Environmental Studies Minor

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Minor GPA and Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the minor. All courses required for the minor must be taken for a letter grade.

Requirements for the Minor (7 courses, 19-21 credits)

Core (2 courses, 4 credits)

ENV 110 - Fundamentals of Environmental Studies 3 credit(s)
ENV 460 - Environmental Studies Capstone 1 credit(s)

Electives (5 courses, 15-17 credits)

1. Environmental Studies (9 credits)

Select three of the following:

ART 345W - Art and Environment 3 credit(s)
UISC 188 - Culture and Sustainable Development in Rural India 3 credit(s)
CMM 320W - Environmental Communication 3 credit(s)
ENG 371W - Writing and the Environment 3 credit(s)
PHI 270W - Mind and Nature 3 credit(s)
POL 315 - American Environmental Policy 3 credit(s)

2. Environmental Sciences (6-8 credits)

Select two of the following:

UIST 120 - Living in the Environment 1-4 credit(s)
BIO 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science 4 credit(s)
BIO 260W - Ecology 4 credit(s)
CE 320 - Water Resources Engineering 4 credit(s)
CE 420W - Water Quality Engineering I 4 credit(s)
CH 106 - Chemistry for the World Around Us 4 credit(s)
PHY 135 - Descriptive Geology 4 credit(s)
The following graduate level courses may also be selected as electives: CH 519, CE 503, 504.
The following courses may be substituted for one or more of the elective courses above with the approval of the Environmental Studies Committee: ENV 290 -291 , 390 -391 , 490 -491 Special Topics in Environmental Studies and 380 -381 , 480 -481 Independent Study in Environmental Studies.

Note:

Students must formally declare the minor by completing a Change of Major form.