Environmental Studies Minor

The Environmental Studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor examining the interactive relationship between humans and the biophysical environment that produces challenges including water management, soil conservation, climate change, health concerns, environmental inequalities, and issues of development and sustainability. The Environmental Studies minor provides students with the conceptual tools and theoretical frameworks to address these challenges at both the global and local levels.

Requirements: Minimum of 18 Credit Hours

Select one course from:
AGRI 1040/1041 - Environmental Science (and lab) 4
GEOG 3040 - Sustainable Development 3
SOC 4400 - Environmental Sociology 3
Select remaining credit hours from:
AGRI 3000 - Conservation 3
AGRI 3040 - Sustainable Development 3
AGRI 4110 - Agro-Terrorism 3
AGRI 4230 - Land Use 3
AGRI 4420/4421 - Forestry (and lab) 3
BIOL 4080/4081 - General Ecology (and lab) 4
BIOL 4650 - Field Study Biogeography and Biodiversity 4
CRJ 3440 - Crime Prevention 3
ENGT 3710 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Technology 3
ENGT 3740 - Water and Sewer Systems 3
ENGT 3820 - Technology and Society 3
GEOG 3930 - Natural Hazards in Environment 3
GEOG 3940 - Technological Hazards in the Environment 3
GEOG 3960 - Urban Environment 3
GEOG 4000 - Environmental Management 3
GEOG 4010 - Environmental Assessment 3
GEOL 1040/1041 - Physical Geology (and lab) 4
GEOL 3030/3031 - Environmental Geology (and lab) 4
GEOL 4250/4251 - Hydrogeology (and lab) 4
HHP 2050 - Community and Environment Health 3
HHP 4020 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health 3
HHP 4070 - Introduction to Disease 3
HHP 4500 - Epidemiology 3
HIST 2040 - History and Environment Impact of Technology 3
PHIL 2310 - Environmental Ethics 3
POLS 2040 - Introduction to Public Policy 3
PM 3250 - The Principles and Practice of Urban Planning 3
PM 4400 - Administration of Nonprofit Organizations 3
SOC 3040 - Rural Sociology 3
SOC 3700 - Medical Sociology 3
SOC 3750 - Population Dynamics 3
SOC 4410 - Environmental Policy 3
SOC 4420 - Environmental Justice 3
NOTE:

1. Other courses as approved by the coordinator.

2. Only three (3) credit hours counted for the student’s major requirements can count for the minor requirements. In other words, a student can only “double-dip” three (3) credit hours to count for both the major and the minor. However, a student can still take other courses from their major to count toward the minor.

Note:

Sociology courses cannot be counted in both the Sociology Major and the Environmental Studies Minor.