SUST 200 - Introduction to Sustainability

Credit(s): 3
When Offered: Fall and Spring

Introduction to Sustainability is a required foundational course for the Sustainability Studies minor that provides student from all academic majors and programs an overview of the field of sustainability studies. The study and practice of sustainability is for humanity to meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The concept of sustainability is inherently complex and socially constructed and as such, there is much room for competing ideas about how to achieve sustainability. Sustainability seeks to integrate three dimensions: ecological, economic, and social; which are seen as equally important aspects of a sustainable social system.