Environmental Studies Minor
The environmental studies minor is designed to give students in any major a significant understanding of the physical, cultural, political, and spiritual dimensions of human relationships with the environment. Multidisciplinary in nature, this minor will provide a basic foundation in ecological literacy while emphasizing the insights that the humanities and social sciences can offer into the complex interactions between human cultures and their natural surroundings.
Requirements for the Minor
| SCIN 1520 Environment | 3 hours |
| SCIN 1521 Environment: Lab | 1 hour |
15 credit hours (with at least 3 credit hours coming from the first three courses listed) from the following:
| GNST 1300 Technology, Science, and Society: Introduction to Environmental Studies | 2-4 hours |
| HIST 1010 Topics in History: American Environmental History | 3 hours |
| PHIL 2360 Environmental Ethics | 3 hours |
| ANTH 1400 Introduction to Geography: World and Regional | 3 hours |
| BIOL 1020 Biology of Animals and BIOL 1021 Biology of Animals: Lab | 4 hours |
| BIOL 1030 Biology of Plants and BIOL 1031 Biology of Plants: Lab | 4 hours |
| ENGL 3500 Contexts: Nature Writing in America | 3 hours |
| GNST 1308 Technology, Science, and Society: When Rivers Run Wild | 3 hours |
| HIST 2080 History of Disease and Medicine | 3 hours |
| HRTS 3400 Human Rights and the Environment | 3 hours |
| ISTL 2600 Natural Systems and Sustainable Ecologies (also listed under BIOL 1310 Issues in Biology: Sustainable Ecologies) | 3 hours |
| JOUR 3750 Environmental Journalism | 3 hours |
| POLT 2500 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Politics: Int'l Environmental Politics or Sex, Drugs, and Garbage (also listed under ECON 3100 Issues in Economics) | 3 hours |
| RELG 2430 Environment and Religion | 3 hours |
Students may substitute other environmentally oriented classes (such as topics classes, new classes, and classes that give credit for internships and other forms of experiential learning) into the second category with the approval of the environmental studies chair
Environmental Studies Committee
- Karla Armbruster, Chair, English
- Don Conway-Long, Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Jeff De Pew, Biological Sciences
- Lori Diefenbacher, Education
- Ted Green, Multidisciplinary Studies
- Jih-Un Kim, History, Politics, and International Relations
- Kim Kleinman, History, Politics, and International Relations
- Danielle MacCartney, Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Allan MacNeill, History, Politics, and International Relations
- Paul Moriarty, Philosophy
- Kate Parsons, Philosophy
- Gerry Tierney, Behavioral and Social Sciences
- David A. Wilson, General Studies
Students may substitute other environmentally oriented classes (such as topics classes, new classes, and classes that give credit for internships and other forms of experiential learning) with the approval of the Environmental Studies chair. See the Environmental Studies Program page for lists of all the classes that count towards the minor in any given semester. Students interested in pursing environmental internships should contact the program chair.
For more information, contact Karla Armbruster (English Department).
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