Environmental Studies Minor

Minor requirements

The minor in Environmental Studies requires a minimum of 20 credits. Of these

At least one course must be at the 300-level or above
Students are required to complete an approved internship related to the environment

Course requirements

Humanities and Social Sciences (two or three of the following)

ANTH 245 - Indigenous Movements of Latin America
GLAM 262 - The Ancient Landscape: From Mythology to Ecology
or GLAM 362 - The Ancient Landscape: From Mythology to Ecology
ECON 252 - Urban Economics
ECON 254 - Urban and Regional Planning
HIST 236 - U.S. Environmental History
PHIL 111 - Ethics (Students must notify the instructor at the beginning of the course)
POLS 151 - Introduction to Public Policy
POLS 381 - Environmental Politics in the United States
REL 242 - Religion and Ecology
REL 276 - Religion and Plants
REL 357 - Indigenous Religions
SOC 200 - Social Movements
SOC 264 - Environmental Sociology
SOC 265 - Food and Society
SOC 295 - Globalization

Natural Sciences (two or three of the following)

BIO 201 - Environmental Science
BIO 215 - Ecology
BIO 226 - Comparative Animal Behavior
or PSY 226 - Comparative Animal Behavior
BIO 231 - Marine Biology
BIO 261 - Economic Botany
BIO 303 - Evolution
BIO 318 - Tropical Field Biology
BIO 360 - Conservation Science
BIO 364 - Freshwater and Marine Botany
BIO 375 - Ornithology
CHEM 303 - Current Problems in Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 321 - Chemistry of Natural Waters
CHEM 332 - Instrumental Analysis
PHYS 160 - Geology
PHYS 165 - Climate Change, Past and Present
PHYS 227 - Remote Sensing

Internship

Students must complete an internship or independent research project with an environmental focus. Internships must be approved by the program coordinator in advance. Internships should be completed no later than January of the senior year. Independent research with a faculty member may receive credit, but other internships will not normally be given college credit.