Sustainable Development
Program Director: Dr. David Havlick, Assistant Professor
Columbine Hall 2015
(719) 255-4906
dhavlick@uccs.edu
Objectives:
 Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs by paying equal attention to issues of environmental impact, social equity, and economic
prosperity.
 Expected outcomes from this initiative include the following:
 Increased contributions to UCCS and the local community on sustainabilityissues and projects;
 Create a more responsible, active set of public citizens.
 Get more involved on campus! Contact the ROAR office at 255-3470 for information on how to join sustainability-related clubs.
Listed below are the requirements to receive the minor in Sustainable Development. A maximum of nine credits can apply
towards both the Sustainable Development minor and your major.
Sustainable Development Minor – 18 credits, 12 upper division
Required Capstone Course: GES 4800 Sustainability Seminar (prer. Senior Status)
- Note: Offered spring semester only
Two courses from different Core Areas of emphasis (example, one course from environment and one from equity):
Environment:
BIOL 3750 Conservation Biology
BIOL/CHEM 1510 Environmental Science
ENSC/PES 1500 Energy Science I
GES 3250 Climate Change
GES 3170 Saving Place
Credits
2
6-8
GEOL 3700 Environmental Geology
GES 3180 Changing Place
Equity:
ANTH 3430 Approaches to Globalization GES 4560 Cult & Political Ecology
WEST 2010 Intro to Race and Gender
WEST 3220 Nat. American Communities
WEST 4280 Nat. American Phil. Thought WEST 3420 North American Indians
WEST 4120: Indigenous Views on Sustainability
SOC 4380 Globalization and Development
WEST 4400 Indigenous Peoples
PHIL 1400: Intro to Sustainability and Env’tl Ethics
Economics:
COMM 429 Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility
HRMG 485 Research Project (must be related to sustainable development)
ECON 3610: Work and Pay
ECON 3310: Ecological Economics
ECON 3770: Economic Development
Remaining courses from the following areas – at least one course from the third area not used in the Core Area reqmt:
Environment:
ANTH 3630 Field Experience
CHEM/BIOL 153 0 Environmental Lab
GES 1000 Climate & Vegetation
GES 2050 Digital Earth
GES 4170 Writing Place
GES 4340 Soils
GES 4410 Res Mgmt and Conservation
+ 8-10
GES 4420 Conservation & Public Lands
GES 4450 Analysis of Environmental Systems
GES 4480 Environmental Problems of Colorado
GES 4500Water Resources & Problems
GES 4510 Applied Hydrology
GES 4650 Restoration Geographies
GES 4750 Recreation, Tourism, & Environment
MAE 2301 Thermodynamics
PES 1510 Energy Science II
PES 1600/1620 Intro Solar Energy + Lab
PES 2500 Sustainable Energy Fundamentals
ENSC 4600: Adv. Solar Energy
GES 4920 Geography of Food
HIST 395 Environmental History: The West
PHIL 414 Phil, Glob & Sustainability
WEST 3150 Power, Privilege & Social Diff.
WEST 3250 Peoples & Cultures of the S.W.
WEST 3400 Race and Gender Theory
P SC 4290 International Environ Politics
P SC 4350 Environmental Pol & Admin
P SC 4540 Land Use Law [Colvin]
SOC 4220 Sustainable Urban Development
PHIL 3500: Buddhist Philosophy
WEST 4140 Katrina: The Nation at Crossroads
WEST 4200 Sociology of Poverty
WEST 4700 Global Feminism
WEST 4400 Indigenous People of the S.W.
Equity:
ANTH 3040 Women Around the World
GES 3500 Nature & Society
GES 4460 Field Studies in Geography
(Silverton)
GES 4550 Disasters & Society
GES 4610 Urban Geography
GES 4620 Race, Ethnicity, & Place
GES 4730 Population Geography
GES 4780 Global Migration
Economics:
ECON 3300 Environmental Econ I
ECON 4300 Environmental Econ II
TOTAL REQUIRED CREDITS: 18
 Residency requirement: Of the 18 hours required for this minor, 12 must be upper-division and at least 9 hours must be taken
at UCCS. A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be received for any course to count towards the completion of the minor.
 Special topics courses, internships, independent studies or other courses offered in these departments that are not listed here
that might qualify require the consent of the Director of the Sustainable Development minor.
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