Sustainability and Environmental Studies Minor

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Drawing together courses from across campus, the Sustainability and Environmental Studies minor exposes students to a variety of perspectives - from the sciences to literature, from history to psychology, and from philosophy to business - on the interactions of people with the natural world. Students in the SES minor have broad freedom within the courses and will experience both humanities and scientific understandings of the environment. Opportunities are available for internships for credit and independent studies as well. While the classes are linked together in multiple ways, they do not explicitly build upon each other or require a specific sequencing.

Requirements (18 credits):

At least one course from the following:

BIO 212 Environmental Biology 3 credit hours
BIO 300 Terrestrial Ecology 4 credit hours
CVE 210 Sustainable Engineering 3 credit hours
G 261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
PSC 202 Sustainability: Linking Science and Society 3 credit hours
PSC 203 Sustainability: Linking Science and Society Lab 0 credit hours

At least one of these courses:

ECO 340 Economic Development 3 credit hours
G 348 Cultures and Environments Field Series 3 credit hours
G 349 Cultures and Environments Field Series 3 credit hours
G 352 Geographic Perspectives on Sustainability 3 credit hours
HIS 387 North American Environmental History 3 credit hours
LIT 379 Literature and the Environment 3 credit hours
PHL 240 Environmental Ethics 3 credit hours
PS 327 Environmental Law 3 credit hours
PSY 215 Sustainability and Psychology 3 credit hours
SOC 301 Environmental Justice 3 credit hours
WRT 361 Nature Writing 3 credits

Select an additional four courses from either area or an Independent Study/Internship

Other courses also available:

CVE 350 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 4 credit hours
SES 481 Independent Study in Sustainability and Environmental Studies 1 to 6 credit hours
SES 482 Independent Study in Sustainability and Environmental Studies 1 to 6 credit hours
SES 491 Internship in Sustainability and Environmental Studies 3 credit hours
SES 492 Internship in Sustainability and Environmental Studies 3 credit hours