Sustainability Studies Minor

Housed within the Institute on the Environment, the Sustainability Studies Minor is an up-and-coming undergraduate opportunity at the University of Minnesota. Since its beginning in 2006, the program has attracted more than 300 students and faculty from seven U of M colleges. The minor is open to students of all majors and explores issues from perspectives across the natural, social and applied sciences. The curriculum includes a core course titled “Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet,” interdepartmental electives, and a project-based capstone course in which students address a community’s environmental, social and economic sustainability from a systems perspective. The IonE is providing administrative support for the minor and its co-curricular activities.

Contact the program’s staff for more information.