Environmental Studies Minor
The Environmental Studies Minor is a multidisciplinary program of study that involves 7 courses from at least three different departments. Each student tailors the minor to their own interests and strengths within the minor requirements. Students may choose a Environmental Studies Minor in conjunction with any major. Once a minor has been declared, students will be given preferential placement in some environmental studies courses.
Program Advanced Placement Policy
AP credits cannot be applied toward the Environmental Studies minor.
Requirements
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Two required courses: | |
| Environmental Science | |
| Environmental Perspectives | |
| One environmental humanities course: | |
| Nature in the Classical World | |
| Georgic and Pastoral | |
| The Romantic Revolution | |
| Thoreau: Then and Now | |
| Environmental Poetics | |
| Food, Power, & Environment | |
| U.S. Mexican Border | |
| Environmental Political Philosophy | |
| Environmental Ethics | |
| Ecology & Religion | |
| Comparative Mysticism & Human Ecology | |
| Gardens & World Religions | |
| Nature and Animals in the Bible | |
| Fire & Ice: Siberia In Fiction | |
| Making the Modern City | |
| Designing Green | |
| American Art & Ecology | |
| City Nature | |
| Drawn to Nature | |
| One environmental social science course: | |
| Environmental Economics | |
| Environmental Law | |
| Environmental Psychology | |
| Cities and Environment | |
| Consumer & Corp Sustainability | |
| Environmental Sociology | |
| Politics of Development | |
| Two additional environmental science courses: | |
| Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology | |
| Microbiology of a Hurricane | |
| Freshwater Ecology | |
| Marine Biology | |
| Biological Statistics | |
| Ecology | |
BIOL 281 | |
| Ecosystem Ecology | |
| Invertebrate Biology | |
| Environmental Chemistry (with lab) | |
| Atoms & Molecules | |
| Introduction to Climate Change | |
| Climate Science | |
| Sustainable Energy | |
| Introduction to Geographic Info Systems | |
| Geohazards | |
| Introduction to Geology | |
| Geomorphology | |
| Watershed Hydrology | |
| Paleoclimatology | |
| Oceanography | |
| Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves | |
| The Physics of Energy | |
| One additional elective from any area above. | |
Students may also use study abroad courses and courses at other colleges and universities to fulfill minor requirements with prior permission from the Environmental Studies Study Abroad Advisor or ENVS Chair.
The courses listed above are regularly offered. Departments frequently offer additional courses that may be counted for ENVS credit. The department will publicize other courses and how they may be used to fulfill minor requirements.
Several Montserrat courses can be applied toward the Environmental Studies minor. Please contact the Department Chair for details.