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Sustainability

Curriculum and Research

The world needs stewards.

In the classroom and beyond, BYU cultivates disciple-stewardship through spiritual and secular explorations of the following intersectional themes:

  • interconnectedness of the human soul and the environment;
  • the miracle of the human body and the resources that sustain us;
  • the human family, our debt to stewards of the past, and our responsibility to future generations;
  • societal impacts of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change;
  • sustainable societies;
  • reaching out to the one in need.

Curriculum

Courses

BYU offers the following sustainability-related courses for undergraduates (course number is 500 or lower):

  • Winter 2025 (updated 12/16/2024) — Highlights:

    • CCE 102: Sustainable Infrastructure (3 sections)
    • FHSS 200: Intro to Civic Engagement Leadership
    • EXSC 221: Science of Wellness (4 sections)
    • HONRS 223: Unexpected Connections: Physical Science–Letters — Preserving the experience of being in nature (section 1) and finding truth in a complex world (section 2)
    • GEOG 306: Public Lands: Planning and Management
    • HLTH 322: Environmental Health
    • CFM 333: Sustainable Design and Architecture (2 sections)
    • CE 351: Intro to Environmental Engineering
    • EDLF 363: Education, Poverty, and Community Development
    • MSB 375: Social Impact
    • GSCM 414: Intro to Sustainable Business (3 sections)
    • EXDM 418: Designing for Inclusion and Belonging (5 sections)
    • ECON 440: Natural Resources and Environmental Economics
    • MSB 472R: Ballard Brief

  • Fall 2024 (updated 12/16/2024)

Requests for edits to this list may be sent to sustainability@byu.edu.

Majors

Environmental Science and Sustainability
Biodiversity and Conservation
Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation

Minors

Global Environmental Studies
Global and Community Impact
Civic Engagement

Research

Interdisciplinary Labs

Stewardship Lab
Sustainability Lab
Ballard Labs for Social Impact
Geospatial Services and Training Lab

Interdisciplinary Grants

Interdisciplinary Research Origination (IDR) Awards for Environmental Stewardship