Auburn University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary degree, incorporating studies such as physics, chemistry, biology and geology. Environmental solutions also frequently require mathematical expertise, as well as specific knowledge of air, water and soil environments. This program is structured to prepare students with both broad and deep knowledge as an environmental scientist. As an environmental science major, students gain an understanding of contemporary issues facing society as a whole, as well as the historical, social, economic, and political contexts that scientists face in dealing with environmental issues on local and global scales. The environmental science major is specifically tailored to produce graduates to succeed in a field that is continually changing with new challenges and solutions.

Biosystems engineers design systems to provide the necessities of human life: safe and plentiful food to eat, pure water to drink, clean fuel and energy sources, and a safe, healthy environment in which to live. Biosystems Engineers at Auburn apply engineering to problems and opportunities presented by living organisms and the natural environment.

The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design is a multidisciplinary degree that emphasizes a blend of sustainable practices from a local and global context, within a framework of comprehensive design and systems thinking. It builds in students an understanding of the interconnected nature of all design and construction disciplines. The Environmental Design degree allows students to customize their educational experience, by providing the opportunity to minor in multiple subjects that are of a particular interest to the student, including the Minor in Sustainability Studies.

Agricultural Business & Economics, https://aers.auburn.edu/major-minors/agricultural-business-economics-major/

Biological and Agricultural Technology Management, http://eng.auburn.edu/bsen/academics/undergraduate-majors/batman/index.html

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management, http://sfaas.auburn.edu/programs-of-study/undergraduate-2/aquatic-resources-management-courses/

Forestry, https://sfws.auburn.edu/programs/majors/

Geography, https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/geosciences/academics/slo.htm

Global Studies, http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/global/degree.php

Landscape Architecture, https://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/architecture-degrees-programs/landscape-architecture/

Natural Resources Management, https://sfws.auburn.edu/natural-resources-major-and-minors/

Social Work, https://cla.auburn.edu/sociology/social-work/bachelor-of-arts-in-social-work/

Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging, https://sfws.auburn.edu/sustainable-biomaterials-packaging/

Wildlife Ecology and Management, https://sfws.auburn.edu/wildlife-sciences/wildlife-ecology-management/

Wildlife Enterprise Management, https://sfws.auburn.edu/wildlife-sciences/wildlife-enterprise-management/

This minor is open to all undergraduates and provides interdisciplinary education in the four integrated systems involved in sustainability issues: environmental, economic, social, and individual well-being. With a diverse selection of courses from colleges across the university, the interdisciplinary minor in sustainability studies offers students the opportunity to gain wide-ranging expertise and hands-on experience working on the most crucial issues in contemporary society.

The Minor in Sustainability Studies requires 15 semester hours. Minor students are required to take SUST 2000 Introduction to Sustainability or HONR 1027 Sustainability in the Modern World (= honors intro course), and SUST 5000 Senior Capstone in Sustainability. In addition, minor students take 9 hours (usually 3 courses of 3 credits each) of electives. At least 6 elective hours must be at the 3000 level or above. Minor students select from nearly 100 approved electives and study abroad programs from every academic unit on campus. They must select one elective from three of the four disciplinary fields: Engineering, Technology, & Design; Natural & Physical Science; Social & Human Science; and Arts and Humanities. All elective course credits must be completed before or concurrently with the capstone course. Students may take no more than one elective concurrently with the capstone, which is a projects-based course that is strongly recommended to be taken in the senior year.

This minor equips graduates with the knowledge and skills important for administering both public-and private-sector human-relations programs that serve the residents of small towns and rural communities as well as special-needs populations, such as the elderly and the disabled. Required courses are Community Organization and Rural Sociology, while electives include Sociology of Natural Resources and the Environment; Food, Agriculture, and Society; Community Development; Sociology of Sustainable Agrifood Systems; and Environment, Society, and Justice.

The Hunger Studies Minor is open to all undergraduates on campus. It educates students about the complex and diverse issues associated with social, economic, and environmental systems surrounding food supply and demand. Students take 15 credits for the minor. The core of the minor is HUSC 2000/2003/2007 Hunger: Causes, Consequences, and Reponses (3 credits), plus HUSC 4000 Hunger Studies Capstone (3 credits). In addition, students take 9 elective credits, comprising 1 course of 3 credits each, from (1) Knowledge of hunger issues, (2) Leadership and Advocacy to solve problems associated with hunger in systems, and (3) Global Citizenship, to gain an understanding of international issues in hunger.

Agricultural Leadership Studies, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/collegeofagriculture/minors/agri_leadership_minor/
Environmental Design, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/collegeofarchitecturedesignandconstruction/environmentaldesign_minor/
Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/collegeofagriculture/fisheriesandalliedaquaculturesfish/fisheriesandalliedaquacultures_minor/
Forest Resources, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/schoolofforestryandwildlifesciences/minors/forestresources_minor/
Health Equity Science (Certificate Program), http://humsci.auburn.edu/hdfs/ugrad/ches.php
Natural Resources Ecology, https://sfws.auburn.edu/programs/minors/
Natural Resources Economics and Environmental Policy, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/collegeofagriculture/agriculturaleconomicsandruralsociology/naturalresrenvironmentpolicy_minor/
Nature-based Recreation, https://sfws.auburn.edu/programs/minors/
Public Health, https://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AU-Public-Health-brochure.1.26.16.pdf
Social Work, https://cla.auburn.edu/sociology/social-work/bachelor-of-arts-in-social-work/social-work-minor/
Stewardship-Based Agriculture, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/collegeofagriculture/agronomyandsoilsagrn/stewardship-basedagriculture_minor/
Urban Environmental Science, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/schoolofforestryandwildlifesciences/minors/urbanenvirscience_minor/
Watershed Sciences, https://sfws.auburn.edu/programs/minors/

Descriptions and links for all academic programs (majors, minors, and graduate programs) are available on the website for the Academic Sustainability Program: http://acadsustain.auburn.edu/programs/