Sustainability
Associate of Arts Degree Geography · San Diego Miramar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
The Sustainability AA provides students with a practical, interdisciplinary understanding of the environmental, social, and economic aspects involved in creating and maintaining sustainable societies. The degree is structured to allow students to direct their studies for transfer into a number of related majors.
Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Sustainability Program will be able to:
- Demonstrate integrative and applied learning.
- Demonstrate critical inquiry, analysis, thinking, writing, and quantitative skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world.
- Demonstrate intellectual and practical skills.
- Demonstrate personal and social responsibility.
Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR: | 13-14 | |
| GEOG 101 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| SUST 101 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| SERV 277D | Service Learning on Campus | 2 |
| orSERV 277C | Service Learning in the Community | 2 |
| orSERV 277E | Service Learning in International Communities | 1 |
| BUSE 115 | Statistics for Business | 3 |
| orSTAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| orPSYC 258 | Behavioral Science Statistics | 3 |
| Select at least six units from the following: | 6-7 | |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| BIOL 101 | Environmental Science | 4 |
| GEOG 102 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 104 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| PADM 200 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| PHIL 131 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHYN 114 | Weather and Climate | 3 |
| orAVIA 115 | Aviation Weather | 3 |
| POLI 101 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
| POLS C1000 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| POLI 121 | American Political Development | 3 |
| SOCO 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCO 110 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCO 223 | Globalization and Social Change | 3 |