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.

Choose two of the following:

MBE 100: Introduction to Economics
MBE 201: Introductory Macroeconomics
MBE 202: Introductory Microeconomics
MBE 207: Economics and the Environment

8

EES 133: Environmental Geology

4
MBE 206: Sustainability Accounting
AND
MBE 222: Introduction to Financial Management
4
MATH 210: Introductory Statistics 4

Choose one of the following:

MATH 136: Calculus with Precalculus II
MATH 171: Calculus I

4
MBE 301: Principles of Management 4
ENVS/PHIL 304: Environmental Ethics
OR
PHIL 399: Environmental Justice
4
EES 320: Energy and the Environment 4
POLS 326: Environmental Policy Analysis 4

Choose two of the following:

MBE 306: Business Law
MBE 332: Economic Development
MBE 333: International Business
MBE 348: Social Marketing Management
MBE 350: Supply Chain Management & Logistics
MBE 360: Operations Management

8
Choose two of the following:

BIO 319: Field Studies in Coastal Environments
BIO 330: Urban Ecology
BIO 333: Conservation Biology
BIO 475: Natural and Social History of the Chesapeake Bay
BIO/EES 316: General Ecology
BIO/EES 375: Topics in Tropical Biology
EES 250: Field Experiences in Earth and Environmental Systems
EES 300: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EES 340: Climatology
EES 410: Physical Hydrology
EES 425: The Age of Oil
ENVS 283: Seminar in Alaska
STAB 300: Sustainability-focused Study Abroad

6-8

Choose one of the following:
ENVS 470: Internship
MBE 389: Field Experience in Management
BIO/EES/CHEM 489: Research in the Natural Sciences

4
ENVS 420: Topics in Sustainability 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.

Choose two of the following:

MBE 201: Introductory Macroeconomics
MBE 202: Introductory Microeconomics
MBE 207: Economics and the Environment

8

EES 133: Environmental Geology

4
MBE 206: Sustainability Accounting
AND
MBE 222: Introduction to Financial Management
4
MATH 210: Introductory Statistics 4

Choose one of the following:

MATH 136: Calculus with Precalculus II
MATH 171: Calculus I

4
MBE 301: Principles of Management 4
ENVS/PHIL 304: Environmental Ethics
OR
PHIL 399: Environmental Justice
4
EES 320: Energy and the Environment 4
POLS 326: Environmental Policy Analysis 4

Choose two of the following:

MBE 306: Business Law
MBE 332: Economic Development
MBE 333: International Business
MBE 348: Social Marketing Management
MBE 350: Supply Chain Management & Logistics
MBE 360: Operations Management

8
Choose two of the following:

BIO 319: Field Studies in Coastal Environments
BIO 330: Urban Ecology
BIO 333: Conservation Biology
BIO 475: Natural and Social History of the Chesapeake Bay
BIO/EES 316: General Ecology
BIO/EES 375: Topics in Tropical Biology
EES 250: Field Experiences in Earth and Environmental Systems
EES 300: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EES 340: Climatology
EES 410: Physical Hydrology
EES 425: The Age of Oil
ENVS 283: Seminar in Alaska
STAB 300: Sustainability-focused Study Abroad

6-8

Choose one of the following:
ENVS 470: Internship
MBE 389: Field Experience in Management
BIO/EES/CHEM 489: Research in the Natural Sciences

4
ENVS 420: Topics in Sustainability 4
Total 62-64


Students may NOT double major in Sustainability Management and ENVS, due to the modest degree of overlap between the two.