Nor’easter Core RequirementsCredits
Total Credits40
COB Foundation CoursesCredits
BUEC 203 – Macroeconomics3 – Fulfills Power Knowledge & Justice - Social Science Core
BUEC 204 – Microeconomics3 – Fulfills Power Knowledge & Justice - Open Core
BUMG 120 – Innovation Through Technology3 – Fulfills Creativity and the Arts Core
MAT 120 – Statistics or MAT 150 – Statistics for Life Sciences or MAT 151 – Statistics for Environmental Sciences3 – Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core
Total Credits12
Other COB Foundation CoursesCredits
BUAC 201 – Financial Accounting3
BUFI 315 – Business Finance3
BUMG 200 – Management3
BUMG 325 – Legal Environment of Business3
BUMG 495A – Internship3
BUMG 498 – Strategic Management3
BUMK 200 – Marketing3
Total Credits21
Sustainability and Business Major Required CoursesCredits
BIO 105 – Introduction to Ecology and Evolution4 – Fulfills Scientific Method Core
BUEC 390 – Environmental Economics3
BUFI 205 – Intro Data Analysis or DSC 225 – Computer Programming I3
BUMG 101 – Introduction to Business/Excel3
BUMG 295 – Internship3
BUMG 313 – Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship3 – Fulfills Deeper Dive or Power Knowledge & Justice - Open Core
BUMG 315 – Tripple Bottom Line Reporting3
BUMG 371 – The Sustainable Business3
BUMG 410 – Creating Social Enterprises Through Design Thinking and Innovation4
ENV 105 – Introduction to Environmental Issues3
ENV 124 – Literature, Nature, & the Environment3 – Fulfills Human Experience - Open Core
ENV 200 – Environment and Society: A Global Perspective3 – Fulfills Health of Natural Ecosystems Core
ENV 208 – Climate Change: Cause, Cons, Solutions3
ENV 240 – Env Sustainability Lab3
ENV 250 – Environmental Policy3
ENV 499 – Senior Capstone3
Six (6) Credits of Environmental Studies Elective (see below)6
Total Credits56
Open Elective Courses (as needed to reach 120 credits)Variable
Minimum Total Required Credits120

Program-Specific Electives

Environmental Studies ElectivesCredits
ENV 204 – Urban Forestry3
ENV 309 – Sustainability and Ecological Restoration3
ENV 313 – Wetland Restoration: Science and Policy3
ENV 316/316L – Land Conservation Practicum w/Lab4
ENV 321 – Environmental Communication: Expert Practices for Ecosystem Management3
ENV 328 – Environmental Pollution: Ecosystems, Wildlife and Human Health3
ENV 340 – Environmental Movements and Social Change3
ENV 341 – Indigenous Ecology, Conservation Biology, and the Politics of Knowledge3
ENV 348 – Environment, Health & Community Development in East Africa4
ENV 357 – Sustaining Water: Social and Global Perspectives3
MAF 200 – Introduction to Marine Pollution3
MAF 210 – Introduction to US Ocean Governance3
MAR 316 – Science in Society3

Please note: While some courses can fulfill both core and program requirements, the credits earned do not count twice towards the minimum total required credits for the degree.

Additional Information

  • Students may choose to tailor the last two (2) years of course selections to their specific interests. For example, in close consultation with their Academic Advisor, they may select upper-level business and environmental studies electives that would result in an informal concentration in one (1) or more areas, including Non-Profit Sector, Corporate/Public Sector Sustainability, Small Business/Entrepreneurship.
  • Students are strongly encouraged to participate in study abroad. Academic advisors will help tailor a student’s program to create opportunities for study abroad.

Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.