A total of 18 hours, including 11 hours of elective courses, is required for the minor.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Minor Courses | ||
| ENV 201 | Environmental Issues | 3 |
| ENV 220 | Introduction to Earth Science | 3 |
| PHY 120 & 120L | Physics and Chemistry of Environment and Physics and Chemistry of the Environment Lab | 4 |
| or ENV 360 | Climate Change | |
| Select 8 hours of electives | 8 | |
Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of this bulletin. The program director maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses. For course descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in this bulletin.
Electives for Environmental Science Minor
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ART 210 | Topics in Studio Art (when topic is Film and Video: Ecological Works) | 1-4 |
| BIO 306 | Topics in Biology | 1-4 |
| BIO 311 | Ecology and Conservation Biology of Coral Reefs | 4 |
| BIO 316 | Biology of Birds | 4 |
| BIO 319 & 319L | Biology of Soils and Biology of Soils Lab | 3-4 |
| BIO 327 | Mycology: Biology of Fungi | 4 |
| BIO 330 | Land and Natural Resource Management | 3 |
| BIO 332 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIO 340 | Ecology | 4 |
| BIO 341 & 341L | Marine Biology and Marine Biology | 4 |
| BIO 348 & 348L | Physiological Plant Ecology and Physiological Plant Ecology | 3-4 |
| BIO 349 | Tropical Biodiversity of the Amazon and Andes | 4 |
| BIO 356 | Ecology and Resource Management of Southeast Australia | 4 |
| BIO 380 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| BIO 383 & 383L | Genomics and Genomics Lab | 3-4 |
| CHM 334 | Chemical Analysis | 4 |
| CHM 351 | Special Topics in Chemistry (Green Technologies: Science and Entrepreneurship) | 3 |
| CHM 351 | Special Topics in Chemistry (Chemistry of Food) | 3 |
| CHM 391 | Undergraduate Research | 1-3 |
| CHM 392 | Undergraduate Research | 1-3 |
| COM 270 | Special Seminar (when topic is Community Narratives of Environmental Justice) | 1-3 |
| ECN 241 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| ECN 341 | Economics of the Environment | 3 |
| EGR 112 | Introduction to Engineering Experimentation | 4 |
| EGR 319 | Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| EGR 324 | Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering | 3 |
| ENT 335 | Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship: Science, Policy, and Economics | 4 |
| ENT 351 | Green Technologies: Science and Entrepreneurship | 2,3 |
| ENV 202 | Environmental Solutions | 3 |
| ENV 203 | Leadership for Sustainability | 3 |
| ENV 321 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 3 |
| ENV 379 & 379L | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab | 4 |
| HMN 227 | Engaging the Humanities: Social Justice and Equity in Communities | 3 |
| HMN 365 | Humanity and Nature | 3 |
| JOU 321 | Environmental Journalism | 3 |
| POL 210 | Topics In United States Politics and Policy (when topic is 'Disaster, Race, and American Politics' or 'Race, Land, and Power') | 1-3 |
| STA 112 | Introduction to Regression and Data Science | 3 |