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 | |