Environmental Studies

The minor in environmental studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with a coherent academic program that is sensitive and responsive to current and projected environmental problems facing the human community on a variety of levels.

As a minor program, it is intended to broaden and strengthen a number of major programs by providing a useful focus on a wide range of environmental issues.

The environmental studies minor requires completion of 22 credit hours:

Core requirements (10 credit hours): 
BIO 123 or ENV 110
ENV 396
ENV 400
PSC 403 (Public Policy)

Elective requirement (12 credit hours):
ANT 345 Environmental Anthropology
BIO 304/304L General Ecology with Lab
CHE 112/112L Chemistry and Society
ENV 115 Orientation to Environmental Careers
GEO 306 Environmental Resource Management
GEO 314 Maps and Map Interpretation
GEO 318 Geographic Information Systems
GEO 340 Sustainable Food Systems
GEO 394 Topics: Advanced Map Studies
GLY 120 This Dangerous Earth
GLY 240 Geology of Natural Resources
IET 260 Industrial Environmental Control
IET 323 Land Planning and Development
IET 423 Planning and Design of Industrial Facilities
PHI 302 Ethics and Science
PHI 360 Topics: Environmental Philosophy
SOC 340 Population
SOC 355 Sociology and the Environment