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Sustainability Studies, B.A.

SUNY College at Geneseo · Geneseo, NY

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This program immerses students in the three pillars of sustainability: society, economy, and environment. Through interdisciplinary coursework, the major focuses on the connections that exist between social equity, economy, and environmental problems, and it builds student understanding of sustainable solutions that will meet the present and future needs of people and the biosphere. The major provides students with skills needed to pursue graduate studies or employment in a range of sustainability fields. Students are encouraged to incorporate internships and directed studies into their program with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196167
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196167_3da91a48
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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.

Basic Requirements: (17 Credits)

5 items
  1. BIOL 105
    Contemporary Biology
    Not resolved to a course
    or: BIOL 117 - General Biology - Cells, Genetics, Evolution
    3
  2. ECON 110
    Introductory Microeconomics
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. GEOG 123
    Global Development and Sustainability
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. GEOG 111
    Physical Geography
    Not resolved to a course
    or: GSCI 120 - Our Geological Environment
    or: GSCI 160 - Physical Geology
    3
  5. SUST 124
    Sustainability and Environmental Issues
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Sustainability Dimension Courses (21-29 Credits)

0 items

    Dimension 1: Society, Culture and Humanities (2 Classes - 6-8 credits)

    38 items
    1. AMST 201
      4
    2. ANTH 231
      3
    3. ARTH 174
      Visual Culture Today
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. ARTH 378
      Museum Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. ARTH 410
      Gender and Art
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. BLKS 200
      Introduction to Black Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. BLKS 220
      Black Lives Matter: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. ENGL 318
      Black British Literature and Culture
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    9. ENGL 335
      Asian American Literature Survey
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    10. ENGL 336
      Native American Literature
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    11. ENGL 337
      African-American Literature
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    12. ENGL 427
      Literary Representations of Disability
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    13. ENGL 432
      Metropolis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    14. GEOG 201
      Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. GEOG 300
      Environmentalism and Natural Resource Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    16. GEOG 376
      Political Geography
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    17. GEOG 377
      Urban Geography
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    18. GEOG 384
      Geography of Food
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    19. GEOG 487
      Urban Issues Senior Seminar
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    20. HIST 260
      Issues in the History of American Women
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    21. HIST 261
      Native American History
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    22. HIST 415
      Environmental History of Modern America
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    23. HUMN 222
      Black Humanities
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    24. MUSC 336
      Music, Gender, and Sexuality: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    25. MUSC 337
      Music, Race, and Ethnicity: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    26. PLSC 374
      Public Administration
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    27. PLSC 411
      Public Opinion and the Mass Media
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    28. PLSC 413
      Political Leadership
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    29. PLSC 414
      American Public Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    30. PHIL 201
      Environmental Ethics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    31. PHIL 204
      Feminist Philosophy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    32. PSYC 275
      Environmental Psychology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    33. SOCL 102
      Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    34. SOCL 218
      Sociology of Environmental Issues
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    35. SOCL 317
      Gender and Law
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    36. SOCL 318
      Environmental Sociology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    37. SUST 345
      Environmental Justice
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    38. WGST 310
      Race, Class, and Gender
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Dimension 2: Development, Economics, and Global Perspective (2 Classes - 6-8 Credits)

    36 items
    1. ANTH 226
      3
    2. ANTH 307
      3
    3. ANTH 313
      3
    4. ANTH 316
      3
    5. ANTH 343
      3
    6. ARTH 205
      Museum Studies - Art and Global Politics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    7. BIOL 318
      Health and Developing World
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. CMLT 200
      Reading Transnationally: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    9. COMN 317
      Culture and Communication
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    10. ECON 240
      Introduction to Environmental Economics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. ECON 340
      Environmental Economics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    12. ECON 341
      Natural Resource Economics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. ECON 355
      Economic Development and Growth
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    14. ECON 356
      Women and the Economy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. ENGL 308
      Modernity in West Africa
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    16. ENGL 342
      World Literature
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    17. GEOG 301
      International Food Geographies
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    18. GEOG 363
      Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    19. PHIL 202
      World Religions and Contemporary Issues
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    20. PHIL 237
      Ethical Issues in Business
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    21. PLSC 344
      Climate Change Leadership and Politics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    22. PLSC 350
      Democratization
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    23. PLSC 355
      Politics of East Asia
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    24. PLSC 356
      Politics of South Asia
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    25. PLSC 360
      Developing World Politics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    26. PLSC 362
      Government and Politics in Africa
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    27. PLSC 372
      Community, State, and Regional Politics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    28. PLSC 376
      Social and Political Philosophy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    29. PLSC 425
      Politics of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    30. PLSC 426
      Government and Politics of South America
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    31. PLSC 428
      Middle East Politics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    32. PLSC 440
      International Law
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    33. PLSC 442
      Human Rights in a Global Perspective
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    34. SOCL 105
      Introduction to Global Social Change
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    35. SOCL 325
      Global Social Change
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    36. WGST 340
      Gender and Global Education
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Dimension 3: Environment and Physical Science (at least 2 Classes - 6-9 Credits)

    20 items
    1. BIOL 203
      Principles of Ecology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. BIOL 314
      Biodiversity: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. BIOL 315
      Sustainability Science
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. BIOL 348
      Plant Diversity
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. CHEM 104
      Chemistry and Society
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. CHEM 116
      Chemistry I
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. GEOG 320
      Weather and Climate
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. GEOG 329
      Biogeography
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. GEOG 358
      Mountain Environments
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. GEOG 382
      Climate Change and Variability
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. GSCI 140
      Environmental Science
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    12. GSCI 150
      Climate Change and Energy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. GSCI 200
      Environmental Geology: (subtitle)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    14. GSCI 235
      Paleoclimatology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. GSCI 347
      Groundwater Hydrology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    16. GSCI 431
      Geomorphology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    17. GSCI 452
      Environmental Sedimentation
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    18. PHYS 104
      Sustainable Energy
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    19. PHYS 113
      General Physics I
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    20. PHYS 123
      Analytical Physics I
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    An additional course (3-4 credits) from any one of the three dimensions.

    0 items

      Sustainability Applications: (3-4 credits)

      7 items
      1. Course selected must be at the 300-level or above:
        Not resolved to a course
      2. GEOG 383
        Research in Human Geography and Sustainability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. SUST 366
        Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. SUST 385
        Campus Sustainability Leadership
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. SUST 395
        Internship in Sustainability Credit(s): As arranged
        Not resolved to a course
      6. SUST 399
        Directed Study Credit(s): As arranged
        Not resolved to a course
      7. or other internship, directed study, capstone, or study abroad course, pre-approved by the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
        Not resolved to a course

      Related Requirements (3-4 Credits)

      10 items
      1. BIOL 350
        Applied Biostatistics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. GEOG 278
        Statistics in Geography
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. GEOG 286
        Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      4. GSCI 433
        Geological Applications of Remote Sensing
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. MATH 228
        Calculus II for Biologists
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      6. MATH 242
        Elements of Probability and Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. MATH 262
        Applied Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. PLSC 251
        Modern Political Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. PSYC 250
        Introduction to Behavioral Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. SOCL 211
        Statistics for Social Research
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Minimum Competence Requirement

      0 items

        Department Writing Requirement

        0 items

          Footnotes

          5 items
          1. Courses may have prerequisites.
            Not resolved to a course
          2. A three-credit lecture taken with its one-credit co-requisite lab constitutes one course.
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Three to four internship credits may be used to satisfy one sustainability dimension course or the integrative and applied learning requirement with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
            Not resolved to a course
          4. Three to four credits of directed study may be used to satisfy one sustainability dimension course or the integrative and applied learning requirement with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
            Not resolved to a course
          5. SUST 366
            Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship or SUST 399 - Directed Study may be used to satisfy one sustainability dimension course or the integrative and applied learning requirement with the approval of the Sustainability Studies Coordinator.
            Not resolved to a course

          Sample Course Map

          40 items
          1. First Year
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Fall - 16 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          3. SUST 124
            Sustainability and Environmental Issues
            Not resolved to a course
          4. Counts for Global Society: CGC and SST
            Not resolved to a course
          5. BIOL 105
            Contemporary Biology and BIOL 106 - Contemporary Biology Laboratory
            Not resolved to a course
          6. WRTG 105
            Writing Seminar: (subtitle)
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOG 123
            Global Development and Sustainability
            Not resolved to a course
          8. Global Society: DPP -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          9. Spring - 14 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          10. ECON 110
            Introductory Microeconomics
            Not resolved to a course
          11. GEOG 111
            Physical Geography and GEOG 112 - Physical Geography Laboratory
            Not resolved to a course
          12. Related Statistics Requirement -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          13. Counts for Math/Quantitative Reasoning
            Not resolved to a course
          14. World Language 101 -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          15. Second Year
            Not resolved to a course
          16. Fall - 15 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          17. Dimension 1 Elective 1 -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          18. Global Society: WCV -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          19. World Language 102 -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          20. Elective -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          21. Spring -14 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          22. Global Society: CAI -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          23. Dimension 1, Elective 2 -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          24. Dimension 2, Elective 1 -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          25. Elective -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          26. Third Year
            Not resolved to a course
          27. Fall - 15 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          28. Dimension 2, Elective 2 -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          29. Dimension 3, Elective 1 -
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          30. Electives -
            Not resolved to a course
            8
          31. Spring - 15 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          32. Dimension 3, Elective 2 -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          33. Electives -
            Not resolved to a course
            12
          34. Fourth Year
            Not resolved to a course
          35. Fall - 15 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          36. Dimension Elective -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          37. Integrated & Applied Learning -
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          38. Electives -
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          39. Spring - 15 Credit Hours
            Not resolved to a course
          40. Electives -
            Not resolved to a course
            15

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