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11AB - SUS - Sustainability & Horticulture - Sustainability A.S.

Program Overview

Program Description

60-61

Department(s)

Engineering, Math & Physical Sciences Division

Program Code

11AB - SUS

Status

Active

Learning Outcomes

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1. Apply the concept of systems thinking to social ecological systems.

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2. Evaluate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in respect to purpose, solutions, and barriers.

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3. Demonstrate an understanding of guiding principles of sustainability and ability to integrate social, environmental, and economic factors into a sustainable model.

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4. Analyze ecological economic principles and models in relation to product life-cycle analysis, consumerism, natural capital, and the triple bottom line.

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5. Describe and analyze reasons for the existence of problems related to poverty, food sovereignty, pollution, and resource consumption.

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6. Assess the roles and associated policies of individuals, organizations, and governments in our environmental and social problems and solutions.

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7. Summarize topics pertaining to ecosystems, human population growth, community interactions, biodiversity, energy, pollution, land use, and human impact on the environment.

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8. Synthesize the interrelatedness between human health, environmental health, and community health, including topics of inequity due to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other demographic variables.

Degree Maps

Requisites

CoURSE	Title	Hours
First Semester		15 Credits
CLC120^	College Success Seminar	2
ENG121	English Composition I	3
PSY121	Introduction to Psychology	3
BIO120	Environmental Biology	4
MTH142	General Education Statistics	3
Second Semester		15 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
BUS121	Introduction to Business	3
BIO148	Introduction to Sustainability	3
ENG126	Advanced Composition: Scientific and Technical Communication	3
PHI125	Introduction to Ethics	3
CMM127	Intercultural Communications	3
Third Semester		16 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
CMM121	Fundamental of Speech	3
ESC121	Physical Geology	4
ANT121	Introduction to Anthropology or
ANT221	Cultural Anthropology	3
PSC121	American National Politics or
GXS121	Introduction to Gender Studies or
GXS229	Sex, Gender, and Power	3
ART121	Introduction to Art or
HUM123	Introduction to Film or other Fine Arts Elective	3
Fourth Semester		14-15 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
CHM140	Chemistry for a Changing World or
CHM142	Chemistry for a Changing World with lab	3-4
ECO221	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
SOC121	Introduction to Sociology	3
MTH145	Calculus and Analytical Geometry I	5

^ CLC 120 is an institutional requirement for graduation.