专业概况
在这里学什么？
The sustainability major provides scientific, socioeconomic, and philosophical background for understanding and mitigating human impact on the natural environment.
The major consists of 41-43 hours with 31-32 upper division hours.
I. Sustainability Core
Complete:
- GEOL 206 - Sustainability: Reducing our Impact on Planet Earth
- GEOG 496 - Field Experience for Sustainability
- GEOG 499 - Practicing Geography
II. Sustainability and Society
Select one course:
- FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
- GEOG 345 - People and Environment
- PHIL 346 - Environmental Ethics *
- SOCI 342 - Globalization and Justice
- SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources
III. Sustainability and the Environment
Select one course:
- BIOL 260 - Ecology
-
and
- BIOL 269 - Ecology Field-Based Laboratory
-
- FWF 250 - Conservation *
Select one course:
- EEB 484 - Conservation Biology
- ESS 424 - Environmental Stormwater Management
- ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology
- FORS 335 - Principles of Urban Forestry
- GEOG 433 - Landform Analysis and Landscape Planning
- GEOG 436 - Water Resources
- GEOG 443 - Sustainable Cities and Landscapes
- GEOL 454 - Environmental Restoration
- GEOL 455 - Environmental Geology
- GEOL 456 - Global Climate Change
IV. Sustainability and Development
Complete:
- ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course *
Select one course:
- AREC 345 - Renewable Energy Economics
- ECON 322 - The Global Economy: Trade and Development
- ECON 463 - Environmental Economics
- GEOG 451 - The Global Economy
- SOCI 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development
V. Sustainability and Policy
Select one course:
- AREC 333 - Agricultural Conservation Policy
- AREC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management
- ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
- FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy
- FWF 420 - International Natural Resource Issues
- POLS 321 - Urban Politics and Process
VI. Skills Area
Select one course:
- ESS 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science
- GEOG 311 - Geovisualization and Geographic Information Science
- GEOG 411 - Intermediate Geographic Information Science
- GEOG 413 - Remote Sensing of the Environment
- GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography
VII. Focus Area
- Select nine credit hours of upper division courses from the above listed sub-categories.
所属院系
进入哪个院系学习？ College of Arts and Sciences
中国学生入学要求
为来自中国的学生设计 Applicants must have a completion of high school or college academic work. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) minimum score of 6.5, TOEFL (Paper-based) score of 523, TOEFL (iBT) score of 70, Completing the ELS 112 intensive program.
课程信息
学制：全日制(120 学分)
学费：US$30,988.00 (¥ 200,613) /年
开学时间：2022八月, 2022一月
申请截止日期：15 June 2022, 15 October 2022
留学地点：College of Arts and Sciences312 Ayres Hall, 1403 Circle Drive,KNOXVILLE,Tennessee,37996, United States
