The Sustainability: Economics & Management (SUST) BSBA will allow students to holistically investigate the complex sustainability challenges of our era, where the economy and the organizations associated with it are seen as a component of the ecosystem, not vice versa. Students will be encouraged to imagine and assist in creating new ways of thinking about sustainability in our economies and organizations.

Economic sustainability considerations have far-reaching effects on the earth's ecosystems, including escalating usage of nonrenewable resources, associated environmental damage, and rising extinction rates. This program of study in economic sustainability will support Xavier University's mission in helping students to develop "a world view that is oriented to responsible action and recognizes the intrinsic value of the natural and human values."