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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2025-2026 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
OR
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement: ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY(HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING – ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (recommended) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- School Core: Intro Course Outside the Major- SOSI 101 - or LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY or PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY or EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed/Major: - VALUES AND ETHICS – SUST 210 - BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major : ENSC 230 - SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (HRS 4)
- Major: ENST 223 - ENERGY AND SOCIETY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SUST 310 - INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: Sustainability Elective (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP (HRS 4)
- Major: ENST 320 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN WEST or SOCI 307 - SOCIAL RESEARCH WITH COMPUTERS (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION (HRS 4)
- Major: Sustainability Elective (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: SUST 410 - SENIOR PRECAPSTONE (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SUST 420 - CAPSTONE PROJECT (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
Note: Only two GenEd courses can double count in the School Core and major.
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Global Awareness: (Recommended:ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY) or Honors Global Awareness
(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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