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 Credits: 3
NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere Credits: 3
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 3

Justice: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

PAX 200 - Dilemmas of War and Peace: An Introduction to Peace Studies Credits: 3
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics and Policy Credits: 3
PSYC 321 - Environmental Psychology Credits: 3
REL 345 - Religion and Ecology Credits: 3
SOC 355 - Environmental Sociology Credits: 3

Ethics: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

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

Sustainability: Choose one of the following courses, 3 credits

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

Environmental Studies Electives, 3 credits

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