Environmental Studies Minor

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This minor is administered by the Department of History and International Studies .

Definition: Environmental Studies is a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationships between people and their environments. The minor is one of the oldest Environmental Studies programs in the nation. You begin with foundational courses in environmental justice, environmental ethics, and sustainability, and then complete additional coursework in each of these areas.

Consists of 21 credits:

Environmental Studies Foundation: Justice, Ethics, Sustainability, 9 credits

HIST 279 - Environmental Justice 3 cr.
NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

Justice: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

Ethics: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

PHIL 321 - Food Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 351 - Ecofeminism 3 cr.
PHIL 360 - Animal Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies 3 cr.
PHIL 480 - Advanced Environmental Ethics 3 cr.

Sustainability: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
ENGL 358 - Outdoor Writing 3 cr.
FN 357 - Ecology of Foods 3 cr.
GEOG 120 - Human Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 303 - Processes of Environmental Degradation 3 cr.
HIST 204 - Modern Global Environmental History 3 cr.
HIST 278 - Business and Environment 3 cr.
HIST 280 - American Environmental History 3 cr.
NRES 200 - Introduction to Sustainable Communities 3 cr.
POLI 389 - Public Policy for Sustainable Communities 3 cr.
SOC 360 - Population Problems 3 cr.

Environmental Studies Electives, 3 credits

Choose any course from the above list not already taken, 3 cr.