A NEW DEGREE FOR A WORLD TO COME
The Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor is a joint program of Texas McCombs and the Moody School of Communication. Learn to lead in a future that is still taking shape.
OVERVIEW
The Global Sustainability Leadership Minor is a new option for undergraduate students from The McCombs School of Business and The Moody College of Communication. The 17-hour minor launched in the Fall of 2022 and is for undergraduates across UT Austin. A competitive application cycle will be held each Fall for a Spring start to coursework and each Spring for a Fall start. Sophomores and juniors with at least three semesters left and who can fit in all coursework are eligible.
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APPLY IN FALL FOR SPRING 2025 MINOR COHORT!
Applications to the Minor for SPRING 2025 will open in the Fall--check back then for application dates! Please note that we have a GSLI application for the Minor in addition to the brief McCombs Minor application.
Minor Course Requirements
The GSLI Minor requires 17 hours of coursework. Students must maintain a 2.0 and take all courses on a letter-grade basis. All prerequisite requirements must be fulfilled before registering for any of these courses.
Required Courses (8 hours)
Complete 8 hours of core coursework:
- ACC 372T1.2/BGS 372T1.2/FIN 337T1.2 Global Business Sustainability
- ADV 324/PR324 Communicating Sustainability
- FIN 134M Current Issues in Global Sustainability
- FIN 164P Practicum
Communication Elective (3 hours)
- ADV 319 Psychology of Advertising
- ADV 323/ PR 323 Public Communication of Science and Technology
- ADV 336/ PR 336 Multicultural Issues in Advertising and Public Relations
- ADV 378/ PR 378 Geo Health Equity and Climate Change
- CLD 340 Communication for Civic Engagement
- COM 308 Creative Communication of Scientific Research
- CMS 340K Communication and Social Change
- CMS 340M Social Media and Social Movement: Then and Now
- CMS 362E Environmental Communication Organizational Transparency
- J305 Reporting on the Environment
Business Elective (3 hours)
- BGS 325 Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business
- BGS 370 Behavioral Intervention Man/Policy Makers
- BGS 380 Behavioral Intervention Man/Policy Makers
- BGS 372 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
- BGS 275 Business/Politics in the Age of Inequality
- OM 337 Sustainable Operations
- FIN 372 Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing
- LEB 370 Environmental Law
- LEB 370 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Business
- MAN 366P Management Practicum: Social Entrepreneurship I
- MAN 367P Social Entrepreneurship II
- MAN 369P Social Innovation Practicum
- ECO 359M Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Science Elective (3 hours)
- EVE 302 Foundations of Environmental Engineering
- EVE 310 Sustainable Systems Engineering
- ES 369N Sustainability Issues in Engineering
- GEO 302C Climate: Past, Present, and Future
- GEO 302E Earth, Wind, and Fire
- GEO 302G Earth Science and Sustainability
- GEO 302J Crisis of Our Planet
- GEO 302P Sustaining a Planet
- GEO 303E Earth in 2100
- GEO 305E Energy and the Environment
- GEO 371T The Science of Environmental Justice
- MNS 307 Introduction to Oceanography
- MNS 308 Humans and a Changing Ocean
- MNS 367 Marine Ecology
MINOR ELIGIBILITY
Students must apply for the program in their sophomore or junior year. Eligible students must show extracurricular excellence, submit a few short essays, and have at least a 2.0 GPA.
LEARN MORE
To learn more about the Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor, please email us at GSLI@mccombs.utexas.edu.
MINOR ELIGIBILITY
Students must apply for the program in their sophomore or junior year. Eligible students must show extracurricular excellence, submit a few short essays, and have at least a 2.0 GPA.
LEARN MORE
To learn more about the Leadership in Global Sustainability Minor, please visit our Wiki page or email us at GSLI@mccombs.utexas.edu.