Post-Fall 2015

Description: The Environmental Science minor is intended to provide a base in the science, social & political issues, and methods relevant to understanding environmental issues and working to solve environmental problems.

Requirements: 7 courses (21–22 credit hours)*; at least 3 courses must be ENVS

*A maximum of 3 courses can count toward this minor and an SES major.

Environmental/Ecological Science (4 courses)

All ENVS 200-level courses, except ENVS 284 have ENVS 101 or ENVS 137 as pre-req.

• ANTH 104 (The Human Ecological Footprint)
• ENVS 207 (Plants & Civilization)
• ENVS 218 (Biodiversity & Biogeography)
• ENVS 223 (Introduction to Soils)
• ENVS 224 (Climate & Climate Change)
• ENVS 226 (Science & Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems)
• ENVS 227r (Ecology of the Mediterranean Sea)
• ENVS 237 (Foundations of Environmental Science II)
• ENVS 267 (Bird Conservation & Ecology)
• ENVS 273 (Energy & the Environment)
• ENVS 280^a (Principles of Ecology) or BIOL 265 [Ecology]
• ENVS 281c (Environmental Sustainability & Science in China)
• ENVS 281v (Humans and the Environment in Contemporary Vietnam)
• ENVS 283 (Environmental Sustainability)
• ENVS 319^c (Winter Ecology)
• ENVS 340 (Natural History of Belize)
• ENVS 345^c (Conservation & Sustainability in Neotropical Ecosystems)
• ENVS 369 (Field Ornithology)

Policy, Business & Society (1 course)

• ECON 328^b (Environmental Economics)
• ENVS 284 (Environmental Justice)
• ENVS 310 (Environmental Law)
• ENVS 363 (Introduction to Sustainable Business)
• ENVS 383 (Human Dimensions of Conservation)
• HIST 292 (Environmental History)
• PLSC 354 (Global Environmental Politics)
• PLSC 392 (Environmental Politics)
• SOCL 272 (Environmental Sociology)
• SOCL 276 (Sociology & the Politics of Food)

Methods & Application (2 courses)

• ENVS 288 (Applied Interdisciplinary Data Analysis)
• ENVS 350a (STEP: Water)
• ENVS 350f (STEP: Food Systems)
• ENVS 391 (Independent Environ. Research)
• ENVS 380 (Introduction to GIS)
• ENVS 395 (Environmental Internship)
• SOCL 301^e (Statistics for Social Research)
• STAT 303^f (SAS Programming & Appl. Statistics)
• STAT 307^h (Statistical Design & Analysis of Experiments)
• STAT 310^g (Categorical Data Analysis)
• STAT/BIOL 335ⁱ (Intro. to Biostatistics)

Pre-requisites: a. ENVS 237; b. ECON 201; c. ENVS 280 or BIOL 265 [or instructor permission]; e. SOCL 206; f. STAT 103, 203 or 335; g. BIOL 355 or STAT 203; h. STAT 203 or 355; i. BIOL 102 & MATH 132 or 162.

Appropriate substitutions from other departments may be allowed.

Contact Dr. Christopher Peterson (BVM Hall 316—773.508.2950) to obtain application forms and to discuss your interests and needs.

• ENVS minor course descriptions