Sustainability Studies (B.A.) Sustainable Agriculture Concentration
Major requirements
[BIOL 140]/[SUST 140] Ecology and Sustainability
[BIOL 216] Environmental Issues and Sustainable
Solutions
[BIOL 315] Environmental Ethics
[ECON 117] Issues in Environmental Economics
[GIS 245] Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
[POLI 113] American Government
[SOAN 305] Harrisburg Neighborhoods (3)
[SOAN 315] Urban Sociology
[STAT 269] Introduction to Statistics
[SUST 495] Sustainability Seminar (capstone)*
Sustainable Agriculture Concentration (21-22)
[BIOL 162] Plant Form and Function
[BIOL 334] Plant Ecology
[BIOL 335] Plant Propagation
[CHEM 103] Chemical Science
Four credits from the following Au Sable Institute:
Biol/Agric/Geog 303 Ecological Agriculture
Biol/Agric/Geog 343 Tropical Agriculture & Missions
Internship experience (3 or 4 credits):
[BIOL 391] Practicum (3)
[INTE 394] Internship** (4)
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
3-4
Experiential Learning requirement
General Education requirements
First Year Seminar
Oral Communication
Created and Called for Community (W)
Mathematical Sciences
Laboratory Science
Science, Technology & the World
Two of the following (six credits total):
Social Science
European History
United States History
Literature
Philosophy and Religion
Arts
First Semester of Language
Second Semester of Language
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural
Non-Western Studies
Bible
Christian Beliefs
Wellness course
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism
QuEST requirements
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration)
Concentration requirements
Free electives
Total credits
0
Credits
3
3
3
3 or 4
3 or 4
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
2-3
3
3
1
3
39-40
51-52
21-22
33-31
123
*Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for Major.
**INTE 394 must be taken for a letter grade to fulfill Major requirement.
Department of Biological Sciences
Requirements for students matriculating in 2016-17