Environmental Studies
Minor
School of Sciences and Social Sciences
24 credits
A minor in Environmental Studies provides a complement to a wide range of majors such as Biology, Economics, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Sociology, and Technology Studies.
MINOR REQUIREMENTS
- IIENST 151 The Environment of Central New England
- IIENST 152 Principles of Sustainability
- ENST 253 Environmental Governance
- Select one of the following:
- ENST 251 Matter and Energy in the Environment
- ENST 252 Ecology of a Changing Planet
- Select two additional courses at the 300 level or above in ENST. The following courses may be substituted to meet this requirement (note that these courses have prerequisites that are not part of the ENST minor, but may be part of the ISP):
- ECON 340 Environmental Economics
- GEOG 330 Natural Resource Management
- GEOG 332 Global Water Resources
- GEOG 324 Vector GIS
- GEOG 327 Environmental Remote Sensing
- POSC 315 Environmental Policy
- SOC 380 Environmental Sociology
- Still other courses, for example, special topics courses, may also be substituted to meet this requirement with the approval of the Environmental Studies department chair.