Requirements for the Minor

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

A total of 7 courses (25 credits) and one additional experiential environmental experience as follows:

  1. Interdepartmental 150: Environment and Society (F2i)
  2. One introductory course from the following
    1. Anthropology/Sociology 201: Human Evolution
    2. History 270: Global Environmental History (F3, F11)
    3. International Studies 221: Global Ecopolitics (F2i, F8)
  3. Three of the following courses from at least two departments. Students who petition for coursework not listed below to be counted toward the minor must use the Environmental Studies Minor Course Approval Form.
    1. Anthropology/Sociology 203: Becoming Human: Domesticating the World
    2. Anthropology/Sociology 271:  Ecological Anthropology 
    3. Anthropology/Sociology 275: Food and Culture: You Are What You Eat
    4. Art 166: Sculpture, Trees, and the Life of Wood
    5. Chinese 214: Material Culture and Chinese Gardens (F3, F9)
    6. English 332: Green Shakespeare
    7. English 336: Literature & Landscape
    8. History 105: Disease & Epidemics (F2i)
    9. History 374: Nature and War (F3)
    10. History 472: Environmental Justice (F11)
    11. International Studies 223: Population and National Security (F2i)
    12. International Studies 321: Comparative Ecopolitics Philosophy 302: Environmental Ethics
    13. Political Science 316: Urban Policy
  4. One of the following environmentally-oriented science courses. Students who petition for coursework not listed below in the sciences to be counted toward the minor must use the Environmental Studies Minor Course Approval Form.
    1. Biology 120: Environmental Science (F7)
    2. Biology 207: Animal Behavior
    3. Biology 210: Conservation Biology
    4. Biology 212 and 214 (taken together): Environmental Issues in Southern Africa
    5. Biology 254: Coral Reef Ecology (F11)
    6. Biology 301: Microbiology
    7. Biology 315: Ecology
    8. Chemistry 211: Introductory Organic Chemistry
    9. Chemistry 406: Instrumental Analysis
    10. Geology 111: Earth System Science (F7)
    11. Geology 116: Global Environmental Change (F7)
    12. Geology 214: Environmental Hydrogeology (F7, F11)
    13. Math 115: Applied Calculus (F6)
  5. Interdepartmental 222: Geographic Information Systems
  6. One additional environmentally-oriented experience based on experiential learning. These experiences will be approved by the environmental studies committee and may include independent research, internships, service projects, summer experiences, and international experiences. Students who are petitioning for an environmental experience to be counted toward the Environmental Studies Minor must use the Environmental Studies Minor Experience Approval Form.