Minor & Requirements

A total of 25 credit hours and one environmental experiential class as follows:

Introductory course:

  • Interdepartmental 150:  Environment and Society

      One of the following introductory courses in environmental science:

    • Geology 116:  Global Environmental Change
    • Geology 111:  Earth System Science
    • Biology 105/120:  Environmental Science
    • Math 115:  Applied Calculus

        Three of the following courses (At least one must be taken from outside a student’s major department):

      • Biology 210:  Conservation Biology
      • Biology 212 and 214 (taken together):  Environmental Issues in Southern Africa, Environmental Field Studies in Namibia and Botswana
      • Biology 254:  Coral Reef Ecology
      • Biology 301:  Microbiology
      • Biology 315:  Ecology
      • Biology 365:  Biology of Parasites
      • Biology 365:  Plants and People
      • Chemistry 211:  Organic Chemistry I
      • Chemistry 406:  Instrumental Analysis
      • Geology 214:  Environmental Geology

          One additional environmentally-oriented course 200 or higher level nonscience course approved by the program committee. Students who petition for coursework outside the sciences to be counted toward the minor must use the ES Minor Course Approval Form (DOC).

          Interdepartmental course:

        • Interdepartmental 222:  GIS

            One additional environmentally-oriented experience based on experiential learning. These experiences will be approved by the environmental science committee but 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 Science Minor must use the ES Minor Experience Approval Form (DOC).


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