2022-2023 Catalog

Environmental Studies Minor

The minor on Environmental Studies consists of a minimum of 20 credit hours, as follows:

Course Requirements

Foundation Courses

Introduction to Environmental Studies

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENST 200WEnvironmental Studies

4

Spring.

The Natural Environment

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ONE COURSE from:

BIOL 100Fundamental Concepts of Biology

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 105General, Organic and Biological Chemistry I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 212Introduction to Geology

4

Fall, Summer.
PSCI 214Introduction to Meteorology

4

Fall.
PSCI 217Introduction to Oceanography

4

Spring.

The Human Environment

CHOOSE ONE COURSE that cannot be counted in your major from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102Introduction to Archaeology

4

Fall, Spring.
COMM 240Mass Media and Society

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 200Introduction to Economics

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 214Principles of Microeconomics

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 258Environmental History

3

Annually.
GEOG 100Introduction to Environmental Geography

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 201Mapping Our Changing World

4

Fall, Spring.
GEOG 301Natural Resource Management

4

As needed.
PHIL 325Environmental Ethics

3

Spring.
POL 202American Government

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 203Global Politics

4

Fall, Spring.
SOC 200Introduction to Sociology

4

Fall, Spring.
SOC 204Urban Sociology

4

As needed.
SUST 200Introduction to Sustainability

4

Annually.

Depth Courses

CHOOSE TWO COURSES from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 301/ENST 301Ethnobotany

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 307Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 334Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 338Urban Anthropology

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 343Environmental Anthropology

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 347Environmental Justice

4

Alternate years.
ECON 331Topics in Global Economics

4

Annually (even years).
ECON 337Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability

4

Annually (odd years).
ENGL 315Literature, Environment and Ecocriticism

4

Annually.
ENST 301/ANTH 301Ethnobotany

4

Alternate years.
GEOG 202Geographic Information Systems I

4

Spring.
GEOG 206Disaster Management

4

Fall, Spring.
GEOG 301Natural Resource Management

4

As needed.
GEOG 307Coastal Geography

4

As needed.
GEOG 338People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities

3

As needed.
HIST 357Public History Experiences

3

Annually.
INGO 300International NGOs and Nonprofits

4

Fall.
INGO 301Global Development

4

Spring.
PHIL 320Philosophy of Science

3

Spring (odd years).
POL 300Methodology in Political Science

4

Fall, Spring.
POL 301WFoundations of Public Administration

4

Fall.
POL 341The Politics of Developing Nations

4

Spring.
POL 342The Politics of Global Economic Change

4

Every third semester.
POL 345International NGOs and Nonprofits

4

Fall.
POL 355Policy Formation Process

4

Spring.
SOC 302WSocial Research Methods

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 404Social Data Analysis

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
XXX 350*Topics Course

3-4

Note: Cannot receive credit for INGO 300 and POL 345GEOG 301 may not be taken for both Foundational and Depth credit.

Total Credit Hours: 20