SBSE Admission and Academic Planning

Admission to the Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering (SBSE) major

SBSE is a Minimum Requirements major, which means all students who complete the Minimum Requirements for Admission are admitted to the major. All details regarding SBSE Admission are available under SBSE Admissions.

Academic Planning in the Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering (SBSE) major

To earn a B.S in Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering, undergraduate students complete a minimum of 180 credits.

• For a full listing of all requirements, please see the SBSE Major in the UW Catalog; the Elective Lists mentioned in the Catalog are found below.
• A 4-Year Course Plan for both current UW and prospective transfer students are available in the Academic Planning Resources section of this web site. Please use the Plan to plan completion of your degree requirements so you can graduate on time.

Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering (SBSE) Major Elective Lists

In the UW Catalog, the SBSE Major degree requirements mention an Elective Requirement, and that the courses on each elective list are posted on the SEFS web site; the requirements are posted here.

One course is required from each of the following two SBSE Elective Lists:

• Computation and Data Science
• Business, Policy, and Economics

Currently, the courses on each list are as follows. More courses are expected to be added.

Computation and Data Science Elective list (1 course required)

• AMATH 301: Beginning Scientific Computing (4 credits)
• CSE 121/122/123/142/143: Introduction to Computer Programming (various versions) (4 credits)
• CSE 160: Data Programming (4 credits)
• INFO 180/CSE 180/STAT 180: Introduction to Data Science (4 credits)
• Q SCI 256: Introduction to Data Science Methods for Environmental Science (4 credits)

Business, Policy, and Economics (1 course required)

• ECON 200: Introduction to Microeconomics (5 credits)
• ECON 201: Introduction to Macroeconomics (5 Credits)
• ESRM 235/ECON 235/ENVIR 235: Introduction to Environmental Economics (5 credits)
• ESRM 320: Marketing and Management from a Sustainability Perspective (5 credits)
• ESRM 321: Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective (5 credits)
• ESRM 400: Natural Resource Conflict Management (3 credits)
• ESRM 423: International Trade, Marketing, and the Environment (3 credits)
• ESRM 465: Economics of Conservation (3 credits)