The COF Minor in Sustainability is embedded in the international recognition that unsustainable pressures, resulting from human activity, threaten the natural systems on which human existence depends. These pressures often impact the most vulnerable members of society. The minor encourages students to explore connections between their specific career-directed studies to issues of the natural world, finite resources and social justice.
COF Sustainability Minor Courses can be located here.
The requirements are six academic courses:
- COF Environment Forum (to be taken twice)
The forum course is designed to expose students to contemporary sustainability issues through a series of discussions with local, regional, and national experts in the field. Students will participate in projects related to the topic of the forum and will present their findings during the Muddy River Symposium or other regional sustainability conferences. A service-learning component is incorporated to further facilitate student learning.
- 4 Elective Courses – students must take 4 courses that form a cohesive and thematic thread, selecting from at least two of the following categories
- Policy/Economics
- Social Equity
- Environmental
Contact Information:
Students interested in fulfilling the minor should contact their academic advisor and the Center for Sustainability representative at their respective colleges.
- Emmanuel College: Adam Silver, silvera@emmanuel.edu
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Lana Dvorkin Camiel, lana.dvorkin@mcphs.edu
- Massachusetts School of Art and Design: Amber Tourlentes, amber.tourlentes@massart.edu
- Simmons University: Anna Aguilera, anna.aguilera@simmons.edu
- Wentworth Institute of Technology: Cynthia Williams, williamsc6@wit.edu
Questions: Email Sarah Biggers, Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development or Devan Hawkins, Center for Sustainability and the Environment Program Director