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Program Requirements
Requirement | Credits |
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Requirements for the Minor | 18 |
Students may apply toward the minor no more than six credits from their major requirements and no more than six credits from their other minor requirements. The Sustainability Leadership Capstone credits may not be used simultaneously to fulfill capstone or thesis requirements for any other degree program. All minor programs must include at least six credits at the 400 level.
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Prescribed Courses | ||
Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
SUST 200 | Foundations of Leadership in Sustainability ![]() | 3 |
Additional Courses | ||
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
Take the following 6 credits, or approved substitutions, in consultation with the minor adviser: | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
Internship | ||
Internship | ||
An approved substitution that provides an immersive sustainability experience | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
Special Topics (or approved substitution that offers a capstone project in sustainability leadership) | ||
An approved substitution that offers a capstone project in sustainability leadership | ||
Supporting Courses and Related Areas | ||
Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better | ||
Select a track (allowable courses in this area vary by Sustainability Leadership Thematic Track) | 9 |
At least three credits from the Additional Courses or the Supporting Courses must be from outside the student’s major department.
Requirements for Sustainability Leadership Minor Thematic Tracks
Design for Sustainable Communities Track
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select 6 credits from the following, or approved substitutions: | 6 | |
Sustainable Residential Land Development | ||
Community Development Concepts and Practice ![]() | ||
Land Economics and Policy | ||
Land Use Planning and Procedure | ||
CED 427 | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Urban Geography: A Global Perspective | ||
Geographic Perspectives on Global Urbanization | ||
Ecology, Economy, and Society | ||
Property and the Global Environment | ||
Built Environment and Culture: Examining the Modern City ![]() | ||
Ecology and Plants I | ||
Design IV: Expanded Use, Scale, and Context | ||
Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability | ||
Select 3 credits from the following leadership courses or approved substitutions, in consultation with the SUSLD adviser: | 3 | |
Leadership Practices: Power, Influences, and Impact | ||
Integrative Energy and Environmental Design | ||
Community, Local Knowledge, and Democracy | ||
Community Structure, Processes and Capacity | ||
Total Credits | 9 |
Educating for Sustainability Track
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select 6 credits from the following, or approved substitutions: | 6 | |
Teaching Methods for Agricultural and Environmental Laboratories | ||
Global Agriculture Education | ||
Methods of Teaching Agriculture and Environmental Science | ||
AEE 450 | ||
Child Labor and Education in the Global Economy | ||
Introduction to Philosophy of Education | ||
Principles of Environmental Interpretation | ||
Environmental Education Methods and Materials | ||
Select 3 credits from the following leadership courses, or approved substitution, in consultation with the SUSLD adviser: | 3 | |
Interpersonal Skills for Tomorrow's Leaders ![]() | ||
Developing Youth Leadership through Organization and Program Structure | ||
Leadership Development for Small Groups | ||
Foundations in Leadership Development | ||
Leadership Practices: Power, Influences, and Impact | ||
Leadership Studies in Popular Film | ||
Introduction to Educational Leadership | ||
Ethical Leadership ![]() | ||
Leadership and Group Dynamics in Recreation Services | ||
Techniques in Small Group Facilitation | ||
Total Credits | 9 |
Humanistic Understanding of Sustainability Track
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select 6 credits from the following, or approved substitutions: | 6 | |
Cultures of Globalization | ||
Ethics, Justice, and Rights in World Literature | ||
Literature and the Natural World ![]() | ||
Adventure Literature: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay ![]() | ||
Adventure Literature: Exploring Cape Cod ![]() | ||
The Beach: Exploring the Literature of the Atlantic Shore ![]() | ||
Adventure Literature: Exploring the Literature of American Wilderness ![]() | ||
Creative Writing and the Natural World | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
Introduction to U.S. Environmental History ![]() | ||
Introduction to Global Environmental History ![]() | ||
Introduction to U.S. Food History ![]() | ||
HIST 151 | ||
American Environmental History | ||
Nature and Environment ![]() | ||
Environmental Philosophy ![]() | ||
Seminar in Environmental Ethics | ||
Select 3 credits from the following leadership courses, or approved substitution, in consultation with the SUSLD adviser: | 3 | |
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation ![]() | ||
Democratic Deliberation | ||
Ethical Leadership ![]() | ||
PLSC 112 | ||
Leadership Studies | ||
Total Credits | 9 |
Sustainability and Food Systems Track
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select 3 credits from the following food/nutrition courses, or approved substitutions: | 3 | |
Physiology of Nutrition | ||
Introductory Principles of Nutrition ![]() | ||
Select 3 credits from the following food system courses, or approved substitutions: | 3 | |
Economics of the Food System | ||
AGECO 134 | ||
Principles and Practices of Organic Agriculture ![]() | ||
Environmental Factors and Their Effect on Your Food Supply ![]() | ||
Introduction to U.S. Food History ![]() | ||
NUTR 430 | ||
Select 3 credits from the following leadership courses, or approved substitution, in consultation with the SUSLD adviser: | 3 | |
Interpersonal Skills for Tomorrow's Leaders ![]() | ||
Leadership Practices: Power, Influences, and Impact | ||
Ethical Leadership ![]() | ||
PLSC 112 | ||
Leadership and Group Dynamics in Recreation Services | ||
Total Credits | 9 |
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university’s academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee’s unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
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JoAnn Foley-DeFiore, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health
211 Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-2402
jxf39@psu.edu
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