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Sustainability Studies, BA

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Sustainability Studies major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, provides the skills, knowledge, and preparation for students to understand and address the environmental, social, political, economic and ethical issues related to the transformation of our current societies to ones that are sustainable. The curriculum integrates principles and methodologies from social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_02fea879
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Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Degree Requirements

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    A. Common Foundation Courses (15-17 credits)

    6 items
    1. AMS 102
      Elements of Statistics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: AMS 110 - Probability and Statistics in the Life Sciences 3 credits
      or: BIO 211 - Statistics and Data Analysis: A Conceptual Approach 4 credits
    2. CHE 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. ENV 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. SUS 111
      As published: “Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits”
      or: ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
      3
    5. SUS 113
      Physical Geography Lecture 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: GEO 102 - The Earth 3 credits
    6. SUS 201
      Systems and Models 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    B. Common Core Courses (12-13 credits)

    5 items
    1. ATM 201
      Introduction to Climate and Climate Change 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ENV 304 - Global Environmental Change 3 credits
      or: SUS 343 - Age of the Anthropocene 3 credits
    2. GSS 313
      GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. GSS 314
      GIS Laboratory 1 credit
      Not resolved to a course
      or: GSS 317 - Geospatial Narratives: Deep Mapping for Humanities and Social Sciences 3 credits
    4. SUS 301
      Technical Writing and Communication 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: COM 365 - Talking Science 3 credits
    5. SUS 305
      Collective Action and Advocacy 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: SUS 323 - Environmental Justice 3 credits

    C. Capstone Course (3 credits)

    6 items
    1. ENV 301
      Sustainability of the Long Island Pine Barrens 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. SUS 352
      Conduct and Communicate a Research Project in Ecotoxicology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. SUS 390
      Environmental Humanities Capstone 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. SUS 401
      Integrative, Collaborative Systems Studies 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SUS 487
      Research in Sustainability 0-6 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. SUS 488
      Internship in Sustainability Studies 0-12 credits,
      Not resolved to a course

    D. Tracks (Choose one, 39-40 credits)

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      1. Ecosystems and Human Impact

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        Requirements

        7 items
        1. ANT 120
          Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 credits (formerly ANP 120)
          Not resolved to a course
        2. BIO 201
          Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        3. BIO 204
          Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences I 2 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        4. ECO 108
          Introduction to Economics 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course
          or: ECO 111 - Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 credits
        5. MAT 125
          Calculus A 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
          or: MAT 130 - Trigonometry and Logarithms 1 credit,
        6. MAT 125
          Calculus A
          Not resolved to a course
          or: MAT 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
          or: AMS 151 - Applied Calculus I 3 credits
          3
        7. SUS 204
          Population Studies 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course

        Requirements

        28 items
        1. ANT 309
          Comparing Ecosystems in Madagascar 3 credits (formerly ANP 307)
          Not resolved to a course
        2. ANT 352
          Methods in Studying Primates 3 credits (formerly ANP 350)
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ANT 353
          Biodiversity Assessment Methods for Tropical Field Research 3 credits (formerly ANP 351)
          Not resolved to a course
        4. ANT 408
          Pastoralism Under Pressure: Savannas, Societies, and Sustainability in East Africa 3 credits (formerly ANP 401)
          Not resolved to a course
        5. BIO 319
          Landscape Ecology Laboratory 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        6. BIO 351
          Ecology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        7. BIO 352
          Ecology Laboratory 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        8. BIO 371
          Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems 4 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        9. ENS 311
          Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        10. BIO 386
          Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        11. GEO 304
          Energy, Mineral Resources, and the Environment 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        12. GEO 313
          Understanding Water Resources for the 21st Century 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        13. GSS 325
          GIS Design & Applications II 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        14. MAR 303
          Long Island Marine Habitats 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        15. MAR 315
          Marine Conservation 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        16. MAR 320
          Limnology 4 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        17. MAR 336
          Marine Pollution 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        18. MAR 340
          Environmental Problems and Solutions 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        19. MAR 388
          Tropical Marine Ecology 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        20. MAR 394
          Environmental Toxicology and Public Health 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        21. SUS 319
          Restoration Ecology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        22. SUS 322
          Human Ecology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        23. SUS 326
          Conservation Genetics 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        24. SUS 340
          Ecological and Social Dimensions of Disease 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        25. SUS 344
          Sustainable Natural Resources 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        26. SUS 350
          Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        27. SUS 351
          Design and Implement a Research Project in Ecotoxicology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        28. SUS 405
          Environmental Sustainability in Tanzania 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course

        2. Environmental Humanities

        0 items

          Requirements

          6 items
          1. ANT 102
            What Makes Us Human? 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          2. GSS 105
            Introduction to Maps and Mapping 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          3. MAR 104
            Oceanography 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          4. PHI 104
            Moral Reasoning (II) 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
            or: PHI 105 - Politics and Society (II) 3 credits
          5. SUS 202
            Introduction to Environmental Humanities 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          6. SUS 203
            Interpretation and Critical Analysis 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          22 items
          1. ENS 333
            Environmental Law 3 credits *
            Not resolved to a course
          2. POL 333
            Environmental Law 3 credits *
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GSS 325
            GIS Design & Applications II 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          4. HIS 302
            Environmental History in Global Perspective 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          5. HIS 352
            Environmental History of China 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          6. AAS 352
            Environmental History of China 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          7. MAR 355
            Coastal Cultural Experience 2 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          8. MAR 356
            Maritime Traditions of New England 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          9. SOC 344
            Environmental Sociology 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          10. SUS 314
            Civilizations and Collapse 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          11. SUS 316
            Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          12. SUS 317
            American Environmental History 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          13. SUS 320
            Utopia and Dystopia and the Environment in Literature and Culture 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          14. SUS 321
            Ecology and Evolution in American Literature 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          15. SUS 324
            Human Geography and the Environment 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          16. SUS 325
            Environmental Writing and the Media 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          17. SUS 328
            Ecofeminism, Literature & Film 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          18. SUS 350
            Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          19. SUS 362
            Resilient Communities 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          20. SUS 366
            Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          21. PHI 366
            Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course
          22. SUS 405
            Environmental Sustainability in Tanzania 3 credits
            Not resolved to a course

          3. Societies, Economics, and Governance

          0 items

            Requirements

            8 items
            1. BIO 201
              Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            2. ECO 108
              Introduction to Economics 4 credits
              Not resolved to a course
              or: ECO 110 - Introduction to Microeconomics 3 credits
              or: ECO 111 - Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 credits
            3. MAT 125
              Calculus A 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
              or: MAT 130 - Trigonometry and Logarithms 1 credit,
            4. MAT 125
              Calculus A
              Not resolved to a course
              or: MAT 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
              or: AMS 151 - Applied Calculus I 3 credits
              3
            5. POL 102
              Introduction to American Government 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            6. SUS 115
              Introduction to Human Demography 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
              or: SUS 204 - Population Studies 3 credits
            7. SUS 200
              Human Settlement: History and Future 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            8. SUS 206
              Economics and Sustainability 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course

            Requirements

            32 items
            1. EDP 303
              Spatial Economics 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            2. EDP 305
              Risk Assessment and Sustainable Development 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            3. ENS 311
              Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits *
              Not resolved to a course
            4. BIO 386
              Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits *
              Not resolved to a course
            5. ENS 333
              Environmental Law 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            6. POL 333
              Environmental Law 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            7. ENV 316
              Coastal Zone Management 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            8. ENV 339
              Economics of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            9. GEO 304
              Energy, Mineral Resources, and the Environment 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            10. GEO 313
              Understanding Water Resources for the 21st Century 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            11. GSS 325
              GIS Design & Applications II 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            12. GSS 350
              Applied Spatial Data Analysis 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            13. HIS 302
              Environmental History in Global Perspective 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            14. HIS 352
              Environmental History of China 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            15. AAS 352
              Environmental History of China 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            16. MAR 392
              Waste Management Issues 3 credits *
              Not resolved to a course
            17. POL 310
              Immigration and Refugee Politics 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            18. POL 359
              Public Policy and Administration 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            19. SOC 344
              Environmental Sociology 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            20. SUS 302
              Integrative Assessment Models 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            21. SUS 306
              Business and Sustainability 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            22. SUS 307
              Environmental Economics and Management 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            23. SUS 316
              Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            24. SUS 317
              American Environmental History 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            25. SUS 318
              American Environmental Politics 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            26. SUS 324
              Human Geography and the Environment 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            27. SUS 340
              Ecological and Social Dimensions of Disease 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            28. SUS 350
              Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            29. SUS 362
              Resilient Communities 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course
            30. SUS 366
              Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits *
              Not resolved to a course
            31. PHI 366
              Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits *
              Not resolved to a course
            32. SUS 405
              Environmental Sustainability in Tanzania 3 credits
              Not resolved to a course

            Notes

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              E. Communications and Writing Requirement

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                Study Abroad

                0 items

                  Double Majors

                  0 items

                    SBC Courses

                    3 items
                    1. Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
                      Not resolved to a course
                    2. Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
                      Not resolved to a course
                    3. Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
                      Not resolved to a course

                    Sample Course Sequence

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