
SCI 301	Science through Inquiry II: Environmental Science (Biology, Chemistry)
SCI 302	Science through Inquiry II: Ecosystems (Biology, Earth Science)
SOC 312	Social Inequality
SOC 325	Environmental Sociology
SOC 326	Sociology of Globalization
SOC 344	Social Movements
Total Hours		21

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Both SOC 325 Environmental Sociology and ECO 240 Environmental Economics and Sustainability are highly recommended.

• Up to three credit hours of an approved internship, research or study abroad experience may be substituted for one of the additional courses.
• Special topics courses if applicable may be approved by the program chair to count for a course.
• Only 9 credit hours of the Sustainability minor may also be part of the student’s major course of study.

Optional Tracks

 Take four courses from one of these tracks.

Policy, Socioeconomics and Sustainability

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
BIO 304	Ecology of Place	3.0
CHM 300		3.0
ECO 240	Environmental Economics and Sustainability	3.0
ENC 200		3.0
ENS 307	Science and Politics of Global Climate Change	3.0
ENT 386	Social Entrepreneurship	3.0
FCS 272	Hospitality Facilities Management	3.0
HIS 315	U.S. Social Movements	3.0
PLS 307	Classical Political Philosophy	3.0
PHL 347	Ethics	3.0
PSY 250	Environmental Psychology	3.0
SOC 325	Environmental Sociology	3.0
SOC 344	Social Movements	3.0

STEM Applications and Sustainability 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
BIO 303	Plants and People	3.0
BIO 304	Ecology of Place	3.0
BIO 420	Ecosystem Ecology	4.0
BIO 430	Soil Ecology	3.0
BIO 450	Conservation Biology	3.0
BIO 460	Ecology	4.0
C E 360	Introduction to Environmental Engineering	3.0
C E 465	Surface Water Hydrology	3.0
C E 541	Pollution Modeling	3.0
C E 555	Sustainability and Environmental Regulations	3.0
CHM 300		3.0
CHM 316		3.0
CON 352	Sustainable Urban Environment	3.0
CON 452	Green Construction and LEED	3.0
ENS 305	Sustainability and Food	3.0
ENS 307	Science and Politics of Global Climate Change	3.0
PHL 347	Ethics	3.0

Arts and Humanities 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ART 323	Art and The Environment	3.0
ENT 386	Social Entrepreneurship	3.0
HIS 315	U.S. Social Movements	3.0
HIS 385	Science, Technology, and Society	3.0
PHL 347	Ethics	3.0
SOC 312	Social Inequality	3.0
SOC 325	Environmental Sociology	3.0
SOC 326	Sociology of Globalization	3.0
SOC 344	Social Movements	3.0