Bachelor of Science in Sustainability

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The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability

provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and resolving today’s most pressing and complex environmental, economic, and social challenges. The program is built on a foundation of Arts & Sciences courses that examine sustainable living from multiple perspectives--scientific, political, economic, social, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and literary. Grounded in this integrative approach and common understanding of the issues, students then choose one of three concentrations for greater in-depth study of sustainability: 1) Sustainable Environment and Science, for primary focus on environmental sciences, natural resources, and energy; 2) Sustainable Management and Organizations, for primary focus on sustainable business strategies and the triple bottom line—economic, social, environmental; and 3) Sustainable Communities and Development, for primary focus on designing and managing sustainable spaces in our cities and communities. The three concentrations include selected courses from Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Architecture. The overarching goal of the Bachelor of Science in Sustainability is to provide students with knowledge and methods about sustainability, local to global, and to help improve the quality of individual lives, the productivity of institutions, and the security of our planet (Request Info).

All University College undergraduate students must satisfy the same general-education requirements. Courses that apply to this degree program may be found by selecting "U19 Sustainability" under the Courses and Registration tab on the University College website. Requirements specific to this major include:

Total: 45 Units

Core: 30 Units

U29 364 Global Sustainability
U29 209 Introduction to Environmental Studies
U22 2352 Environmental Ethics
U19 344 International Development and Sustainability
U25 3311 Environmental and Energy Issues
U07 355 Environmental Economics
U69 361 Culture and Environment
U19 328 Environmental Law
U65 344 Nature Writing and Environmentalism
U44 358 Systems Thinking and Decision Analysis

Concentration

15 Units, including required capstone/practicum and four other authorized electives, chosen from lists of courses below, other courses with authorization.

Sustainable Environment and Science

U29 413 Environmental Science: Regional and Global Perspectives
U29 419 Ecology
U82 435 GIS for Engineering Applications
U13 107 Environmental Geology and Energy
U16 3643 Science and Society
U19 146 Introduction to Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
U19 329: The Metropolis
E63 262 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
E63 449 Sustainable Air Quality
E63 438 Environmental Risk Assessment and Toxicology
U19 450 Sustainability Capstone

Students pursuing this concentration advised to take Calculus and Statistics, to count toward math/science distribution or general elective.

Sustainable Management and Organizations

U44 375 Contemporary Organization Development, Innovations, Sustainability
U44 305 Leadership for Organizational Success
U44 270 Marketing Concepts
U44 350 Public Relations
U44 356 Operations and Supply Chain Management
U87 520 Organizational Behavior
U44 3777 Accounting & Finance for Sustainable Operations
U19 329: The Metropolis
U19 450 Sustainability Capstone

Sustainable Communities and Development

U19 299 Study of Cities in Metropolitan America
U19 319 Planning Sustainable Communities
U19 106 Introduction to Political Theory
L22 3066 The American City in the 19th and 20th Centuries
U69 312 Population and Society
U44 359 Public Budgeting and Finance
A46 472 Sustainable Development
A46 336A Sustainability
U19 362 Practical Applications of Sustainable Design I
U19 363 Practical Applications of Sustainable Design II
U19 315 Introduction to Historic Preservation
U19 329: The Metropolis
U19 352 Universal Design: Process, Principles, and Application
U19 343 Management of the LEED Design Process
U19 450 Sustainability Capstone

Certificates in Sustainability

Forms

Printable Application for Admission to the degree program
Printable Degree Requirements Worksheet: Sustainable Communities and Development
Printable Degree Requirements Worksheet: Sustainable Environment and Science
Printable Degree Requirements Worksheet: Sustainable Management and Organizations
Transcript Release Form

To contact University College, telephone (314) 935-6700, or E-mail ucollege@artsci.wustl.edu

Undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs offered through University College are not offered by the Olin Business School at Washington University and do not come under the accreditation responsibility of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). No more than 25% of course work applied to a Bachelor of Science in University College may be in business disciplines.