Research Seminar in Sustainability

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This course is a capstone of the student’s undergraduate work in the sustainability minor and an introduction to the professional practice of sustainability. The Research Seminar in Sustainability is designed to provide students with opportunities to experience the methods used in business, nonprofit, and government sustainable development initiatives and programs by approaching a single issue from a variety of perspectives. Student groups select topics related to the main issue. Topics are clustered within the categories of policies and sociology, economics, or health and environment. Each group analyzes its topic, discovers relationships to the main issue and other groups' topics, and presents their findings to the entire class. This multidisciplinary seminar serves as an integrative course employing the strategies that will build a sustainable future.