Environmental Studies Minor
General Degree Requirements
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Minor - Environmental Studies
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Lower-Division Core Courses | ||
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| ENSC 105N | Environmental Science | 3 |
| ENST 225S | Sustainable Communities | 3 |
| ENST 230H | Nature and Society | 3 |
| Upper-Division Electives | ||
| Complete 9 credits of the following courses: | 9 | |
| Rhetoric, Nature, and Environmentalism | ||
| International Environmental Economics & Climate Change | ||
| Internship | ||
| Agroecology | ||
| Environmental Analytics | ||
| Special Topics/Experimental Courses | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Field Study | ||
| Literature of the Earth | ||
| Energy and Climate | ||
| Environmental Politics & Policies | ||
| Writing the Earth: Workshop on Nature, Environment & Justice | ||
| Special Topics/Experimental Courses | ||
| Field Studies: Environmental Studies | ||
| Internship | ||
| TEK of Indigenous Peoples | ||
| US Environmental Movement | ||
| Social Issues: The Mekong Delta | ||
| Climate Change: Mekong Delta | ||
| Community Sustainability in Practice | ||
| Food Justice and Sustainability | ||
| Globalization, Justice & Environment | ||
| Environmental Justice Issues & Solutions | ||
| Special Topics/Experimental Courses | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Seminar/Workshop | ||
| Field Work/Practicum (PEAS Farm) | ||
| Senior Thesis/Capstone | ||
| Earth Systems Science | ||
| Earth's Changing Climate | ||
| Snow, Ice and Climate Change | ||
| Intro to Physical Geography: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation | ||
| Water and Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Planning | ||
| Soils and Water and Ecology, Physics and Taxonomy of Soils | ||
| Science of Climate Change | ||
| Climate and Society | ||
| Natural Climate Solutions | ||
| Water Policy | ||
| Climate Policy | ||
| Environment & International Development | ||
| Ethics of Climate Change | ||
| Issues in the Anthropocene | ||
| Environmental Philosophy | ||
| Science and the Environment | ||
| Ecology | ||
| Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
| Introductory Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Forest Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Restoration | ||
| Conservation Ecology | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |