Program Requirements 

General Program Requirements
Number of credits required beyond the baccalaureate: 30 

For specific information about credit hour requirements, please email sustainabilitypsm@temple.edu.

Required Courses

Core Course

Required credit hours: 3
Select one of the following courses.

• BIOL 5052: Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice
• EES 5052: Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice
• GUS 5052: Fundamentals of Sustainability Science and Environmental Justice 

Communications Requirement

Required credit hours: 3
Select one of the following courses.

• BIOL 5522: Introduction to Scientific and Regulatory Writing
• BIOL 5533: Communicating Science to a Broader Audience / Non-Scientists
• BIOL 5441: Broader Impacts: The Art of Scientific Communication 

Ethics Requirement

Required credit hours: 3
Select one of the following courses.

• BIOL 5505: Ethics Regulation and Policy in Biotechnology
• BIOL 5511: Ethics in Bioinformatics
• GUS 8069: GIS Ethics and Professional Practice
• GUS 8113: Community-Based Research 

Methods Requirement

Required credit hours: 3–4
Select one of the following courses.

• BIOL 5312: Biostatistics
• EES 5011: Remote Sensing and GIS
• EES 5402: Analytical Methods in Mineralogy
• GUS 5062: Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems
• GUS 5033: Urban Analytics
• GUS 5066: Environmental Applications of GIS
• GUS 5096: Field Methods in Environmental Justice
• GUS 5161: Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis
• GUS 5162: Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications
• GUS 5165: Community Based Program Evaluation
• GUS 5063: Remote Sensing 

Policy Requirement

Required credit hours: 3

• GUS 5028: Environmental Impact Assessment

Capstone

Required credit hours: 1–3
Select one of the following courses.

• EES 9995: Capstone Project
• GUS 9188: Sustainability Capstone 
• GUS 9187: GIS Capstone 
• BIOL 9995: Capstone Project 

Electives

Required credit hours: 11–12

Students must select 11 to 12 credits in their concentration to total to 30 credits. Electives fit into one or more of the 5 concentrations, as indicated by the following: ES: Energy Systems and Natural Resources; BC: Biodiversity and Conservation; GT: Geospatial Technologies; US: Urban Sustainability; CJ: Climate Justice.