Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Minor Requirements:

24 semester hours, completed with a grade of C- or higher and with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher in those courses.

1. Multidisciplinary Courses in Environmental Studies

Four semester hours

Students select one of the following multidisciplinary courses that anchor their understanding of environmental issues. This course should be completed prior to enrolling in ENVT 350.

ENVT/GEOS 104: Conservation of Natural Resources
ENVT/RELI 239: Environment and Culture


2. The Environment and Science

Eight semester hours

Students select two courses (from two different departments) from the following that examine the scientific foundations of environmental issues: BIOL 116: Introductory Ecology
BIOL 425: Marine Biology*
BIOL 333: Comparative Ecology of Latin America*
BIOL 424: Ecology*
BIOL 427: Conservation Biology and Management*
CHEM 104: Environmental Chemistry#
GEOS 332: Geomorphology*
GEOS 334: Hydrogeology*

3. The Environment and Society

Four semester hours

Students select one course from the following that pursue the study of institutions where environmental perspectives and policies are applied and how these have changed over time:

ANTH 368: Edible Landscapes--The Foraging Way of Life

ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental
ECON 311: Energy and Natural Resource Economics*
ECON 313: Environmental Economics*
ECON 315: Investigating Environmental & Economic
Change in Europe*
HIST 370: Environmental History of the U.S.
POLI 346: Environmental Politics and Policy

4. The Environment and Sensibility

Four semester hours

Students select one course from the following that examine the ways in which nature shapes and is shaped by human consciousness and perception:
ENGL 234: Environmental Literature
PHIL 230: Philosophy, Animals and the Environment
RELI 247: Christian Theology: Women, Nature and the Sacred

RELI 365: Christian Moral Issues (Christian Ecological Ethics only)
RELI 393: Topics in Comparative Religions(Native Traditions in Pacific Northwest only)

5. Environmental Methods of Investigation

Four semester hours

ENVT 350: Environmental Methods of Investigation