Beginning Fall 2023, Sonoma State University is offering a new and distinct Minor in Sustainability. The minor is hosted by the Geography, Environment, and Planning department, and it includes options to take classes from 10 different departments representing four of our Schools at SSU. The path is straight-forward, very interdisciplinary, and offers a breadth of courses which allows students to tailor their choices to their own interests. After completing Sustainability and Development (GEP 206) students will take at least one class from each of the three focused aspects of sustainable development plus their choice of one more from any of the three focused aspects:
- Sustainability in Nature and Built Environments: Environmental Systems
- Sustainability in Social, Economic, Business and Political Systems: Environmental Stewardship
- Sustainability in Culture, Ethics, and Equity: Environmental Justice
Environmental Systems
| Course number | Course information |
|---|---|
| CHEM 300 | Chemistry and Sustainability (3 units) (GE UD B) |
| GEOL 301 | Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands (3 units) (GE UD B) |
| GEOL 302 | Climate Change (3 units) (GE UD B) |
| GEP 201 | Global Environmental Systems (3 units) (GE LD B) |
| GEP 351 | Natural Hazards (3 units) (GE UD B) |
| GEP 362 | Environmental Impact Assessment (4 units) |
| GEP 373 | Energy, Technology, and Society (4 units) |
Environmental Stewardship
| Course number | Course Information |
|---|---|
| ECON 322 | Urban Economics (4 units) PR: ECON 204 and ECON 205 |
| ECON 381 | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (4 units) PR: ECON 204 and ECON 205 |
| GEP 321 | Parks and Protected Areas (3-4 units) |
| GEP 323 | Natural Resources and Development (4 units) |
| GEP 325 | Global Food Systems: Scarcity and Sustainability (4 units) |
| GEP 326 | Water Law, Policy, and Management (3-4 units) |
| GEP 360 | Introduction to Planning (4 units) |
| POLS 314 | Environmental Political Theory (4 units) |
| POLS 421 | Federal and Intergovernmental Relations (3-4 units) |
| POLS 481 | Politics of Regulation and Land Use (4 units) |
| POLS 483 | Politics of Wealth and Poverty |
| SOCI 328 | Sociology of the Environment (4 units) Open to SOCI & to major/minor GEP |
Environmental Justice
| Course number | Course information |
|---|---|
| ANTH 345 | Nature and Society (4 units) |
| GEP 110 | Communication of Environmental Issues (3 units) (GE LD A1) |
| GEP 324 | Climate Change and Society (4 units) |
| GEP 332 | Environmental Literature (3-4 units) |
| GLBL 110 | Communication of Global Social Issues (3 units) (GE LD A1) |
| NAMS 240 | Trauma and Healing in the Anthropocene: Race, Species and Environment (3 units) (GE LD E) |
| NAMS 346 | Philosophic Systems and Sacred Movements in Native North America (3 units) (GE UD C) |
| PHIL 203 | Global Justice (3 units) (GE LD C2) |
| PHIL 301 | Philosophy of Science and Technology (4 units) |
| PSY 485 | Ecopsychology (4 units) PR: Majors and PSY 250 |
| SOCI 329 | Sociology of Climate Change (4 units) Open to SOCI & to Major/Minor/GEP |
| SOCI 482 | Environmental Justice and Policy (4 units) Open to SOCI & to Major/Minor/GEP |
| GEP 330 | Environmental History (4 units) |