Pictured | Angela Rice | Biological Sciences / Minor in Environmental Studies | South Bend, Indiana (hometown)

Minor in Environmental Studies

• Students are required to take 15 credit hours distributed among physical science, biological science, and policy/ethics courses. At least 6 credit hours must be taken at the 200-level or above.
• Some of the course numbers listed below have variable titles. Only the specified titles are currently approved for credit toward the minor. New titles and courses may be approved by the Environmental Studies Committee.

Requirements (15-17 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

Physical Science (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• CHEM-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Chemistry and Our Environment
• CHEM-N 390 The Natural World
  VT: Environmental Chemistry of Water and Waste OR
  VT: Environmental Chemistry of Air and Energy OR
  VT: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable Future
• GEOL-G 111 Physical Geology
• PHYS-N 190 The Natural World
  VT: Energy in the Twenty-First Century

Biological Science (3-5 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• BIOL-L 101 Introduction to Biological Sciences 1 (5 cr.)
• BIOL-N 390 The Natural World
  VT: Environmental Biology
• BIOL-L 473 Ecology AND
  BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)

Policy/Ethics (6 cr.)

Select two of the following:

• ANTH-E 380 Urban Anthropology
  (may be joint listed as SOC-S 306 Urban Society)
• INTL-I 490 International Studies Capstone Seminar 
  (may be joint listed as SOC-S 460 Topics in Non-Western Culture VT: International Inequalities and Global Issues)
• PHIL-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Environmental Philosophy
• POLS-Y 115 Environment and People
• SOC-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions
  VT: Sustainable Communities OR
  VT: Costa Rica (may be joint listed as SOC-S 362 World Societies and Cultures) OR
  VT: Animals and Society

Electives (3 cr.)

Any of the above courses not already used in the specified areas, in addition to:

• ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilization of Mesoamerica
  (project paper must be on an environmental topic and is subject to approval by the Environmental Studies Committee)
• FINA-A 190 Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
  VT: The Modern City
• GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science
• GEOL-G 210 Oceanography
• GEOL-G 219 Meteorology
• GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology
• HIST-T 190 World Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Environmental History
• WGS-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions
  VT: Women and Sustainability

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