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Sustainability and U Home

The University shall promote educational and outreach activities that are linked to operational improvements and innovation principles.

Teaching

With the University of Minnesota’s devotion to spreading awareness of ecological issues, all undergraduate students are required to take at least one course that meets an environmental theme. Joining such required academic topics as cultural diversity and international perspectives, over one hundred available environmentally oriented courses allow interdisciplinary faculty to inform students about the essential issues the world currently faces. With courses ranging from sustainable aquaculture to political ecology, students are given an introduction to environmental issues, all encouraging further attention throughout their undergraduate studies.

Agronomy

Crops, Environment, and Society
AGRO 1103

Issues in Sustainable Agriculture
AGRO 4088

Ecology of Agricultural Systems
AGRO 5321/ ENT 5321

Environment, Global Food Production,
and the Citizen
AGRO 3203

Applied Economics

Economics of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
APEC 5651

Architecture

Topics in Architecture: Solar Decathlon
ARCH 4150

Environmental Technology I
ARCH 4521

Historic Building Conservation
ARCH 4672/5672

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Orientation
BBE 1001

Material and Energy Balances in Biological Systems
BBE 3033

Transport in Biological Systems
BBE 4013

Bioproducts Engineering
BBE 4401/5401

Agricultural Waste Management Engineering
BBE 4533

Biological Process Engineering
BBE 4713

Renewable Energy Technologies
BBE 4733

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Ecology and Society
EEB 3001

Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments
EEB 3603

Ecosystem Ecology
EEB 4609/5609

Biogeochemical Processes
EEB 4611

Environmental Sciences, Policy, Management

Issues in the Environment
ESPM 1011

Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving
ESPM 2021

Environmental Education/Interpretation
ESPM 2401

Seminar on Current Issues for ESPM: Corporate Response to Climate Change
ESPM 3000

Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet
ESPM 3003

Ethics in Natural Resources
ESPM 3011

Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: History, Creation, and Implementation
ESPM 3241/5241

Environmental Sciences, Policy, Management (cont.)

Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy
ESPM 3245/5245

Human Environmental Behavior and Policy
ESPM 3271

Topics in Natural Resources: Sustainable Communities
ESPM 3480

Environmental Management Systems and Strategy
ESPM 3604/5604

Recycling: Extending Raw Materials
ESPM 3605/5605

Minimizing Industrial Emissions
ESPM 3606/5606

Agroforestry in Watershed Management
ESPM 3703/5703

Methods for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Analysis
ESPM 4242

Bioremediation
ESPM 4608/5608

Forest Resources

Forest Ecology
FR 3104/5104

Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change
FR 5146

Advanced Forest Management Planning
FR 5264

Geography

Biogeography of the Global Garden
GEOG 1403

Horticulture

Landscape Design and Implementation
HORT 4021

Landscape Operations and Management
HORT 5018

History of Ecology and Environmentalism
HSCI 3244/5244

Innovation Studies/Liberal Studies

Innovation/Liberal Studies Seminar - Projecting Our Global Futures
IS 5100/LS 5100

Institute of Technology

Environmental Issues and Solutions
IOFT 1101

Plant Pathology

Air Pollution, People, and Plants: The Science and the Ethics
PLPA 3002

Public Affairs

Environment and Infrastructure Planning
PA 8201

Recreation, Park and Leisure Studies

Programming Outdoor and Environmental Education
REC 5311

Recreation Resource Management

Nature and Heritage Based Tourism
RRM 3101/5101