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: 18 Credit Hours:

SOC 4400 - Environmental Sociology 3
SOC 4410 - Environmental Policy 3
SOC 4420 - Environmental Justice 3
Select three (3) courses below:
AGRI 3000 - Conservation 3
BIOL 4080/4081 - General Ecology (and lab) 4
GEOG 4000 - Environmental Management 3
POLS 2040 - Introduction to Public Policy 3
PHIL 2310 - Environmental Ethics 3
SOC 3700 - Medical Sociology 3
SOC 3040 - Rural Sociology 3

Note:

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