Studying sustainability at EUC
The achievement of sustainability, or ‘the requirement of our generation to manage resources such that the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all future generations’ (Asheim and Brekke, 1993) can be considered one of the main challenges of our times. For sustainability to be achieved, environmental, social and economic aspects all need to be in balance. However, the application of such an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability can be hindered by the mono-disciplinary approach of today’s highly specialised world. In this major, you will acquire the tools to think critically about the most pressing challenges of our time and the skills to find creative solutions for such challenges. Each course is embedded in an interdisciplinary framework that will guide you through different perspectives, from Life Sciences and Social Sciences to Economics and Humanities. In this major, you will develop research-oriented skills with a strong focus on solving complex multi-perspective and multi-disciplinary current issues. In particular, thanks to the emphasis given to the intrinsic relationships between humans and the natural environment, you will learn how natural and ecological systems work, how policies and organisations contribute to sustainability, how the current ethical and historical perspectives influence the climate crisis, how plants are a foundation for people and life on our planet, how to generate prevention plans for health problems, how to include multiple perspectives when developing solutions and, finally, how laws and policies to protect the common environmental are generated.
Entry requirement
Students are allowed to enter this major when they either have successfully completed a general biology course prior to entering EUC or have passed the EUC course ACC112 Basics of Life in the first year.
Coordinator: Dr A. Vasques
- Applied Game Theory (INT)
- Food & Nutrition (LSC)
- The Climate Crisis (ECB/HUM)
- Plant Biology & Diversity (LSC)
- Politics of Public Policy (SBS)
- Intermediate Statistics I (INT)
Principles of Ecology, Biodiversity & Nature-Inclusive Design
- Late Modernity (200 level)
- Qualitative Research through Interviewing (200 level)
- Plant Physiology & Sustainable Agriculture (300 level)
- Epidemiology & Global Health (300 level)
- International Environmental & Energy Law (300 level)
- EUR Minor Think Green: Ecological & Economic Perspectives for a Sustainable Environment (15 EC)
- EUR minor Science & Practice for Transformative Change (15 EC)
- EUR Minor in the field of Sustainability that is approved by the Head of the Life Science Department (15 EC)
- EUC/ off campus / exchange courses approved by the Head of the Life Sciences Department and the Examination Board (200 / 300 level)
The major Sustainability needs to be concluded with a Capstone of 15 EC.
Take a look at what you could study
Having a major centred around Sustainability is essential to political, healthcare, and business practices. There are a couple of years left to make a difference, and with the extremely passionate staff, and an engaging curriculum, this major is a great fit to start understanding what our global issues are as well as some possibilities to solve them.
