Environmental Studies Minor

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The Minor in Environmental Science is designed for students who wish to prepare for a possible career in the environmental sciences.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

Demonstrate an understanding of the roles of humans and institutions in creating and responding to environmental issues
Apply scientific principles to environmental problems
Connect environmental problems to issues of social justice

Minor Requirements (20 Units)

Required (8 Units)

ENVA 109 - Environment and Society
ENVS 110 - Intro to Envir. Science w/Lab

Elective Courses (12 Units)

Complete one of the following four courses (4 Units)

ENVA 367 - Environmental Justice
ENVS 366 - Environmental Policy
THRS 404 - Environmental Ethics

Pathway Courses (8 Units)

ARCH 320 - Sustainable Design
ENVA 101 - Intro to Urban Agriculture
ENVA 140 - Urban Agriculture: Spring
ENVA 195 - FYS: First-Year Seminar
ENVA 230 - Urban Ag: Fall
ENVA 245 - Comm Garden Outreach
ENVA 310 - Commons: Land, Water and Air
ENVA 319 - Health and Environment
ENVA 355 - Methods in Environ Studies
ENVA 363 - Environmental Law
ENVA 367 - Environmental Justice
ENVA 390 - Special Topics
ENVA 396 - Community Internships
ENVA 450 - Capstone Practicum in Environmental Studies
ENVA 498 - Research for Adv Undergrad
ENVS 110 - Intro to Envir. Science w/Lab
and
ENVS 110L - Laboratory
ENVS 210 - Ecology-Human Impact w/Lab
and
ENVS 210L - Laboratory
ENVS 212 - Air and Water w/Lab
and
ENVS 212L - Laboratory
ENVS 311 - Environmental Chemistry
ENVS 320 - Restoration Ecol w/Lab
and
ENVS 320L - Laboratory
ENVS 321 - Wetland Ecology w/Lab
and
ENVS 321L - Laboratory
ENVS 330 - Envir and Ecosystem Health
ENVS 340 - Environmental Geology w/Lab
and
ENVS 340L - Environmental Geology Lab
ENVS 350 - Energy and Environment
ENVS 360 - Climate Change: Sci & Pol
ENVS 366 - Environmental Policy
ENVS 370 - Intro Landscape Ecol/GIS w/Lab
and
ENVS 370L - Laboratory
ENVS 371 - Fund. of Ecosystem Science
ENVS 375 - GIS 1 w/ Lab
and
ENVS 375L - Laboratory
ENVS 390 - UG Special Topics w/Lab
and
ENVS 390L - Laboratory
ENVS 410 - Envir Monitoring w/Lab
and
ENVS 410L - Laboratory
HIST 290 - Sp Top Historical Methodology
PHIL 244 - Environmental Ethics
POLS 396 - Public Admin Internship *
POLS 397 - Fieldwork in Pub Int Org *
SOC 308 - Research Methods
SOC 395 - Fieldwork in Sociology *
Any Course with an ENVP course attribute

Note:

* Internship/placement or research project must have an environmental component.