Environmental Studies Minor

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The environmental studies minor is designed primarily for students in the arts and sciences who have an interest in environmental issues and policies. This minor provides students with the necessary interdisciplinary academic knowledge to understand complex environmental issues and the social, political, and cultural contexts that affect human interaction with the environment. Specifically, the curriculum is designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply knowledge from the scientific disciplines in conjunction with the principles of social science to help address some of our most pressing local, regional, and global environmental problems.

Curriculum

200-level ANTH, EC, POLS, and SOC courses can all be completed without prerequisites in the respective departments.

Introduction to ENVR

ENVR 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science 3 Credit(s)
or
ENVR 171 - Principles of Environmental Science 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 173 - Investigating Environmental Science 1 Credit(s)

Environmental Sustainability

ENVR 172 - Principles of Sustainability Science 3 Credit(s)

ENVR Foundation and Elective Courses

(Select Two)

ENVR 201 - Environmental Geology 4 Credit(s)
ENVR 209 - Meteorology 4 Credit(s)
ENVR 261 - Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)
ENVR 301 - Introductory Ecology 4 Credit(s) **

Global Perspective

(Select One)

ANTH 251 - Progress and Poverty 3 Credit(s)
POLS 204 - Current Issues in World Affairs 3 Credit(s)

Politics and Policy

(Select One)

POLS 205 - American Public Policy and Politics 3 Credit(s)
POLS 215 - Environmental Politics and Policy 3 Credit(s)

Societal, Legal, & Economic Context

(Select One)

EC 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
EC 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
POLS 218 - Law and Society 3 Credit(s)
SOC 266 - Class, Inequality, & Society 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 24

**Requires permission of the instructor.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.