The Minor in the Environment allows you to acquire some measure of environmental literacy or prepare yourself for careers with an environmental dimension without committing to a full-fledged degree program. The minor exposes you to various disciplinary approaches to environmental issues and problems. It also provides opportunities for field-based experience or for the acquisition of analytical skills useful in solving environmental problems. At least one course in the minor, and in some cases more, will demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinarity in addressing environmental questions.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites, although students electing the minor will need to take the prerequisites for some upper level courses, particularly in the sciences.

Requirements

To satisfy the requirements of the minor, students must take a minimum of 17 credits, with one course elected from each of the categories listed below. Two courses must be at the level of 300 or above.  All courses CAN NOT be taken on a "pass/fail" basis.

Courses that count toward the minor fall into five categories:

1. Introductory, interdisciplinary courses (one required):

Environ 110 (Global Change I) (NS)(BS)
Environ 111 (Global Change II) (SS)
Environ 201 (Ecological Issues) (NS)(BS)
Environ 270 (Our Common Future) (Excl.)
CEE 260 (Environmental Principles )

2. Environmental Natural Science (one required):
List of approved courses

3. Environmental Social Science (one required):
List of approved courses

4. Culture and Environment (one required):
List of approved courses

5. Analytics or Field Experience (one course from either a or b):

a. Approved analytics courses:
Stats 265, 350, 400, 405, 412, Econ 404, 405, IOE 265

b. Approved Field Experience options