Sustainability Minor

The ‘Foundations of Sustainability’ minor is interdisciplinary, drawing from faculty and course work across all colleges of the University of Arkansas.  ‘Foundations of Sustainability’ is also accessible to all undergraduate students, regardless of degree program.  The purpose of the minor in ‘Foundations of Sustainability’ is to provide foundational knowledge and skills related to the emerging discipline of Sustainability organized around four thematic areas reflecting strength in scholarship of University of Arkansas academic colleges: Sustainability of Social Systems, Sustainability of Natural Systems, Sustainability of Built Systems (Architecture and Engineering), and Sustainability of Managed Systems (Agriculture and Business). 

Download the 'Foundations of Sustainability' Microsoft Word document here.

Dr. Stephen Boss

479-575-7134

sboss@uark.edu

Director, Environmental Dynamics Program Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences
Co-Director, Sustainability Minor

Dr. Tahar Messadi

479-575-7102

temessadi@uark.edu

Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Co-Director, Sustainability Minor