Environmental Studies Minor
Coordinator: David Kaplan
The Environmental Studies minor prepares students to integrate concepts and knowledge on environmental issues from across multiple disciplines and to communicate about these in important ways. Basic scientific knowledge about environmental processes is used to inform different social goals. Students will develop competencies in earth systems science, environmental social science, human-natural systems and sustainability science to be able to solve specific environmental problems. Total credit hours required: 18
Required courses:
- ENVS 22070: Nature and Society (3)
- ESCI 21062: Environmental Earth Science or
- BSCI 10110: Biological Diversity (3-4)
One Natural Science Elective (3-4 credits):
- BSCI 30277: Economic Botany (3)
- BSCI 30360: General Ecology (4)
- BSCI 30274: Forestry (3)
- BSCI 40525: Wildlife Resources (3)
- ESCI 42065: Watershed Hydrology (3)
- ESCI 33025: Water and the Environment (3)
- GEOG 41066: Global Climate Change (3)
- GEOG 41073: Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 41074: Resource Geography (3)
- GEOG 41082: Geography of Soils (3)
Three Social Science Electives (only 2 of 3 in same field) (9 credits):
- PACS 35050 or
- POL 30350: Environmental Conflict Resolution (3)
- ECON 32084: Economics of Environment (3)
- ENVS 30000: Environmental Protection, Regulations and Assessment (3)
- ENVS 46092: Internship (3)
- GEOG 31070: Population and Environment (3)
- GEOG 42064: Settling the North American Environment (3)
- GEOG 45085: Urban Transportation (3)
- GEOG 46070: Urban and Regional Planning (3)
- GEOG 46080: Urban Sustainability (3)
- PHIL 30025: Environmental Ethics (3)
- POL 40440: US Environmental Politics and Policies (3)
- POL 40540: Politics of Development (3)
- SOC 42560: Sociology of Food (3)