Major Requirements
The Sustainability Management major prepares students to utilize their knowledge of the functional areas of business and management to help organizations both adopt and achieve the goals of environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The major employs a multi-disciplinary approach whereby students will learn not only the scientific principles undergirding sustainable business practices but also the philosophical underpinnings of the global need for sustainability and the various regulatory approaches for achieving it. In addition to significant coursework in a variety of academic disciplines, students will synthesize their studies through a senior-level experience entailing either further coursework with an internship or a sustainability-focused Study Away experience.
Major: Sustainability Management (BA)
Course Number And Title |
Sem. Hrs. |
---|---|
MBE 100: Introduction to Economics | 4 |
MBE 207: Economics and the Environment |
4 |
Choose one ofthe following: EES 133: Environmental Geology ENVS 106: Humans, the Environment, and Sustainability |
4 |
MBE 206: Sustainability Accounting | 2 |
MBE 222: Introduction to Financial Management | 2 |
MATH 210: Introductory Statistics |
4 |
MBE 301: Principles of Management |
4 |
PHIL 304: Environmental Ethics |
4 |
EES 320: Energy and the Environment |
4 |
POLS 326: Environmental Policy Analysis | 4 |
MBE 350: Supply Chain Management & Logistics | 4 |
ENVS 420: Topics in Sustainability |
4 |
Choose one of the following: BIO 355: Marine Ecology |
4 |
One of the following: ENVS 470: Internship MBE 389: Field Experience in Management STAB 300: Sustainability-focused StudyAbroad BIO 375: Topics in Tropical Biology ENVS 283: Seminar in Alaska |
4 |
Total | 52 |
Students may NOT double major in Sustainability Management and ENVS, due to the modest degree of overlap between the two.
Major: Sustainability Management (BS)
Course Number And Title |
Sem. Hrs. |
---|---|
MBE 100: Introduction to Economics AND MBE: 207 Economics and the Environment OR MBE 201: Introductory Macroeconomics AND MBE 202: Introductory Microeconomics |
8 |
EES 133: Environmental Geology | 4 |
MBE 206: Sustainability Accounting | 2 |
MBE 222: Introduction to Financial Management | 2 |
MATH 210: Introductory Statistics |
4 |
Choose one of the following: MATH 136 Calculus with Precalculus II MATH 171 Calculus |
4 |
MBE 301: Principles of Management |
4 |
PHIL 304: Environmental Ethics |
4 |
EES 320: Energy and the Environment |
4 |
POLS 326: Environmental Policy Analysis | 4 |
MBE 350: Supply Chain Management & Logistics | 4 |
ENVS 420: Topics in Sustainability |
4 |
Total | 48 (+12 Senior Synthesis A or B) |
Students may NOT double major in Sustainability Management and ENVS, due to the modest degree of overlap between the two.
Senior Synthesis A: Course Concentration with Internship
Course Number And Title |
Sem. Hrs. |
---|---|
Choose one of the following: EES 250: Field Experiences in Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 300: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems EES 316: General Ecology EES 340: Climatology EES 410: Physical Hydrology EES 425: The Age of Oil BIO 355: Marine Ecology BIO 375: Tropical Ecology BIO 475: Natural and Social History of the Chesapeake Bay |
4 |
Choose one of the following: MBE 306: Business Law MBE 331: Managerial Economics MBE 332:Economic Development MBE 333:International Business MBE 348:Marketing Management: Integrated Marketing Communications MBE 360:Operations Management MBE 389:Field Experience in Management |
4 |
ENVS 470: Internship |
4 |
Total | 12 |
OR
Senior Synthesis B: Course Concentration with Study Away
Course Number And Title |
Sem. Hrs. |
---|---|
STAB 300: Sustainability-focused Study Away | 12 |
Total | 12 |
Total Credit Hours | 60 |
Students may NOT double major in Sustainability Management and ENVS, due to the modest degree of overlap between the two.