Minor
Environmental Studies Minor
To earn a minor in Environmental Studies, students must complete a minimum of 16 credit hours, which includes two core courses and a minimum of three elective courses. Students are required to take at least three elective courses. At least one elective must be at the 400-level. No more than two electives may be taken from any one of the categories listed below. The Department of Environmental Studies may approve up to seven semester hours of lower- and upper-division transfer credits toward the undergraduate minor in Environmental Studies. Students are expected to meet with an ENS advisor before beginning the minor.
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| ENS 251 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| ENS 271 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| The 100- to 300-level elective courses listed below are each three credit hours. Undergraduate students enrolling in 400-level courses listed as “three or four hours” must enroll in the three-credit hour section. 400-level courses counted toward an undergraduate degree cannot be taken again and counted for credit toward a graduate degree. | 10 | |
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Environmental Policy/Law/Planning
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| Environmental Justice in America | ||
| Mapping our Physical and Social World | ||
| Foundations of Environmental Policy | ||
| ECCE: Environmental Justice: Science, Policy, and Activism | ||
| Transportation: Problems and Planning Procedures | ||
| Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Key Concepts and Cases in Environmental Law | ||
| Population and Public Policy | ||
| Agricultural Politics & Policy | ||
| Forest Policy & Management | ||
| Environmental Policies: National Environmental Policy Act | ||
| Environmental Policies: Water Quality | ||
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Environmental Social Sciences/Humanities
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| Women and the Environment | ||
| Literature and the Environment | ||
| ECCE: Global Change in Local Places | ||
| ECCE: Evolution and Creationism | ||
| ECCE: Introduction to Environmental Education | ||
| World Environmental Thought | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Sustainable Food Systems | ||
| Geopolitics: Geographical Aspects of International Affairs | ||
| Culture and Conservation | ||
| Political Ecology AKA The Political Life of Trees, Trash, & Turtles | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Writing and the Environment | ||
| China’s Environment and the World | ||
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Environmental Sciences
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| Earth Science | ||
| Environmental Physical Geography | ||
| Fundamentals of Remote Sensing | ||
| Ecological Issues | ||
| Aquatic Ecology | ||
| Biology Of Water Pollution | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | ||
| Our Changing Climate | ||
| Paleoecology | ||
| Water Resources and Society | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Urban Environments | ||
| Renewable Energy | ||
| Total Hours | 16 | |
With approval of a student petition that specifies the elective category, students may count up to four hours of ENS 440 Topics in Environmental Studies.