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.
Advanced Placement Credit
Receiving a 4 or 5 on the AP Environmental Science Exam does not count toward the ENVS major or minor. If a student received a 4 or 5 on the AP Environmental Science Exam they may choose to skip ENVS 117 Intro to Environmental Science and take any other environmental science course instead. All ENVS majors take 5 environmental science courses.
Requirements
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Two required courses: | |
| Intro to Environmental Science | |
| Introduction to Environmental Social Science | |
| One environmental humanities course: | |
| Introduction to Environmental Humanities | |
| Rewriting Disaster Narratives | |
| China and the Environment | |
| Nature in the Classical World | |
| Georgic and Pastoral | |
| The Romantic Revolution | |
| Walking with Thoreau | |
| Environmental Poetics | |
| The Global Environment: Past and Present | |
| 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 Landscapes | |
| City Nature | |
| Drawn to Nature | |
| One environmental social science course: | |
| Sustainability and Citizenship | |
| 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 | |
| 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.