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Minor in Urban Environmental Studies

The urban environmental studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor designed to give students specializing in other fields a background in contemporary urban environmental issues and the ability to analyze such issues. For students majoring in such fields as business and engineering, the minor in urban environmental studies will provide them with the tools to make better decisions about products or projects related to environmental economics, politic pollutants, environmental policy, and environmental justice. For students who are liberal arts majors, the minor in urban environmental studies offers the opportunity to focus on the social- and natural-science aspects of the urban environment, and to be prepared for issues they may encounter in their careers.

The minor requires a minimum of 24 credits. This includes a core of six courses and at least six credits of natural science electives.

Required courses			Credits
ANTH 360	Culture and the Environment		3.0
ENVS 260	Environmental Science and Society I		3.0
ENVS 262	Environmental Science and Society II		3.0
SOC 240	Urban Sociology		3.0
SOC 341	Environmental Movements in the U.S.		3.0
SOC 345	Sociology of the Environment		3.0
Natural Science Electives
Students select a minimum of 6 credits from the following electives:
BIO 102	Biology I: Cells and Tissues		4.0
BIO 106	Organismal Biology		4.0
CHEM 151	Applied Chemistry		3.0
PHEV 145	Weather 1: Climate and Global Change		4.0
ENVS 284 WI	Physiological and Population Ecology		5.0
ENVS 286 WI	Community and Ecosystem Ecology		5.0
ENVS 321	Environmental Health*		3.0
ENVS 338	Biodiversity and Conservation		3.0
ENVS 436	Toxicology and Human Physiology		3.0
ENVS 441	Issues in Global Climate Change I		2.0
ENVS 442	Issues in Global Climate Change II		2.0
*BIO 114, BIO 115 or BIO 117 are prerequisites for ENVS 321.