Skip to main content
    Admissions Overview
    Find all the information you need about applying to our undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Start your application to Willamette here.
Pre-College Programs
Admitted Students
Enrolling Students
New Student Orientation
    Cost & Aid Overview
    Get the latest information about tuition costs and financial aid opportunities available to Willamette students.
Tuition & Fees
    Academics Overview
    Learn more about our academic programs – from courses and faculty to unique opportunities you won’t find anywhere else.
All Programs and Degrees
Advising Resources
Library
    Life on Campus Overview
    Get a feel for life at Willamette. Learn more about Salem, our campus culture, and how we foster a sense of community.
Learning in the Pacific Northwest
Athletics
Diversity at Willamette
Health and Wellness
Housing and Dining
Arts
Campus Recreation
Events
Commencement
Safety
    Our Stories
    We’re proud of the difference our students and alumni are making. Dive into the stories of how they’re leading in their fields and transforming knowledge into meaningful action.
Athletics
Arts
Big Data
Climate Change
Democratic Institutions
Interdisciplinary Studies
Regional Impact
Request Info Visit Apply Give
About News Events Alumni Parents Athletics The Arts Academic Calendar

Requirements

Requirements for the Sustainability Minor (20 semester hours)

  • Students may not count more than two courses in any one area.

  • Students may not count more than two courses with the same prefix.

Choose twenty (20) semester hours from these areas:

Area 1: Natural Systems

  • BIOL120 Introduction to Biological Inquiry (4)

  • CHEM230 Environmental Chemistry (4)

  • ENVS121 Earth Systems Science (4)

  • ENVS358 Principles of Hydrology (4)

  • ENVS340 Biogeochemistry (4)

  • ENVS385 Research in Urban Geochemistry (4)

  • ENVS347 Earth’s Climate (4)

Area 2: Economic and Social Sustainability

  • ENVS321 Environmental Policymaking (4)

  • ENVS334 Political Ecology (4)

  • ENVS327W Water Resources of the Western US (4)

  • ECON345 Environmental Economics (4)

Area 3: Equity and Community

  • ENVS304W Politics of Environmental Science (4)

  • HIST315 Western Civilization and Sustainability: Beginnings to 1600 (4)

  • IDS208 Sustainability and Design (4)

  • IDS214 Food Justice (4)

Area 4: Graduate School Offerings

  • LW348 Environmental Law and Policy: Sustainable Natural Resources (4)

  • LW386 Global Sustainability (3)

  • LW387 Energy & Climate Law (4)

Willamette University

Sustainability