Sustainable Enterprises
Coordinators: Associate Professor R. Kirk and Assistant Professor Hayward
As climate change and environmental degradation impact human lives and health, the private sector is increasingly focused on environmental issues. Sustainable enterprises are for-profit and non-profit organizations attending to the needs of the present and future generations with products, services, and activities that protect and preserve environmental integrity while achieving financial performance. This minor is designed to build conceptual leadership in the ethical, economic, political, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Across a breadth of courses, students will learn to understand and address the conflicting issues that often arise at the intersection of business and the environment.
Minor Requirements:
Required Courses: 12 sh
| ENS1110 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 sh |
| ENS1130 | Introduction to Environmental Science Lab | 1 sh |
| BUS1110 | Gateway to Business | 4 sh |
| ENT3550 | Entrepreneurship for the Greater Good | 4 sh |
Students declared in the minor may take ENT 3550 without first completing the prerequisite course ENT 2500. The Chair of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship will determine eligibility and will approve the waiver on a case-by-case basis.
Electives: 12 sh
At least one of the electives must a designated ethical engagement courses:
ART 3390, ENS 3600,
REL 3480,
PHL 3480, or
SOC 3340.
| ANT3850/SOC3850 | Culture and Business | 4 sh |
| ART3390 | Eco Art | 4 sh |
| COR4550 | Sustainable Development: Social, Economic, and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities | 4 sh |
| COR4560 | Realistic Environmental Solutions | 4 sh |
| COR4590 | Sustainable Development: Microfinance and Agriculture in Peru | 4 sh |
| ECO3230 | Environmental Economics | 4 sh |
| ENS2200 | Garden Studio: Fall and Winter Gardening | 2 sh |
| ENS2210 | Garden Studio: Spring and Summer Gardening | 2 sh |
| ENS2440 | Natural Resources Management and Sustainability | 4 sh |
| ENS3110 | Sustainable Food Production | 4 sh |
| ENS3200 | Restoration Ecology | 4 sh |
| ENS3210 | Urban Ecology | 4 sh |
| ENS3400/GEO3400 | Water Resources Management | 4 sh |
| PHL3480/REL3480 | Environmental Ethics | 4 sh |
| PUB3240 | Environmental Policy | 4 sh |
| SOC3340 | Environmental Sociology | 4 sh |
Total Credit Hours: 24
Program Outcomes
Inquiry: Students will learn how to frame relevant questions, select and utilize appropriate, interdisciplinary modes of inquiry in order to identify the significant issues and interrelationships which comprise the ethical, economic, and political well-being of sustainable enterprises in the context of destabilizing environmental systems and climate change.
Knowledge and Application: Students will acquire, integrate, and apply conceptual and empirical knowledge that relates to the complex and interconnected ethical, economic, political, and environmental systems which impact sustainable enterprises.
Communication Skills: Students will analyze, interpret, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources. They will create a collaborative community of learning about developing and managing sustainable and resilient enterprises. They will prepare and present ideas, perspectives, and best practices through verbal (written and oral) and visual formats.