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