The Minor

Requirements for the Minor:

A student will be able to minor in Environmental Studies by taking at least fifteen credits of courses that focus on environmental issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The normal sequence includes three cornerstone courses and three electives:

Cornerstone courses

Introduction (Gateway)
EV 150 Earth Environment, Area I Core Credit

Synthesis
EV 200 (AE 284) Ethics and the Environment, Area III Core Credit

Capstone
EV 300 (AE 384) Seminar on the Environment

Electives:

Natural Sciences
Biology (one of the following):
BI 75 Ecology and Society
BI 78 Introduction to Marine Science
BI 79 Rainforest Ecosystems

Physics:
PS 93 Energy and the Environment
PS 220/CH 220 Pollution

Chemistry:
CH 85 Chemistry, Energy and the Environment

Social Sciences (one of the following)
Business:
BU 120 Environmental Management and Policy
BU 220 Environmental Law & Policy

Economics:
EC 120 Environmental Economics

Humanities (one of the following)
English:
EN 271 The Frontier in American Literature
EN 378 The Spirit of Place: Environment as a Shaper of Identity in America
ENW 325 Environmental Reporting

History:
HI 287 Green History of Latin America
HI 362 The Frontier: Man, Nature and the American Land

Applied Ethics:
AE 271 The Sacred Balance
AE 275 Global Environmental Issues
AE 283 Environmental Justice
AE 297 Ecofeminism

Independent Study
EV 299 and EV 399 (Internship): Special Topics in Environmental Studies

A course in Statistics is highly recommended. Students are permitted to double-count Environmental Studies courses with all core and major requirements. Substitutions for the courses listed above may be approved by the program director in individual cases, except for the required Capstone seminar, EV 300.

Please see department listings for descriptions of the following courses, which may be taken as electives to supplement the minor program:

Biology
BI 70 Science, Technology and Society
BI 72 Horticulture
BI 80 Tropical Marine Biology
BI 370 Environmental Health and Safety
BI 368 Plant Biology
BI 383 Coral Reef Ecology Seminar
BI 391-394 MUSE Research, Internship