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A Minor in Sustainability is suggested for students who desire an understanding of sustainability or those who anticipate working for trans-national or development organizations.

The interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability is open to students of all majors. Sustainability requires that short and long-term social, economic, and environmental impacts of products and processes be considered. With globalization of the world's economies, continuing challenges with depletion of resources and increased global pollution, the well-being of society will require application of the principles of sustainability.

The Minor in Sustainability is suggested for students who desire an understanding of sustainability or those who anticipate working for trans-national or development organizations. The interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability is open to students of all majors.

The minor in sustainability is open to students of all majors.

To earn a minor in sustainability, you must complete a minimum of 20 units and earn a Pacific minor GPA of 2.0. You must take one course in technology, one course in economics and society, and one course in environment and ethics.

Eligible Technology Courses

CIVL 171Water and Environmental Policy3
CIVL 173Sustainable Engineering3
EMGT 176Systems Engineering Management4
MECH 155Solar Energy Engineering4

Eligible Economics and Society Courses

ECON 071Global Economic Issues4
ECON 157Environmental and Natural Resources Economics4
GESC 103Global Change4
INTL 077Contemporary World Issues4
INTL 174Global Environmental Policy4

Eligible Environment and Ethics Courses

BIOL 35Environment: Concepts and Issues4
BUSI 053Legal and Ethical Environment of Business I-B4
ENGL 126Literature and the Environment-Diversity III-C4
GESC 043Environmental Science for the Informed Citizen4
GESC 045Soil, Water, and War III-C4
HIST 136American Environmental History4
PHIL 035Environmental Ethics II-B4
SOCI 111Environment and Society - Diversity, III-B4

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