The Sustainability Double Degree includes core, practicum and individualized study components. Courses from a student’s major course of study will not count towards double-degree requirements. Completion of the double degree will require 36 credits beyond the 180-credit minimum for graduation.
OSU Main Campus Contact: Kate Lajtha, 3059 Ag Life Sciences Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541-737-5674; kate.lajtha@oregonstate.edu or Paul S. Doescher, Director, Natural Resources Program, 321 Richardson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5752; 541-737-9401; paul.doesher@oregonstate.edu.
OSU-Cascades Campus Contact: Matt Shinderman, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University Cascades; 541-322-3159; matt.shinderman@osucascades.edu.
NR 350. *Sustainable Communities (4) SUS 304. *Sustainability Assessment (4) SUS 420. Social Dimensions of Sustainability (3) SUS 430. Ecological Dimensions of Sustainability (3)[Pending approval] or BI 301. *Human Impacts on Ecosystems (3) or BI 306H. *^Environmental Ecology (3) SUS 440. Economic Dimensions of Sustainability (3)[Pending approval] or AREC 352/ECON 352. *Environmental Economics and Policy (3) or AREC 434. ^Measuring Resource and Environmental Impacts (4)
SUS 410. Sustainability Internship (3) or SUS 499. Sustainable Workshop/Service Learning (3) Note: SUS 410. Credits may be achieved by participation in an IE3 Global Internship with advisor approval.
In addition to the 20 credits specified above, students must work with the sustainability program advisor to select courses relevant to their discipline and career path interests (16 credits total).
Classes that can be used to fulfill remaining requirements are listed below. Students are NOT limited to taking courses within their primary major of study. The sustainability advisor(s) will approve courses not listed here if they have an obvious link to sustainability and fulfill the intent of the double degree. See the OSU Sustainability Office list of sustainability-related courses.
AREC 250. *Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3) AREC 351. *Natural Resource Economics and Policy (3) AREC 352. *Environmental Economics and Policy (3) AREC 434. ^Measuring Resource and Environmental Impacts (4) BA 302. Business Process Management (4) BA 351. Managing Organizations (4) BA 352. Managing Individual and Team Performance (4) BA 362. Social Entrepreneurship and Social Initiatives (4) BA 465. *Systems Thinking and Practice (4) BA 466. Integrative Strategic Experience (4) ECON 202. *Macroeconomics (4) ECON 311. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (4) MGMT 452. Leadership (4)
BEE 221. Fundamentals of Ecological Engineering (3) BEE 320. Biosystem Analysis and Modeling (3) BEE 322. Ecological Engineering Thermodynamics and Transfer Process (4) CCE 422. Green Building Materials (3) CHE 450. Conventional and Alternative Energy Systems (3) CHE 451. Solar Energy Technologies (3) ECE 430. Contemporary Energy Applications (4)[Pending approval] ECE 438. Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (4) ENGR 350. *Sustainable Engineering (3) ENVE 321. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals (4) ME 312. Thermodynamics (4)
ATS 320. *The Changing Climate (3) BI 301. *Human Impacts on Ecosystems (3) BI 306. *^Environmental Ecology (3) BI 349/Z 349. *Biodiversity: Causes, Consequences and Conservation (3) BI 370. Ecology (3) BI 435. *Genes and Chemicals in Agriculture: Value and Risk (3) CH 374. *Technology, Energy, and Risk (3) CH 390. Environmental Chemistry (3) CSS/GEO 335. *Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3) CSS 375. Soil Resource Potentials (3) CSS 499. ST/Gene Modified Organisms and Sustainable Agriculture (1–16) CSS 499. ST/Organic Farming (1-16) or HORT 260. Organic Farming and Gardening (3) FOR 341. Forest Ecology (3) FOR 355. Management for Multiple Resource Values (3) FOR 360. Collaboration and Conflict Management (3) FOR 365. *Issues in Natural Resources Conservation (3) FOR 445. Ecological Restoration (4) FOR 455. Urban Forest Planning, Policy and Management (4) FOR 462. Natural Resource Policy and Law (3) FW 251. Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (3) FW 303. Survey of Geography Information Systems in Natural Resources (3) FW 321. Applied Community and Ecosystem Ecology (3) FW 325. *Global Crises in Resource Ecology (3) FW 326. Integrated Watershed Management (3) FW 340. *Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources (3) FW 350. *Endangered Species, Society, and Sustainability (3) FW 435. ^Wildlife an Agricultural Ecosystems (3) FW 485. *Consensus and Natural Resources (3) FW 488. Problem Solving in Fisheries and Wildlife Science (3) FW 489. Effective Communications in Fisheries and Wildlife Science (3) GEO 300. *Sustainability for the Common Good (3) GEO 306. *Minerals, Energy, Water, and the Environment (3) GEO 309. *Environmental Justice (3) GEO 324. Geography of Life: Species Distributions and Conservation (4) GEO 330. *^Geography of International Development and Globalization (3) GEO 350. *Population Geography (3) GEO 365. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4) GEO 420. Geography of Resource Use (3) GEO 423. Land Use in the American West (3) GEO 424. International Water Resources Management (3) GEO 426. Third-World Resource Development (3) GEO 451. Environmental Site Planning (3) GEO 452. Principles and Practices of Rural and Resource Planning (3) GEO 453. Resource Evaluation Methods/EIS (3) PH 313. *Energy Alternatives (3) Z 348. *Human Ecology (3) Z 349/BI 349. *Biodiversity: Causes, Consequences, and Conservation (3)
ANTH 481. *Natural Resources and Community Values (3) AREC 250. *Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3) AREC 253. *Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics (4) AREC 351. *Natural Resource Economics and Policy (3) AREC 352. *Environmental Economics and Policy (3) AREC 434. ^Measuring Resource and Environmental Impacts (4) COMM 408. Workshop (3) COMM 440. Theories of Conflict and Conflict Management (3) COMM 442. Bargaining and Negotiation Processes (3) ENG 482. Studies in American Literature, Culture and the Environment (4) PHL 325. *Scientific Reasoning (4) PHL 390. Moral Theories (3) PHL 439. Philosophy of Nature (3) PHL 440. Environmental Ethics (3) PHL 443. *World Views and Environmental Values (3) PS 331. State and Local Government and Politics (4) PS 370. *Science, Religion, and Politics (4) PS 449. ^Topics in Comparative Politics (4) PS 452. Alternative International Futures (4) PS 461. Environmental Political Theory (4) PS 474. Natural Resource Policy and Bureaucratic Politics (4) PS 475. Environmental Politics and Policy (4) PS 477. International Environmental Politics and Policy (4) SOC 360. *Population Trends and Policy (4) SOC 480. *Environmental Sociology (4) SOC 481. *Society and Natural Resources (4) SOC 485. *Consensus and Natural Resources (3)
* Bacc Core Course ^ Writing Intensive Course (WIC)