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Urban Sustainability (Environmental Economics & Business Management), B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2021-2022 First Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 16.5 credits Credits ENGL 1010: English Composition I Pathways Required Core 3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II Pathways Required Core 3 Math & Quantitative Reasoning Pathways Required Core 3 BIOL 1001: General Biology 1 Major (also fulfills Pathways Required Core) 4.5 U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core 3 World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core 3 SOCY 1101: Introduction to Sociology Major 3 SUST 1001: Introduction to Urban Sustainability Major 3 EESC 1201: Introduction to Environmental Science Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Second Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core 3 Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core 3 Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core 3 Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core 3 EESC 3750: Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) Major 3 PHIL 3309: Environmental Ethics Major 3 SOCY 2201: Sociology of the Environment Major 3 EESC 3800 or ECON 3400 or SOCY 2112 Major (ECON 3400 recommended) 3 ECON 2200: Elementary Microeconomics Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Third Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 16 credits Credits College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 ECON 3252 or ECON 3232 or BUSN 3180 or BUSN 3181 or BUSN 3182 Major 3 SUST 2001W: Urban Sustainability Theory Major 4 BIOL 3083 (See Biology Department for registration permission) Major 3 ECON 3254: Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 ECON 3252 or ECON 3232 or BUSN 3180 or BUSN 3181 or BUSN 3182 Major 3 Fourth Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 12.5 credits Credits ECON 3202 (See Economics Department for registration permission) Major 3 SUST 4001: Capstone in Urban Sustainability Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 ECON 4400W: Advanced Economic and Business Statistics Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3.5 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Degree Details 39 Pathways Credits* 53.5 Major Credits 27.5 General Elective Credits Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits. 120 Total Credits *The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Economics and Business Management) major includes a course (BIOL 1001) that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Economics and Business Management) only need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits. The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied. In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis. Contact Information Urban Sustainability Program 3137 Ingersoll Hall Michael Menser mmenser@brooklyn.cuny.edu Go back to the Degree Maps List
39 Pathways Credits*
53.5 Major Credits
27.5 General Elective Credits
Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits.
120 Total Credits
*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Economics and Business Management) major includes a course (BIOL 1001) that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Economics and Business Management) only need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits.
The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.
In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.
Urban Sustainability Program 3137 Ingersoll Hall Michael Menser mmenser@brooklyn.cuny.edu
