Environmental Studies Program (ENV)
College of Arts & Sciences

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ENV Courses | Environmental Studies Minor

Committee Members

Susan Buck, Director, Environmental Studies Program
Susan Andreatta, Department of Anthropology
Bruce Banks, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keith Howell, Department of Public Health Education
Bruce Kirchoff, Department of Biology
Scott Lawrence, Department of Psychology
Mike Lewis, Department of Geography
Bill Markham, Department of Sociology
Bob O'Hara, Department of Biology

Environmental studies is an interdisciplinary field fostering understanding of the natural physical and biological setting in which life on Earth exists. It integrates scientific study of ecosystems, pollution, climate, energy, and other environmental and natural resource matters on a global, regional or local scale with cultural and policy-related study of politics, economics, sociology, history, and law.

The Environmental Studies minor is designed to provide students with a broad exposure to topics related to the environment and to provide knowledge and skills to address major environmental issues. Students interested in the minor should work closely with their advisors to ensure that they meet prerequisites for upper division courses. In particular, students planning to take upper division biology courses should register for BIO 111/112 (which does not count toward the minor) rather than for BIO 105/105L.

Required: minimum of 18 semester hours
AOS Code: U825

Required courses

A. ENV 100

B. A minimum of 15 hours outside the student's major department, with no more than 8 hours at the 100 level:

1. 6-9 hours from the following: BIO 105 ( environmental focus section), 105L, 301, 302, 361, 420, 431, 526; CHE 252; FMS 104 (Campus Natural History or Endangered Species); GEO 103, 305, 311, 312, 314/314L, 323, 330; RCO 252

2. 6-9 hours from the following: ATY 526; ECO 380; GEO 205; HEA 316; PSC 312, 313; REL 250; RPT 202; SOC 370

Courses For Undergraduates

100 Introduction to Environmental Studies (3:3).

Survey of current environmental issues from ecological, social, cultural, political, and economic perspectives. (FA/SP)