Looking for the Sustainability concentration?
The Sustainability concentration has been renamed the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration. Requirements to complete the concentration have not changed.
Sustainability and Social Impact concentration
Examine the environmental, economic, and social sustainability challenges and opportunities faced by today’s business leaders.
Course requirements
Completion of the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration does not require pre-approval or special admission. If you would like to pursue this concentration, complete a total of 12 credits of sustainability-related courses as listed below.
The 12 credits also count toward fulfillment of your electives requirement, but note that COMM courses cannot be counted as non-Commerce electives. If the courses you take for the concentration overlap with the courses you take for an option, you can double count a maximum of 3 credits of coursework toward concentration and option requirements in your degree.
After you've applied to graduate, we'll provide instructions for how to declare the concentration so that it will appear on your academic transcript.
| Sustainability and Social Impact requirements | |
| 9 credits from: | |
| COMM 3121 | Business Ethics Leadership |
| COMM 386I2 | Innovation and Sustainability |
| COMM 386J | Strategies for Responsible Business |
| COMM 386L3 | Impact Investing: Social Finance in the 21st Century |
| COMM 386T | Indigenous Peoples and Economic Development |
| COMM 4604 | Social and Nonprofit Marketing |
| COMM 4845 | Sustainability Marketing |
| COMM 4856 | Social Entrepreneurship |
| COMM 4877 | Environmental Management |
1 Formerly COMM 386A.2 COMM 386I can be counted toward both the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration and the Entrepreneurship option. A maximum of three credits of coursework within your degree can be applied to fulfill both option and concentration requirements.3 COMM 386L can be counted toward both the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration and the Entrepreneurship option. A maximum of three credits of coursework within your degree can be applied to fulfill both option and concentration requirements.4 COMM 460 can be counted toward both the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration and the Marketing option. A maximum of three credits of coursework within your degree can be applied to fulfill both option and concentration requirements.5 COMM 484 (formerly COMM 486F) can be counted toward both the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration and the Marketing option. A maximum of three credits of coursework within your degree can be applied to fulfill both option and concentration requirements.6 COMM 485 (formerly COMM 386E Social Enterprise) can be counted toward both the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration and the Entrepreneurship option. A maximum of three credits of coursework within your degree can be applied to fulfill both option and concentration requirements.7 Formerly COMM 486E. | |
| And 3 credits from courses with a social sciences or a natural sciences focus: | |
| social sciences | |
| ENDS 221 | Sustainability by Design |
| ASTU 210/EDUC 210 | Global Citizenship |
| CONS 425 | Sustainable Energy: Policy and Governance |
| ECON 370 | Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation |
| ECON 371 | Economics of the Environment |
| HIST 106 | Global Environmental History |
| HIST 396 | Environmental History of North America (not offered in 2016W) |
| PHIL 3311 | Business and Professional Ethics |
| PHIL 3322 | Environmentals Ethics |
| POLI 351 | Environmental Politics and Policy |
1 Formerly PHIL 434A.2 Formerly PHIL 435A.
natural sciences | |
| APBI 361 | Key Indicators of Agroecosystem Sustainability |
| ASIC 220 | Introduction to Sustainability (formerly SCIE 220) |
| CONS 200 | Foundation of Conservation |
| CONS 210 | Visualizing Climate Change |
| ENVR 200 | Introduction to Environmental Science |
| EOSC 212 | Topics in the Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| EOSC 217 | The Science and Practice of Sustainability (no longer offered) |
| EOSC 312 | The Earth System and Environmental Evolution (no longer offered) |
| EOSC 314 | The Ocean Environment |
| GEOG 204 | Forest and Agricultural Climatology (no longer offered) |
| GEOG 310 | Environment and Sustainability |
Other courses that are deemed to have a strong focus in social or environmental sustainability may be used to count towards the concentration upon approval from the Undergraduate Office.
The courses for the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration are counted toward your elective credits. If the courses required for the concentration overlap with the required courses in your option, only one can be counted toward both requirements.
Will the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration appear on my transcript?
If you're graduating in May 2020 or later, successful completion of the Sustainability and Social Impact concentration will be noted on your transcript after graduation. If you're graduating prior to May 2020, the concentration will not appear on your transcript, but you will receive a printed certificate to confirm its completion.