The Minor in Urban Sustainability will provide students with an opportunity to further their understanding of the myriad issues in fostering environmental preservation, equity, and economic development (the 3-Es of sustainability) in urban areas, while providing them with a foundation for advancing their academic and professional interests in the many directions related to sustainability. The minor requires the completion of 18 credits.
Required Courses
Elective Courses
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 7 |
| Black Detroit | |
| Race and Racism in America | |
| Black Urban History | |
| Black Social Movements | |
| Global Detroit | |
| Food and Culture | |
| Digital Storytelling and Ethnic Detroit | |
| World Cultures | |
| Global Health | |
| Basic Life Diversity | |
| Ecology and the Environment | |
| General Ecology | |
| Terrestrial Ecology | |
| Landscape Ecology | |
| Chemistry and Your World | |
| Survey of General Chemistry | |
| Survey of Organic/Biochemistry | |
| Chemistry Skills and Reasoning | |
| General, Organic and Biochemistry | |
| General Chemistry I | |
| General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| Organic Chemistry I | |
| Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| Geology: The Science of the Earth | |
| Geology: The Science of the Earth Laboratory | |
| Interpreting the Earth | |
| Oceanography | |
| Introduction to Environmental Science | |
| Meteorology: The Study of Weather | |
| Mineralogy | |
| Introduction to Environmental Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | |
| Air and Water in Environmental Systems | |
| Petrology | |
| Structural Geology | |
| Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | |
| Introduction to Global Issues and Institutions | |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | |
| Introduction to Public Policy | |
| Ethics and Politics of Public Policy | |
| Detroit Politics: Continuity and Change in City and Suburbs | |
| Environmental Policy and Politics | |
| Techniques of Policy Analysis | |
| Introduction to Public Health | |
| Environmental Health | |
| Epidemiology | |
| Internship | |
| Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health | |
| Public Health and the City | |
| Social Psychology | |
| Sociology of the Environment | |
| Sociology of Development | |
| Social Inequality | |
| People on the Move | |
| Cities and Food | |
| Global Urbanism | |
| Black Detroit | |
| Urban and Regional Planning | |
| Public Health and the City | |
| History of Detroit | |
| Topics in Urban Studies and Geography | |
| Cities and Regions | |