Environmental Studies minor

Office: 340 Science Center
[phone]
Dr. Sherri A. Mason, Coordinator
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/interdisciplinary

The Interdisciplinary Studies minor in Environmental Studies is housed in the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences. Please see the Interdisciplinary Studies Minor Programs sections of the catalog for details.

Requirements for the Interdisciplinary Studies minor in Environmental Studies (20 credit hours):

Required Core Courses (12 credit hours):

Students will take at least one class from each of the four areas:

1. Natural Science:

BIOL 115	Environmental Biology	3
	or
CHEM 113	Chemistry and the Environment	3
	or
GEO 175	Thirsty Planet	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

2. Historical Contexts:

HIST 310	World Environmental History	3
	or
HIST 352	Environmental History of North America	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3. Social Science:

POLI 387	Environmental Policy	3
	or
ECON 380	Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

4. Humanities:

COMM 321	Environmental Communication	3
	or
ENGL 333	Environmental Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Electives (6 credit hours):

Students will take at least two courses from two different disciplines, selected from the following list (or from the previous list of required core courses):

ANTH 342	Food and Culture	3
BIOL 222	Introduction to Tropical Biology	2
BIOL 223	Introduction to Tropical Biology Study Abroad Costa Rica	1
BIOL 421	Biological Conservation	3
BIOL 426	Current Environmental Topics	3
ECON 340	Urban and Regional Economics	3
ENGL 374	Writing and Social Change	3
ESCI 105	Global Environmental Issues	3
GEO 359	Vanishing Earth Resources	3
HIST 353	U.S. Consumer Culture	3
POLI 240	Urbanization and Environmental Challenges	3
SOC 215	Introduction to Public Health	3
SOC 303	Social Class and Inequality	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Capstone (2 credits):

ESCI 440	Environmental Sciences Seminar	1
ESCI 441	Environmental Sciences Senior Seminar	1
Total Credit Hours:		2

NOTE: ESCI 440 AND ESCI 441 are capstone courses.

* Many of the upper level core and elective courses have prerequisites;  students are responsible for knowing which prerequisites they need to take and should plan carefully as they complete this minor.

* No more than six credits from a student’s major or other minors may be counted toward the Environmental Studies minor.

Total Credit Hours: 20