Environmental Studies Minor

NEW ADDITIONS TO COURSE OFFERINGS

Please contact Program Director for more information.

Recently Added:
ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resources
ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
FYWS 151: Overton Park and the History of Urban Parks
MATH 114: Mathematics for the Life Sciences

New Course Numbers:
INTS 342: Comparative Ecopolitics
ENVS 486: Senior Seminar

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

A total of twenty-four (24) credits and one additional experiential environmental experience as follows:

1. ENVS 150: Environment and Society.
2. One introductory course from the following
   

   ANSO 201: Human Evolution.
   HIST 207: Global Environmental History.
   INTS 221: Global Ecopolitics
   PHIL 302: Environmental Ethics.

3. Three of the following Environmental Studies courses from at least two departments. Additional courses may be designated by the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

   ANSO 201: Human Evolution
   ANSO 203: Becoming Human: Domesticating the World
   ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology
   ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment
   ANSO 275: Food and Culture: You Are What You Eat
   ART 166: Topics in Studio Art: Sculpture, Trees, and the Life of Wood
   CHIN 214: Topics in Chinese Culture: Material Culture and Chinese Gardens
   ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
   ENGL 332: Advanced Shakespeare Studies: Green Shakespeare
   ENGL 336: Literature & Landscape
   ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies and Sciences (when approved by the director of the program)
   FYWS 151: Overton: Memphis and the History of Urban Parks
   HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics
   HIST 207: Global Environmental History
   HIST 305: U.S. Cities and Suburbs
   HIST 307: Nature and War
   HIST 309: Natural Disasters
   HUM 201: Search for Values (Jackson’s Section only)
   INTS 340: Global Ecopolitics
   INTS 342: Comparative Ecopolitics
   INTS 375: Population and National Security
   PHIL 302: Environmental Ethics
   POLS 316: Urban Policy
   RELS 101: The Bible (Hotz’s Section only)
   RELS 220: Topics in Theology: Environmental Theology
   URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies

4. One Environmental Sciences course from the following list. Additional courses may be designated by the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

   BIOL 120: Environmental Science.
   BIOL 200 (L): Evolution
   BIOL 207: Animal Behavior.
   BIOL 212 and 214: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa and Environmental Field Studies in Namibia. (taken together)
   BIOL 220: Human Biology of Parasites.
   BIOL 301: Microbiology.
   BIOL 315: Ecology.
   BIOL 320: Conservation Biology.
   BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology (when topic is environmentallyfocused and with permission of director of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program).
   CHEM 120: Foundations in Chemistry.
   CHEM 211: Introductory Organic Chemistry.
   CHEM 240: Analytical Chemistry.
   ENVS 111: Physical Geology
   ENVS 116: Introductory Topics in Earth Science.
   ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
   MATH 114: Mathematics for Life Sciences
   MATH 115: Applied Calculus.
   PHYS 111: Fundamentals of Physics I.

5. Experiential Learning. Each student in the minor will be required to complete an environmentally-oriented experience in which he or she will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit.

   A. Students may enroll in one of the following:
   ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology
   ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School
   ENVS 160: Rocky Mountain Ecology (at Teton Science Schools)
   ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
   BIOL 212 and 214 (taken together): Environmental Issues in Southern Africa and Field Study in Namibia
   ENVS 450: Field Experience in Environmental Studies and Sciences
   ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences
   ENVS 490: Independent Research in Environmental Studies and Sciences
   
   B. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the director of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the director of the program, which links the student’s experience with what he or she has learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships), or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the director of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program. Students should submit the form on the program’s website to petition for such experiences,
   
   N.B.: Although not required, Interdepartmental 225: Geographic Information Systems, is strongly recommended.