Minor in Environmental Studies
Requirements for a minor in Environmental Studies (20 units)
Lower-division requirements (7) | ||
Three units chosen from: | 3 | |
Introduction to Biology | ||
Physical Geography | ||
Introductory Geology | ||
Health and Society: An Ecological and Societal Approach | ||
One unit chosen from: | 1 | |
Introduction to Biology Lab | ||
Physical Geography Laboratory | ||
Introductory Geology Laboratory | ||
Health and Society: An Ecological and Societal Approach Lab | ||
GEOG 2000 | Environment and Society | 3 |
Upper-division requirements (3) | ||
Three units chosen from: | 3 | |
Conservation and Natural Resources | ||
Environmental Sustainability | ||
Environmental Inquiry and Education | ||
Electives (10) | ||
A minimum of 10 units chosen from the following courses in groups 1 and 2 (Students must take at least one course in each group, provided that none have been used elsewhere to meet requirements of this minor). In consultation with the environmental studies coordinator, a student can choose other courses, besides those listed below, to meet the elective requirement. | 10 | |
Group 1: NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS | ||
Environmental Anthropology | ||
Topics in Relational and Organizational Communication (Topic: Environmental Communication) | ||
Environmental Economics | ||
or ECON 3740 | Economics of Climate Change | |
Conservation and Natural Resources | ||
or GEOG 3501 | Environmental Sustainability | |
Environmental Inquiry and Education | ||
Environmental Justice | ||
Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment | ||
Water Wars | ||
Politics of Oil | ||
or PSCI 3420 | The Politics of Environment | |
May choose one of the following GE courses: | ||
Human Ecology | ||
Chemistry and the Environment | ||
Analysis of Environmental Discourse (WI) | ||
Environmental Literature | ||
Natural Disasters | ||
Energy and the Environment | ||
Environmental Ethics | ||
Group 2: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS | ||
Weather and Climate | ||
Watershed Hydrology and Management | ||
Biogeography | ||
Climate Change | ||
Geomorphology | ||
Coastal Resources Management | ||
Total Units | 20 |