Environmental Action & Leadership Minor
This interdisciplinary minor comprises coursework in the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The minor is ideal for students looking to augment their major field of study with environmental coursework, enhance their credentials with hands-on experience, and develop skills in effective communication and group organization.
The Environmental Action & Leadership minor is not intended for, nor is it available to, students majoring in Environmental Science or Studies, as all requirements for the minor could be readily met within the context of requirements for the majors. Instead, this minor will provide students pursuing other majors, both in the sciences and the humanities, an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience that will enable them to better apply expertise developed in their major toward dealing with environmental issues or marketing themselves to the burgeoning group of employers who recognize the need for environmental awareness.
This minor requires seven courses (21 credit hours). Courses are partitioned among four categories All students are required to select one course from the application category, which serves as the capstone for the minor and includes hands-on learning experience.
Background & Perspective (2 courses from list)
ANTH 104 The Human Ecological Footprint
ANTH 303 People & Conservation
ENGL 288 Nature in Literature
HIST 292 U. S. Environmental History
ENVS 204 Evolution & Genetics
ENVS 207 Plants & Civilization
ENVS 214 Weather & Climatology
ENVS 273 Energy & the Environment
ENVS 281 Human Impact on the Environment
ENVS 282 The Human Environment
Ethics & Society (1 course from list)
COMM 215 Ethics & Communication (pre-req.: COMM 150 or 160)
COMM 227 Social Justice & Communication (pre-req. : COMM 150 or 160 or permission)
PHIL 187 Environmental Ethics
PSYC 275 Social Psychology
SOCL 234 City, Suburbs & Beyond
SOCL 235 Communities
SOWK 370 Cultural Diversity
THEO 184 Moral Problems : Ecology Crisis
Policy, Leadership & Action (3 courses from list)
COMM306 Environmental Advocacy (Sophomore standing required)
COMM 307 Rhetoric of Social Change: Agitation & Resistance (pre-requisite: COMM 150 or 160)
ECON 328 Environmental Economics (pre-requisite: ECON 201)
MGMT 201 Managing People & Organizations (Junior standing required)
MGMT 318 Organization Development & Change (Junior standing, pre-requisite: MGMT 301)
MGMT 360 Values-Based Leadership (Junior standing, pre-requisite: MGMT 301)
ENVS 283 Environmental Sustainability
PLSC 392 Environmental Politics
PLSC 354 Global Environmental Politics
SOCL 272 Environmental Sociology
SOWK 303 Group Process (Junior standing required)
Application 1 course from list
ENVS 390 Integrative Environmental Seminar (Senior standing required)
ENVS 391 Independent Environmental Research (permission required)
ENVS 395 Environmental Internship (permission required)
ENVS 398 Special Topics: Solutions to Environmental Problems S.T.E.P. (permission required)