The Minor in
Environmental Science is designed for students who wish to prepare for
a possible career in the environmental sciences. The Minor requires a
minimum of 20 credits.
Required Courses (12 credits)
- ENVS - 109 Humans and Environmental Change
- ENVS - 110 Understanding Our Environment w/Lab
- ENVS - 210 Ecology and Human Impacts w/Lab OR
- ENVS - 212 Air and Water w/Lab
Elective Courses (8 credits of which at least 4 credits must be upper division, 300- or 400- level course)
- ARCD - 200 Sustainable Design
- ARCD - 320 Introduction to Landscape Design
- ENVA - 130 Community Based Urban Agriculture
- ENVA - Garden As Art: History/Design/Implementation
- ENVA - 145 Community Garden Outreach
- ENVA - 232 Environmental Economics
- ENVA - 235 Literature and the Environment
- ENVA - 240 Ehtics: Environmental Issues
- ENVA - 319 Health and Environment
- ENVA - 320 Global Environments and Societies
- ENVA - 341 Feast and Famine: A History of Food
- ENVA - 342 Environmental History of Africa
- ENVA - 360 International Environmental Politics
- ENVA - 361 Religion and the Environment
- ENVA - 363 Environmental Law
- ENVA - 366 Introduction to Environmental Policy
- ENVA - 390 Special Topics
- ENVA - 396 Environmental Internships
- ENVA - 404 Environmental Ethics
- ENVA - 450 Capstone Practicum for Environmental Studies
- ENVA - 498 Research for Advanced Undergraduates
- ENVS - 210 Ecology and Human Impacts w/Lab
- ENVS - 212 Air and Water w/Lab
- ENVS - 250 Environmental Data Analysis
- ENVS - 311 Environmental Chemistry
- ENVS - 312 Wetland Ecology
- ENVS - 320 Restoration Ecology w/Lab
- ENVS - 331 Environmental Health - A Toxicological Perspective
- ENVS - 350 Climate Change: Science and Policy
- ENVS - 370 Introduction to Landscape Ecology and GIS w/Lab
- ENVS - 390 Special Topics
- ENVS - 410 Methods of Environmental Monitoring
- POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship*
- POLS - 397 Fieldwork in Public Interest Organizations*
- SOC - 360 Cities in a Global Context
- SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology*
- ENVA - 308 research Methods*
*Internship/placement or research project must have an environmental component.