Environmental Science Minor
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 IES major.
Environmental/Ecological Science (4 courses)
All ENVS 200-level courses, except ENVS 284 & 290, have ENVS 137 or UCSF 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 280a (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 319c (Winter Ecology)
- ENVS 340 (Natural History of Belize)
- ENVS 345c (Conservation & Sustainability in Neotropical Ecosystems)
- ENVS 369 (Field Ornithology)
Policy, Business & Society (1 course)
- ECON 328b (Environmental Economics)
- ENVS 284 (Environmental Justice)
- ENVS 290 (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 301e (Statistics for Social Research)
- STAT 303f (SAS Programming & Appl. Statistics)
- STAT 307h (Statistical Design & Analysis of Experiments)
- STAT 310g (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.
