Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor
Department website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba-business-minors/
The Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor is open to students of all majors and is offered as a collaboration between the McCombs School of Business and the Moody College of Communication. The objective of this minor is to provide students the opportunity to develop a set of theoretical and implementable skills to understand how sustainability can be embedded in business, financial and social systems. The minor will also prepare students to analyze, communicate and persuade on the diverse topics of sustainability and their implementation. Given the broad range of sustainability in terms of the concept of meeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” and its availability in many disciplines throughout the University, the minor is designed to be multidisciplinary with important experiential learning opportunities in order to enhance students’ study of their majors, while informing them on the importance of sustainability and its communication in business and related fields.
Admission to the minor is based on a student’s overall academic record, including but not limited to, number of hours completed, rigor of courses taken in residence, demonstrated interest in sustainability, and the overall University of Texas grade point average.
Total Hours Required: 17
Requirements
Requirements are listed in the table below. Additional requirements may follow the table, so be sure to read the entire page. Some required courses listed below may also satisfy General Education requirements, including Core Curriculum. Students should also review the University's Undergraduate Minor and Certificate Requirements and Policies.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ADV 324 | Communicating Sustainability | 3 |
| or P R 324 | Communicating Sustainability | |
| BGS 372T.12 | Global Business Sustainability | 3 |
| or FIN 337T.12 | Global Business Sustainability | |
| or ACC 372T.12 | Global Business Sustainability | |
| FIN 134M | Current Issues in Global Sustainability | 1 |
| FIN 164P | Global Sustainability Practicum | 1 |
| Science of Sustainability | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Foundations of Environmental Engineering | ||
| Sustainable Systems Engineering | ||
| Sustainability Issues in Energy | ||
| Climate: Past, Present, and Future | ||
| Earth, Wind, and Fire | ||
| Earth Science and Sustainability | ||
| Crisis of Our Planet | ||
| Sustaining a Planet | ||
| Earth in 2100 | ||
| Energy and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Oceanography | ||
| Humans and a Changing Ocean | ||
| Marine Ecology | ||
| Sustainability in Business | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business | ||
| Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility | ||
| Business and Policy in the Age of Inequality | ||
| Sustainable Finance Investing | ||
| Business Law and Ethics | ||
| Business Law and Ethics: Honors | ||
| Foundations of Business Law and Ethics | ||
| Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business | ||
| Management Practicum: Social Entrepreneurship I | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship II | ||
| Social Innovation Practicum | ||
| Sustainable Operations | ||
| Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Sustainability in Communication | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Psychology of Advertising | ||
| Public Communication of Science and Technology | ||
| Public Communication of Science and Technology | ||
| Topics in Multicultural Issues in Advertising and Public Relations | ||
| Communication for Civic Engagement | ||
| Creative Communication of Scientific Research | ||
| Communication and Social Change | ||
| Social Media and Social Movement: Then and Now | ||
| Organizational Transparency | ||
| Environmental Communication | ||
| Sustainability and the News | ||
| College Requirements - Business | ||
| Undergraduate Minor and Certificate Requirements and Policies | ||
| Total Hours | 17 | |
Additional Requirements and Policy
- Part of this coursework includes an experiential learning activity through the Global Sustainability Practicum course.
- Other courses may be considered for substitution, as approved by the Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor Committee.