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Sustainability and Development Courses and Requirements (Effective for students admitted Fall 2025 and before)

Sustainability and Development Courses and Requirements (Effective for students admitted Fall 2026 and after)

Summary of requirements:

  • 6 credits of SusDev core courses
  • 6 credits of SusDev elective course work
  • EAS 509 Ecology: Concepts and Applications and EAS 510 The Science and Practice of Social Change or course(s) from the Social Systems Distribution list. Students without a background in the social science are asked to complete 510. Those with a strong understanding of the social sciences are instead asked to complete one 3 credit course -or- a combination of courses equaling a total of at least 3 credits (e.g. two 1.5 credit courses) from the Social Systems Distribution list (in place of 510)
  • Two (2) courses totaling at least three (3) credits from the approved list of Integrated Analytic Methods & Skills (IAMS) courses (required for students admitted Fall 2025 and before)
  • One statistics course from the approved list
  • One Analytics course from the approved list
  • Graduate-level electives (400-level or higher)
  • EAS Capstone
  • Minimum 25 EAS credit hours
  • Minimum 42 total credit hours

*Complete listing of EAS courses (including those from other fields of study)

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