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
BIO 475: Natural and Social History of the Chesapeake Bay
EES 300: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EES 316: General Ecology
EES 340: Climatology
EES 410: Physical Hydrology
EES 425: The Age of Oil
MBE 332: Economic Development
MBE 333: International Business

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.