Environmental Policy Minor

The Environmental Policy minor focuses on the ethical, cultural, political, economic, and scientific factors that facilitate or impede environmental problem-solving. The minor provides students with a grasp of national and international environmental laws and policies designed to address current environmental concerns. Students will study the political and cultural contexts that shape the relationship between human interests and environmental concerns, including the roles played by science, government, business, and civil society.

Minor in Environmental Policy Requirements: 19 Credits*

EVS 333Environmental Politics And Policy3
EVS 354Environmental Ethics3
EVS 420Environment & Society: Sociological Perspectives3
Select one of the following:3-4
Introductory Chemistry
Science for a Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth Systems
Introduction to Environmental Science
Environmental Geology
Conceptual Physics
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
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Laboratory
Science for a Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth Systems
and Earth System Science Laboratory
Select one of the following:3
Environmental Economics
Sustainability Across the Rural Americas
Environmental Philosophy
Food, Society and Environment
Environmental Communication
Making Maps that Matter: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
National Parks - Created through Communication
History of Environmental Inequalities
Global Environmental History
Total Credits19-20
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Kingfisher concentration requirements are 9 credits total, chosen from the list of courses in the associated minor. Unless otherwise specified.