The Environmental Science minor explores a wide range of scientific inquiry associated with the physical and social sciences. Students may choose to construct a broad-based minor with course work from a number of participating departments or from a set of courses that emphasize a specific field (e.g. Global Change Issues). The minor is designed for students interested in pursuing careers within environmental education, environmental law or environmental monitoring and regulation. The minor is suited to journalism students who desire a broad background in environmental issues covered by the mass media.
Minor in Environmental Science Requirements: 18 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| General Biology: Organismal and Population and General Biology: Organismal and Population Laboratory | ||
| General Biology: Cellular and Molecular and General Biology: Cellular and Molecular Laboratory | ||
| Fundamentals Of Biological Chemistry and Fundamentals Of Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
| Introduction To Atmospheric Sciences and Introduction To Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory | ||
| Select fourteen credits from the following: 1 | 14 | |
| Atmospheric and Physical Sciences | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Environmental Remote Sensing | ||
| Green and Sustainable Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Physical Climatology and Climate Change | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Biology | ||
| Zoology | ||
| Botany | ||
| Vertebrate Natural History | ||
| Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory | ||
| The Ecology, Geography and Health of Lakes | ||
| Environmental Science | ||
| Coastal and Estuarine Ecology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| Environmental Physiology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Terrestrial Ecology | ||
| Marine And Freshwater Ecology | ||
| Freshwater Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Marine Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Other Courses | ||
| Environmental Politics And Policy | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environment & Society: Sociological Perspectives | ||
| Sustainability and Rural America | ||
| Environmental Philosophy | ||
| Food, Society and Environment | ||
| Environmental Communication | ||
| National Parks - Created through Communication | ||
| History of Environmental Inequalities | ||
| Global Environmental History | ||
| Senior Seminar | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
| 1 | No more than two courses may be chosen from any group. |