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Sustainable Systems Management B.S.

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College of Food, Agri & Natural Resource Sciences (TCOA)201 - Bachelor of Science

Description

Program details

Admission details

Requirements

Contact information

Sample plan

Learning outcomes

Completion requirement
Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
  • 8142431
Completion requirement
Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
  • 0001201
Completion requirement
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 0016181
  • 0016221
  • 7953031
  • 7995071
Completion requirement
Earn at least 8 credits from the following:
  • 8077531
  • 8077521
  • 0054191
    OR     0054161
Completion requirement
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0082071
  • 0093761
    OR     0145331
Completion requirement
Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
  • 0062811
  • 0099201
  • 0053691
Completion requirement
Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
  • 7975901
  • 8154171
  • 8141521
    OR     7989281
Completion requirement

SSM 4407W meets the Interdisciplinary Learning requirement. SSM 4504W meets the Experiential Learning requirement.

Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
  • 7990781
  • 7956941
  • 0125311
  • 0161251
Completion requirement

Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.

Complete up to 1 course(s) and earn credit(s) from the following:
  • 7990781
  • 7956941
  • 8154171
  • 0082071
Completion requirements
Earn at least 11 credits from the following:
  • 8077561
  • 8077541
  • 0020661
    OR     0020701
  • 0062861
    OR     0099231
Earn at least 29 credits from the following:
  • 0131031
  • 0131181
  • 0131331
  • 0131271
  • 7956521
  • 8021221
  • 7956571
  • 7956631
  • 7975921
The sustainable products business management sub-plan combines science, engineering, technology, and business coursework with cutting-edge research related to sustainable product development, business management, and their applications. This specialization prepares students to enter the workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, assess, implement, and manage business systems to advance the goals of sustainable products and technologies, and bring them closer to consumers.

Completion requirements
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
  • 0001211
  • 0020701
  • 0020711
Earn at least 30 credits from the following:
  • 7956521
  • 7956551
  • 7956631
  • 7956901
  • 0144241
  • 0144301
  • 8141591
  • 0047071
  • 7916981
  • 0137221
The building science and technology sub-plan is designed to investigate and enrich the important relationships between people, their homes, and the environment. From a solid scientific and engineering base, this interdisciplinary specialization builds critical thinking skills and helps students explore the opportunities that can enhance the performance of houses and building systems.

Completion requirements
Earn at least 19 credits from the following:
  • 8077561
  • 8077541
  • 0001211
  • 0020701
  • 0020711
  • 0062861
    OR     0099231
Earn at least 21 credits from the following:
  • 0066971
  • 0042261
  • 7975891
  • 7975911
  • 7975921
  • 0131331
  • 0062871
    OR     0131031
The corporate sustainability systems sub-plan specialization prepares students to enter the workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, assess, implement, and manage systems to advance the goals of sustainability within a business, industrial, corporate, and non-profit organization context.

Completion requirements
Earn at least 16 credits from the following:
  • 8077561
  • 8077541
  • 0001211
  • 0020701
  • 0020711
Earn at least 21 credits from the following:
  • 0066971
  • 8021221
  • 7998661
  • 7991741
  • 7975891
  • 7975921
  • 8044821
    OR     7967041
The energy systems sub-plan specialization combines science, engineering, technology, and systems thinking coursework with cutting-edge research related to sustainable energy systems and their applications. This specialization prepares students to enter the workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, assess, implement, and manage energy systems to advance the goals of sustainability.

Completion requirements
Earn at least 5 credits from the following:
  • 0040231
  • 7903851
  • 0040241

This sub-plan is optional and does not fulfill the sub-plan requirement for this program.

The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences offers an integrated Bachelor's and Master's Degree program. This program allows students to complete their undergraduate and graduate degrees in five years. Applicants must be enrolled students in the Sustainable Systems Management undergraduate program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.3 and have a strong recommendation from an SSM faculty member or instructor. Full application instructions can be found at: https://bbe.umn.edu/graduate/integrated-degree-program.

Students admitted to the Integrated Bachelor's and Master's Program in SSM will complete and be awarded an undergraduate degree within 4 years. Students will complete a minimum of one year as a graduate student before completing master’' program requirements.

Students in SSM must be within 32 credits of completing their undergraduate degree requirements, have a faculty advisor identified and have cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher. A minimum of 14 credit hours need to be taken after the completion of their undergraduate degree. The following required courses should be taken as an undergraduate integrated program student: BBE 8001 - Seminar I, BBE 8002 - Seminar II, and BBE 8013 - Parameter Estimation. Please refer to the SSM webpage for more information about the BBSEM graduate program.


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