Environmental Studies Minor

Department of Sociology

Location: McCord Bldg., Room 205
Phone: 931-221-7540
Website: www.apsu.edu/sociology

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.

Required Courses

Please note six (6) hours of coursework must be completed in courses numbered 3000 - 4999.

Select one (1) course from the list below
AGRI 1040 - Environmental Science 3 /AGRI 1041 1 (lab)
GEOG 4040 - Sustainable Development 3
SOC 3250 - Social Institutions 3
Select remaining credit hours from the courses listed below
AGRI 3000 - Conservation 3
AGRI 4110 - Agro-Terrorism 3
AGRI 4230 - Land Use 3
BIOL 4080 - General Ecology 3 /BIOL 4081 1 (lab)
BIOL 4650 - Field Study Biogeography and Biodiversity 4
CRJ 3440 - Crime Prevention 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
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 3 /GEOL 1041 1 (lab)
GEOL 3030 - Environmental Geology 3 /GEOL 3031 1 (lab)
GEOG 4000 - Environmental Management 3
GEOG 4010 - Environmental Assessment 3
GEOL 4250 - Hydrogeology 3 /GEOL 4251 1 (lab)
HHP 2050 - Community and Environment Health 3
HHP 4020 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health 3
HHP 4070 - Human Health and Disease 3
HHP 4500 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3
HIST 2040 - History and Environment Impact of Technology 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 3700 - Health, Illness, and Medicine 3
SOC 3750 - Population Dynamics 3
NOTE: Sociology courses cannot be counted in both the Sociology Major and the Environmental Studies Minor.

Environmental Studies Minor

Department of Sociology

Required Courses

Total Hours 18