Effective Date Fall 2006 | Previous Requirements

An academic minor in Global Change is not open to students pursuing an academic minor in Biology or Environmental Studies.

Students wishing to pursue an academic minor in Global Change must develop a specific plan for its completion in consultation with Prof. Ben van der Pluijm (e-mail: vdpluijm@umich.edu) of the Program in the Environment.

The academic minor in Global Change provides a broad understanding of the problems and challenges that humanity faces as it wrestles with the urgent need to develop a more sustainable relationship with the Earth and its resources, the complex issues involved in global change and global sustainability, as well as exposure to some of the approaches and strategies for effective economic development and resource management.

Details at: http://globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange_minor.

Prerequisites to the Academic Minor: None.

Academic Minor Program: Five courses totaling at least 17 credits, to be chosen from the following categories as stated:

  1. Global Change: ENVIRON 110 and 111.
  2. One 200-level course from the four below:
    • ANTHRCUL 256/ENVIRON 256
    • BIOLOGY 281/ENVIRON 281
    • ENVIRON 270
    • GEOSCI 284/ENVIRON 284
  3. Two 300- or 400-level courses from two of the areas of Biosphere, Geosphere, and Sociosphere that are selected in consultation with the Program Coordinator. Example courses:
    1. Biosphere
      • BIOLOGY 482
      • EEB 320, 355, 381, 390, 451, 455, 476, 481, 483, 498
      • ENVIRON 311, 337, 411, 432, 451, 453, 476
      • NRE 411, 451, 453, 476
    2. Geosphere
      • AOSS 300, 304, 335, 432, 467, 475
      • CHEM 467
      • ENVIRON 325, 341, 380, 467, 479
      • ENSCEN 304, 475
      • GEOSCI 325, 341, 380, 442, 446, 465, 477, 478
    3. Sociosphere
      • ARCH 423
      • ECON 471, 472
      • ENVIRON 312, 360, 361, 370, 391
      • GEOG 432
      • NRE 571, 583
      • POLSCI 380
      • RCIDIV 391
      • SOC 305, 330
      • UP 423, 532

    One Field Studies course (Biological Station or Camp Davis) may be substituted, where appropriate. Courses not listed may be selected after approval of the Program Director is obtained.