Environmental Studies

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Students completing the minor in Environmental Studies will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of the selected scientific and policy concepts underlying these foundational knowledge content areas:

• Global Climate Change
• Energy Resources
• Pollution of Air, Water, and Soil
• Ecology and BioDiversity
• Resource Depletion (Water, Soil, Minerals)
• Consumerism
• Governance Structures
• Political Economy of Environmental Issues
• Policy-making/Decision-making Processes
• Environmental Psychology/Human Behavior
• Environmental Ethics
• Natural Resource Management
• Environmental Art and Literature

Indentify existing information relevant to environmental issues.
Critically examine the connection between personal value systems and the ethical aspects associated with important environmental issues.