University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

AFRO 3141 Africa AGRO 1101 Bio of Plant System AGRO 1103 Crops, Environment & Society AGRO 2101 Biol Food, Land, People, Env. AGRO 5321 Ecology: Agricultural Systems AGRO 3203W Env, Food Prod & the Citizen ANSC 1011 Animals and Society ANSC 3203W Env, Food Prod & the Citizen ANTH 3041 Ecological Anth ANTH 4069 Environmental Arch ANTH 5041 Ecological Anth ANTH 1906W Freshman Seminar APEC 3611 Environmental & Nat Res Econ APEC 5651 Econ Nat Resourc & Env Policy ARCH 1906W Waste Culture & Alternatives AST 1001 Explore Universe AST 1901 Freshman Seminar AST 1011H Explore Universe, H BBE 1901 Freshman Seminar BBE 5212 Safety & Env Health Issues BBE 1906W Freshman Seminar BIOL 1001 Evolution & Ecology BIOL 1901 Biology Freshman Seminar BIOL 3407 Ecology BIOL 3807 Ecology BIOL 3408W Ecology CE 3501 Env Engr CFAN 1501 Biotechnology, People & Envir CFAN 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar CHEM 1021 Chem Prin I CHEM 1022 Chem Prin II CHEM 1031H Honors Chem I CHEM 1032H Honors Chem II CLA 1901 Freshman Seminar CLA 1906W Freshman Seminar CSCL 3361 Visions of Nature CSCL 3366W Landscape, Nature, Society DIS 3332 GloS:Euro Environ Prob, Policy DIS 3343 Hist:Environ History of Europe DIS 3822 Ecol & Human Impact: N Baltic DIS 3823 Biol: Marine Mammals DIS 3824 Biol: Ecotoxicology DIS 3825 Biol:Ecotox Lab:Int’l Tests DIS 3830 Biol:Marine Biol:Euro Coastal ECON 3611 Environmental Econ EDHD 1901 Freshman Seminar, Environment EDHD 1906W FreshmanSeminar, Environmnt/WI EE 1701W Ener Envir Soc EEB 3001 Ecology and Society EEB 3361 Visions of Nature ENR 1901 Freshman Seminar ENR 3205 MN Ecosystems Field Course ENT 5321 Ecology: Agricultural Systems ESPM 1011 Issues in the Environment ESPM 1051 Intro to Environmental Science ESPM 1201 Conserv and Mgmt of Nat Res ESPM 1425 The Atmosphere ESPM 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar ESPM 2041 Nat Res Consumption/Sustnblty ESPM 3021 Ecol Veg Mgmt: Consultng Aprch ESPM 3101 Conservt of Plant Biodiversity ESPM 3245 Sustainbl Land Use Plng/Policy ESPM 3251 NR in Sustain Int'l Developmnt ESPM 3261 Econ and Nat Resources Mgmt ESPM 1901H Topics: Freshman Seminar ESPM 1906W Freshman Seminar ESPM 3011W Ethics in Natural Resources ESPM 4061W Water Quality & Natural Resour FR 4461 Int'l Water Quality FR 5142 Tropical Forest Ecology FR 5146 Sci & Pol of Global Envtl Chng FSCN 1112 Principles of Nutrition FW 1002 Wldlf:Ecol,Values,Human Impact FW 1901 Freshman Seminar FW 2001 Intro to Fish, Wldlf & Con Bio FW 2002 Threatened & Endangered Wldlf FW 5003 Human Dimensions of Bio/Cons FW 5411 Aquatic Toxicology FW 5455 Sustainable Aquaculture FW 5603W Habitat/Regulation of Wildlife FW 5604W Fisheries Ecology/Management GEO 1001 Earth and Its Environments GEO 1002 Earth History GEO 1004 Geology/Minnesota GEO 1005 Geology and Cinema GEO 1006 Oceanography GEO 1008 Faces of the Earth GEO 1009 Global Changes GEO 1101 Introduction to Geology GEO 1901 Freshman Seminar: Envt GEO 3002 Climate and History GEO 3003 Geohazards GEO 3004 Water and Society GEO 1906W Freshman Seminar: WI/Env GEO 2111H Honors Earth Sci GEOG 1403 Biogeography GEOG 1425 Meteorology GEOG 3111 Minnesota GEOG 3141 Africa GEOG 3355 Environ Quality GEOG 3376 Political Ecology of No Amer GEOG 3379 Env Development GEOG 3431 Plant & Animal Geog GEOG 5411 Geog of Health GEOG 5431 Plant and Animal Geography GEOG 1403H Honors: Biogeography GEOG 1906W Freshman Seminar GEOG 3361W Geography and Public Policy GEOG 3411W Geog of Health GEOG 4121W Latin America GLOS 3303 Envt Development GLOS 3304 Frameworks of Sustainability GLOS 4311 The Politics of Nature HIST 3452 African Conservation Histories HMED 3040 Human Health & Envir. in Hist. HORT 5071 Restoration & Reclam Ecology HORT 1906W Freshmen Seminar HSCI 1212 Life on Earth HSCI 1214W Life on Earth IOFT 1101 Envir Issues Solns IOFT 1901 Freshman Seminar, Envt LA 3501 Env Des: Biol/Phys Context LAS 4121W Latin America NRES 3206 Natural History of Costa Rica NRES 5461 Int'l Water Quality PBIO 1212 Plants and Society PHIL 3301 Environmental Ethics PHYS 1901 Freshman Seminar: Envt PHYS 1001W Energy and Environ PLPA 1001 Microbes, Plants & People PLPA 3002 Air Pollution, People & Plants POL 3441 Pol/Environ Protect POL 3872W Global Env Politics PSTL 1112 Nature in the City PSTL 1171 Earth Systems and Environments PSTL 1173 Geology of National Parks PSTL 1901 Freshman Seminar: Environment PSTL 1906W Fresh Sem: Environ Issues PUBH 3102 Issues in Envrn & Occup Health RCOL 1901 First Year Seminar RCOL 3901 Seminar on Environment RCOL 3906 Residential College Seminar II RCOL 1906W First Year Seminar RRM 1901 Freshman Seminar RRM 4232W Managing Recreational Lands SOC 4305 Environmental Soc SOC 4311 The Politics of Nature SOIL 1125 The Soil Resource SOIL 2125 Basic Soil Science SUST 3003 Frameworks of Sustainability UC 4525 Garbage & Human Environment URBS 3751 Urban Environment WRIT 3383 In Search of Nature

This data only covers undergraduate course offerings. The courses above were obtained searching the Electronic Course Approval System to find those labeled with the U's Environment Theme Designation (see ER 5 for more information on the sorting process). In order to obtain an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, students must take at least one course that meets the Environment Theme Liberal Education requirement. The list of courses provided for this credit all fulfill an Environment Theme requirement. While the University may not have a large percentage of Sustainability-focused courses, all students seeking undergraduate degrees from the University of Minnesota are required to take one of these courses.