Program: Sustainable Communities Minor - Eastern Oregon University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 25, 2025

DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

A minimum of 39 graded credit hours

At least 16 credit hours must be upper division

A minimum grade of “C-” is required for all courses counting in the minor and a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required to complete the minor.

A minimum of 15 graded credit hours counting toward the minor must be completed at Eastern Oregon University.

Required Core Courses

SC 201 - Rural Society, Env & Econ*SSC Credits: 4
SCI 205 - GIS and Remote Sensing*SMI Credits: 4
ECON 202Z - Principles of Macroeconomics*SSC Credits: 4
SC 215 - Rural Systems Seminar Credits: 1
SCI 226 - Envl Sci I: Prin of Ecology & Environmental Biology w/Lab*SMI Credits: 5
SCI 226L - Envl Sci I: Prin of Ecology & Environmental Biology Lab Credits: 0
SCI 227 - Env Sci II: Prin of Environmental Chemistry w/Lab*SMI Credits: 5
SCI 227L - Envl Sci II: Prin of Environmental Chemistry Lab Credits: 0
SC 316 - Rural Systems Project Credits: 2
*SC 316 must be taken twice for a total of 4 credits
SC 363 - Land Use & Sustainable Develop Credits: 4
SC 451 - Natural Resource & Env Policy Credits: 4
SC 493 - Response to Climate Change Credits: 4

Total credits required for minor: 39

If the requirements for the minor are not met at the time of graduation, the minor will not be awarded.

Last EPCC update - November 2022 _{^{(Name change to Sustainable Communities from Sustainable Rural Systems)}}

January 2025 EPCC - ECON 202Z decreased credits from 5 to 4 with CCN decreasing the minor requirements to 39 credits

EPCC minor creation February 2022 - see 2022-2023 Academic Program Checksheets for previous checksheet