University of Minnesota, Duluth
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

All UMD graduates, starting in Fall 2012, will have a 3-credit sustainability course requirement through the Liberal Education Requirements for graduation. The category is described as: "Courses that focus on ways in which the science of the natural environment interacts with economic, social, and political forces in a local, national and/or global context."

Accounting ACCT 3705 – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Anthropology ANTH 3888 – Anthropology of Food ANTH 4623 – Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems ANTH 4631 – Anthropology and the Environment ANTH 4633 – Ethnobotany ANTH 4653 – Senior Seminar Art and Design ART 3305 – Sustainability Studio: Theory and Practice Biology BIOL 1001 – Biology and Society BIO 1012 - General Bio II BIO 1012 - Evolution BIOL 1010 – Home Horticulture BIOL 4803 – Field Ecology Chemical Engineering CHE 1020 – Sustainable Engineered Systems CHE 1143 - Life Cycle Analysis CHE 2001 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering CHE 2111 – Materials and Energy Balances CHE 2121 – Thermodynamics CHE 3251 – Introduction to Pulp and Paper Process Technology CHE 4501 – Chemical Engineering Design I CHE 4603 – Biorenewable Resources Chemistry CHEM 1103 - Aspects of Chemistry CHEM 1105 – From the Industrial Revolution to Green Chemistry CHEM 2212 – Environmental Chemistry CHEM 2212 - Principles of Green Chemistry Civil Engineering CE 1100 – Green Homes CE 1100 - Geologic Principles for Civil Engineers CE 3026 – Project Management CE 4515 - Sustainable Design and Construction CE 5515 - Sustainable Design and Construction Communication COMM 3405 – Health Campaigns COMM 3620 – Controversy in the Boundary Waters Cultural Studies CST 1101 – Introduction to Cultural Studies CST 4500 – The New Commons: Activism, Culture, History Economics ECON 3721 – Natural Resource and Energy Economics Education EDUC 1201 – Managing Planet Earth EDUC 4234 – Science, Technology, and Society Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 5501 – Energy Conversion Systems Environmental Education ENED 4555 – Foundations of Environmental Education ENED 5325 – Environemtal Issues Investigation Environment and Sustainability ES 1001 – Introductory Seminar ES 2095 – Special Topics (recently: Sustainable Agriculture Field Techniques) ES 2803 - Issues in Global Ecology ES 3100 – Sustainable Food Systems ES 3500 – Ecological Economics ES 4010 - Seminar ES 4090 - Internship Preparation ES 4097 - Internship Environmental Science ESCI 2210 – Science and Management of Environmental Systems ESCI 3102 – Renewable Resources Geography GEOG 1202 – World Regional Geography GEOG 1304 – Human Geography GEOG 2306 – Environmental Conservation GEOG 1414 - Physical Geography GEOG 3334 – Urban Geography GEOG 3461 – Geography of Global Resources GEOG 3481 – Urban Ecology GEOG 5573 – GIS in Regional Sustainability Applications Geology GEOL 1110 – Geology and Earth Systems GEOL 1130 – Introduction to Environmental Science GEOL 1610 – Oceanography Health HLTH 3101 – Community Health HLTH 1100 - Health and Wellness Strategies for Life HLTH 3500 – Environmental Health Management Studies MGTS 4495 – Sustainable Management Marketing MKGT 3751 – Marketing Ethics Philosophy PHIL 3325 – Environmental Ethics Physics PHYS 1035 – Energy Psychology PSY 3211 – Group Dynamics Social Work SW 1210 – Global Issues Sociology SOC 4860 – Environmental Sociology Spanish SPAN 2550 – Globalization and Sustainability in Latin America Urban and Regional Studies URS 1001 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Studies Water Resources Science WRS 5101 - Water Policy Women’s Studies WS 3600 - Ecofeminist Theories and Practices WS 3775 – Women, Globalization, and Food

The Liberal Education Requirement for Sustainability was implemented for the first year in 2012. Expected enrollment is around 11,000 and a Sustainability course is required by all 11,000 expected graduates who fall under these LE guidelines.