The Sustainability B.S. degree prepares students for a number of interesting and challenging careers. Its interdisciplinary nature provides students with tools that can be applied across a spectrum of science, social behavior, and humanities, using the strengths of the various areas. Students seeking careers in policy, urban design, education, and communication will gain a broad background in the social, political, and ethical dimensions of environmental issues, while developing an understanding of the dynamics of environmental systems.
Additional courses may be added and will appear on the myKnight audit. Students are responsible for meeting prerequisites.
Degree Requirements
Environmental Studies Core
15 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- EVR3008 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (3)
- EVR3021 - The Science of Sustainability (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4304 - GIS for Sustainable Design (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- EVR3085 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- IDS3053 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods (3)
Sustainability Core
6 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EVR3733 - Introduction to Sustainable Design (3)
- EVR3422 - Sustainability and Behavior (3)
Restricted Electives
18 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- (Although this major can be completed online, some required courses and Restricted Electives are available in various formats. We can’t guarantee that every course will be offered online each semester. Please consult with your Academic Success Coach)
- Earn at least 18 credits from the following:
- ANT3541 - Biobehavioral Anthropology (3)
- ANT4123 - Archaeology of Coastal Societies (3)
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- ENC3455 - Writing about Science and Technology (3)
- ENC4294 - Client-Based Project Management (3)
- ENC4360 - Nature Writing (3)
- ENV3001 - Environmental Engineering (3)
- GIS4314 - GIS Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- HSC4500 - Epidemiology (3)
- HUM3397 - Environmental Humanities (3)
- INR4350 - Global Environmental Politics (3)
- LIT3437 - Global Literature of Environmental Justice (3)
- PAD3330 - Urban and Regional Planning (3)
- PAD4351 - Issues in Environmental Program Management (3)
- PHI4400 - Philosophy of Science (3)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- PUP3204 - Sustainability (3)
- PUR3210 - Communication Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
- EVR4841 - Environmental Project Management (3)
- ANT3290 - Anthropology of Plants and People (3)
- ANT3550C - Primatology (3)
- ANT3701 - Engagement & Social Change: Public Anthropology (3)
- ANT4051 - Environmental Anthropology (3)
- ANT4187 - Paleoethnobotany (3)
- ANT4467 - Nutritional Anthropology (3)
- ANT4480 - Global Health in Anthropological Perspective (3)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- CPO4794 - Indigenous Politics and the Environment (3)
- ECP4303 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3)
- ENV3001 - Environmental Engineering (3)
- ENV4341 - Sustainable Resource Management (3)
- INR3016 - Global Political Issues (3)
- INR4054 - Global Politics of Energy (3)
- INR4351 - International Environmental Law (3)
- PAD4331 - Land Use and Planning (3)
- PHH3701 - Native American Philosophy (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI2603 - Ethical Issues in the 21st Century (3)
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI3672 - Animal Ethics (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- PHM4031 - Environmental Philosophy (3)
- PLA4554 - Environmental Law (3)
- PUP4209 - Urban Environmental Policy (3)
- PSY3630 - Psychology of Human-Animal Interaction (3)
- REE3614 - Environmental Issues for Real Estate (3)
- SYO3408 - Animals and Health (3)
- WST4349 - Ecofeminism (3)
Skills-Based Courses- Complete all of the following
- The following courses are not directly focused on sustainability but do provide some important relevant skills. Six (6) credits from these courses may count toward the Restricted Elective requirement.
- Complete at least of the following:
- COM4461 - Intercultural Communication (3)
- COM4550 - Public Communication Campaigns (3)
- EXP3304 - Motivation and Emotion (3)
- EXP3404 - Basic Learning Processes (3)
- IDS4687 - Interdisciplinary Communication (3)
- MMC3630 - Social Media as Mass Communication (3)
- Complete at least of the following:
- COM4462 - Conflict Management (3)
- COM4563 - Principles of Social Innovation and Activism (3)
- EXP3304 - Motivation and Emotion (3)
- EXP3404 - Basic Learning Processes (3)
- MAN4240 - Organizations: Theory and Behavior (3)
- POS4206 - Political Psychology (3)
- SPC4540 - Persuasion and Communication (3)
- SYA4650C - Community Action and Involvement (3)
- SYP3400 - Social Change (3)
High Impact Experience
3 Total Credits
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following types of courses: Undergraduate research (including RI-designated courses and 4912 courses), internship, study abroad, service-learning exclusive of courses in the major or demonstrated proficiency or instruction in a foreign language equivalent to the second college semester for this requirement. Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement if the students opts for foreign language.
Capstone
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following in your graduating semester.
- Complete the following:
- EVR4940 - Capstone Environmental Studies (3)
Electives
0 Total Credits
- As needed to satisfy university graduation requirements. Consult with your Academic Success Coach.
Grand Total Credits: 45
No more than 6 semester hours of Independent Study, Directed Research, Thesis, and Internship credit, may be applied toward major requirements.
It is recommended that students meet with an academic success coach at least once per semester.
Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) grade in each course required for the major.
Students in this program are not eligible to earn the Environmental Studies minor.
Students wishing to earn Sustainability as a double degree, double major, or second degree, must complete all advanced level core requirements and restricted electives exclusive of credits done for the other degree(s) and/or major(s), including any minors associated with that degree
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
Two years of high school, or one year college language (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.
Note: Students entering without having met the admission requirements must do so in order to graduate.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120
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