Minor Requirements:
(20 semester hours)
1. Environment and Science (8 credit hours)
Students select two courses from the following which examine the scientific
foundations of environmental problems:
Conservation of Natural Resources ...................... GEOS 104/ENVT 104
Diversity of Life.....................................................BIOL 115
Introductory Ecology ........................................... BIOL 116
Ecology...............................................................BIOL 424
Ecological Methods..............................................BIOL 426
Environmental Chemistry .................................... CHEM 104
Geomorphology...................................................GEOS 332
Hydrogeology......................................................GEOS 334
Students majoring in a natural science discipline and who have taken a higher level Chemistry course (120 or above) will be allowed to substitute another course in consultation with the Environmental Studies Committee.
2. Environment and Society (4 credit hours)
Students select one course from the following which pursue the study
of institutions where environmental perspectives and policies are applied:
Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental ...........ECON 111
Energy and Natural Resource Economics ................................ECON 311
Environmental Economics ......................................................ECON 313
Environmental Politics and Policy ...........................................POLI 346
3. Environment and Sensibility (4 credit hours)
Students select one course from the following which examine values,
perception and expression as they relate to environmental issues:
Environmental Literature .......................................................... ENGL 234
Environment and Culture .......................................................... ENGL 239/RELI 239
Philosophy, Animals and the Environment...................................PHIL 230
Christian Moral Issues (Envt. Ethics only) ................................. RELI 365
Energy, Resources and Pollution .............................................. INTC 241
4. Environmental Methods of Investigation - ENVT 350 (4 credit hours)