Degree Requirements

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Degree Requirements

  
 

Requirement*

Notes

SS Core
[SS-specific requirements]

6CR in Systems Analysis for Sustainability

See attached list of acceptable courses in this specialization

9CR
total

Sustainable Design & Technology
Minimum. 3CR

See attached list of acceptable courses in this specialization

Sustainable Enterprise
Minimum 3CR

See attached list of acceptable courses in this specialization

NRE Core
[School-wide requirement]

NRE 509 (Natural Science Core)
NRE 510 (Social Science Core)
NRE 580 (Environmental Assessment)
[School-wide requirement]

Total of 10 credit hours

Analytics
[School-wide requirement]

One statistics course. (NRE 538 is acceptable.) Additional analytics requirement satisfied by core courses in Sustainable Systems

See list of acceptable courses

Electives

Electives (8CR)

Graduate level course at 400-level or above. See attached list of recommended courses.

Opus
[School-wide requirement]

Option 1: Master’s Project, Thesis or Practicum

6 credits of NRE 700/701

Option 2: Additional coursework

3CR Sustainable Systems core
and 3CR from section 4) of additional Sus Sys courses. See attached sheet for acceptable courses. Needs advisor approval. 

Cognates
[Rackham requirement]

Minimum 4 credit hours outside of degree program (likely fulfilled by other cross-listed courses)

Can be satisfied by courses meeting other degree requirements; cannot double-count credits

TOTALS

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS**

Minimum 42 credit hours
 

TOTAL SNRE CREDIT HOURS

Minimum 25 of 42 credit hours

*Any waiver or substitution of degree requirement must be approved by the appropriate faculty and submitted to OAP.
**All 42 credit hours must be taken on a graded basis, if taught for a grade. Courses modified as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory do not count toward the 42-credit-hour degree program.