Miami University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

The Sustainability Co-major emphasizes human-nature interaction in understanding environmental patterns and processes. Students are prepared to pursue a wide variety of career paths and post-graduate degrees in sustainability, especially those with design, management, and policy specializations.

The Sustainability Co-major complements the primary major, which provides significant depth and breadth in an academic discipline.

Energy is one of the most important issues of our global modern society. A sustainable energy future will require engineering, scientific, economic, and policy approaches working together to meet the technological, institutional, and environmental challenges.

The goal of an Energy Co-major is to provide students with core interdisciplinary training in energy that complements their disciplinary majors in engineering, natural sciences, architecture, business, and the social sciences. This co-major exposes students to the principles of energy production and distribution, energy supply and demand, pollution control and building systems, and energy policy and regulation. Students can pursue career paths in the energy industry and startup companies, consulting firms, and non-profit organizations.

The Environmental Science Co-major emphasizes earth science and life science approaches to understanding environmental patterns and processes. Students are prepared to pursue a wide variety of career paths and post-graduate degrees in environmental science, especially those with biological and physical science specializations.

Fourth undergraduate degree program - Food Systems and Food Studies

Description: The Food Systems & Food Studies Co-major provides an interdisciplinary examination of food, exploring the complex path food follows from farm to fork and beyond. Combining courses on the fundamentals of agricultural ecology; food, nutrition, and health; and food, society, and culture; with real-world experiences, students develop a broad understanding of food from a biological, economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental perspective. Students are prepared to pursue a wide variety career paths and post-graduate degrees in agriculture and food related professions. The Food Systems & Food Studies Co-major complements the primary major, which provides significant depth and breadth in an academic discipline.

The Environmental Science Co-major complements the primary major, which provides significant depth and breadth in an academic discipline.

Environmental Earth Science Major:
https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/geology/academics/majors/environmental-earth-science-program-requirements/index.html

Geography Major:
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/academics/majors-minors/majors/geography.html

International Studies Major (Global Environment Concentration): http://www.cas.muohio.edu/its/environment.html

Social Work Major:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/eap/fsw/undergraduatePrograms/index.html

Urban and Regional Planning Major:
http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/geography/academics/majors/urban-regional-planning-major/index.html

This interdisciplinary minor introduces students to the foundations of environmental sustainability and its complexities, with an emphasis on the approaches taken by people living under different geographic and economic conditions. Special importance in this minor is increasing student understanding of the issues and problems faced by the majority of global citizens who live in less industrial or less economically developed parts of the world.

Contact - Jonathan Levy - levyj@miamioh.edu