Minor: Sustainability

OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 18

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: C- or higher is required for required courses

​Contact Information: Dr. Kate Ruskin, Program Coordinator, 101 Nutting Hall, (207) 581-3177, katharine.ruskin@maine.edu

Residence Requirement: 9 credits of required courses must be taken at the University of Maine

From business to education to engineering to health sciences, there is growing need to incorporate sustainability practices into all sectors, which requires that professionals throughout the workforce are conversant in sustainability science and can apply its principles to real-world problems. The minor in Sustainability grounds students with a foundational understanding of 1) how our environment works, 2) sustainability sciences, and 3) problem-solving in an interdisciplinary context.  Spanning many fields, electives then encourage students to apply the principles of sustainability to their own disciplines, training them to apply sustainability practices in their future professions.

Please Note:

• Be sure to consider the prerequisites for the courses below when planning for this minor.
• The University of Maine limits overlap between a minor and a major to no more than one third of the minor’s credit hours.
• New courses are always being created, particularly surrounding emerging topics such as sustainability.  Please contact us to inquire about a substitution if you would like to take a course that is related to sustainability but is not yet included on this elective list.