Environmental Studies Minor 16+ credits
This minor offers students the opportunity to explore environmental issues from a multidisciplinary approach. A total of 12 credits beyond general education are required. Several courses with significant field-based learning experiences, in addition to laboratory courses, exist. This minor is a good choice for anyone wanting to broaden and deepen their knowledge of environmental studies and whose career choices involve decisions around environmental issues.
Requirements
Required Core (7 Credits):
Choose THREE (at least 1 at 3000 level, at least 2 different prefixes):
| CGEOG 1001 | World Geography | 3 |
CLITR 2XXX
| Why Nature? | 3 |
CMGMT 2XXX
| Business, Sustainability and Environment | 3 |
| CPLCY 3552 | Social Policy | 3 |
| CPOLS 3302 | Environmental Politics and Policy | 3 |
| CPSYC 3410 | Ecopsychology | 3 |
CHUMS 3XXX
| Environmental Justice and Ethics | |
| CPHYS 3010 | Our Changing Climate | 3 |
| CNSCI 3130 | Urban Design for Sustainability | 3 |
| CNSCI 3102 | Science and Ethics of Gardening (Fall and Spring) | 1.5 |
| CHLTH 4410 | Health and the Environment | 3 |
| IILLU 3140 | Natural History Drawing | 3 |
| CSOCL 3551 | Activism and Change in Communities | 3 |
| CMGMT 3306 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 |
| CLITR 3100 | Changing Views of Nature in American Literature | 3 |
| CNSCI 2140 | Coastal Zone Management (Marine Studies Consortium Course) | 3 |
| CNSCI 2210 | Water Resources Planning and Management | 3 |
| CNSCI 4200 | Wetlands: Ecology, Hydrology, Restoration (Marine Studies Consortium Course) | 3 |
| CNSCI 2101 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| IAHIS 3200 | Art and Nature | 3 |