Sustainability and Management Applied Minor (AM)
As society tackles increasingly complex environmental, economic and social problems, we will need leaders with an understanding of both the principles of sustainability and the management of organizations.
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Frequently asked questions
The sustainability and management applied minor will provide you with:
- An understanding of environmental issues that will face future organizational leaders.
- An understanding of how business and governmental organizations function.
- Knowledge about the use of systems-thinking and triple bottom line decision-making.
- Skills from both management and sustainability that can be combined to create more sustainable business and government organizations.
Applied minors (AMs) are distinctive programs allowing you to personalize your education and to help you make direct connections between academic interests and co-curricular activities.
To earn an applied minor in sustainability and management, you must:
- Complete a total of four qualifying courses.
- Complete a related co-curricular activity. Previous co-curricular activities have included serving on the Sustainability Progress Committee, an Epic Advantage or summer research focused on sustainability and/or management as approved by applied minor faculty, and much more!
- Complete a culminating experience. You will submit a 1,500-word intellectual autobiography that reviews your development in the applied minor.
Our faculty
Earlham’s sustainability and management faculty will foster your understanding of and power to create more sustainable business and government organizations.
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