For details about this program, including program description, admission requirements, and contact information, go to the Sustainable Urban Communities program webpage.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | ||
| SURC 101 | Introduction to Building Sustainable Communities | 3 |
| SURC 201 | Issues in Building Sustainable Communities | 3 |
| Additional Foundations Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Planet Earth | ||
| Earth and the Environment | ||
| Business Ethics and Social Impact | ||
| Research and Communication Skills | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3-4 | |
| Topical Expertise | ||
| Complete two courses from the list below. | 6-7 | |
| Total Credits | 18-21 | |
Research and Communication Skills
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 301 | Methods in Anthropological Research and Practice | 3 |
| BCOM 280 | Strategic Business Communications | 3 |
| CMDA 220 | Writing for the Media | 3 |
| CMDA 320 | Multimedia Projects | 3 |
| CMST 110 | Introduction to Communication and Media | 3 |
| CMST 160 | Introduction to Health Communication | 3 |
| CMST 170 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| CMST 202 | Listening | 3 |
| CMST 212 | Introduction to Rhetorical Studies | 3 |
| CMST 270 | Organizational and Group Leadership | 3 |
| CMST 273 | Democracy and Communication | 3 |
| CMST 275 | Building Bridges through Dialogue | 3 |
| CMST 373 | Collaborative Problem Solving | 3 |
| CMST 379 | Community-Based Organizing | 3 |
| CMST 405 | Understanding Persuasion Campaigns | 3 |
| EAES 210 | Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| HIST 261 | Public History | 3 |
| HIST 262 | Voices Across Time: Mastering Oral History Communication | 3 |
| HIST 270 | Digital History | 3 |
| JOUR 210 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR 222 | Podcast Production | 3 |
| JOUR 245 | Media Performance Techniques | 3 |
| JOUR 249 | Media Ethics and Law | 3 |
| JOUR 279 | Web Design | 3 |
| JUST 223 | Ethnography in Justice Studies | 3 |
| JUST 240 | Statistics for Social Research | 4 |
| JUST 300 | Research Methods in Justice Studies | 3 |
| MATH 210 | Mathematics and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 240 | Statistics for Social Research | 4 |
| SOCI 301 | Sociological Research Methods I | 4 |
| SOCI 302 | Interviews and Focus Groups | 3 |
| STAT 109 | Statistics | 3 |
| STCM 140 | Multimedia Production for Strategic Communication | 3 |
| STCM 145 | Influencers and Opinion Leaders | 3 |
| WRIT 201 | Introduction to Public and Professional Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 206 | Workplace Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 207 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
| WRIT 208 | Digital Writing: Composing with Text, Image, and Sound | 3 |
| WRIT 209 | Visual Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 217 | Power, Persuasion, and Political Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 240 | Special Topics in Writing Studies | 3 |
| WRIT 270 | Writing for Social Change | 3 |
| WRIT 302 | Grant Proposal Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 319 | Technology, Innovation, and Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 350 | Writing Women Safe: Writing, Rape Prevention, and Community Activism | 3 |
| WRIT 351 | Language, Power, and Medicine: The Spectrum of Health | 3 |
| WRIT 400 | Community Writing: Theories, Practices, and Partnerships | 3 |
Topical Expertise
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 180 | Health and Healing in Cross Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH 255 | Urban Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Environmental Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 404 | Planetary Health | 3 |
| ANTH 410 | Public Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 421 | Communities in Transition | 3-4 |
| ANTH 422 | Environment and Community | 3-4 |
| ANTH 429 | Building Sustainable Communities | 3-4 |
| BIOL 213 | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 300 | Environmental Biology and Related Controversial Issues | 3 |
| BSLW 235 | Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment of Business | 3 |
| EAES 202 | Introduction to Sustainability Science | 3 |
| EAES 260 | Energy, Environment and Society | 3 |
| EAES 370 | World Resources and Industries | 3 |
| EAES 384 | Managing the Urban Environment | 3 |
| EAES 385 | Urbanization and Environment | 3 |
| HLTH 102 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HLTH 202 | Public Health Foundations, Ethics, and Cultural Competency | 3 |
| HLTH 240 | Foundations of Environmental Health | 3 |
| JUST 209 | Environmental Crime | 3 |
| JUST 314 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| MGMT 363 | Business and Society | 3 |
| MKTG 365 | Sustainability Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG 442 | Marketing Research | 3 |
| NUFD 182 | Nutrition: A Socioecological Perspective | 3 |
| NUFD 465 | Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems | 4 |
| NUFD 476 | Food Ethics, Sustainability and Alternatives | 3 |
| POLS 365 | Global Environmental Politics | 3 |
| SOCI 311 | Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 312 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 314 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| SOCI 315 | Social Inequality | 3 |
Recommended Roadmap to Minor Completion
This recommended roadmap is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their minor requirements within one to two years. This plan is a recommendation only and students are encouraged to consult with their advisor.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SURC 101 | 3 | SURC 201 | 3 |
| Additional Foundations course | 3-4 | ||
| 3 | 6-7 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Research and Communications Skills course | 3-4 | Topical Expertise course 2 | 3 |
| Topical Expertise course 1 | 3-4 | ||
| 6-8 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits 18-21 | |||