The Environmental Science minor offers students the strongest background in the science behind environmental issues. Students will understand and explore the natural world and our interactions within the natural and built environment.
Course Requirements
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| ENV 102 | INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITH LAB (may be replaced with an upper-level course; check with an ENV advisor or the department chair) | 4 |
| ENV 216 | EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE | 4 |
| ENV 217 | HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT | 4 |
| ENV 250 | APPLIED ECOLOGY (WITH LAB) | 4 |
| 8 |
ENV 200 | CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT | |
ENV 204 | ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | |
ENV 205 | BIOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | |
ENV 230 | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | |
ENV 300 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION (WITH LAB) | |
ENV 305 | ANIMAL DIVERSITY | |
ENV 310 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE (WITH LAB) | |
ENV 315 | PLANT ECOLOGY (WITH LAB) | |
ENV 320 | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (WITH LAB) | |
ENV 322 | ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY (WITH LAB) | |
| ENV 341 | URBAN FORESTS AS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | 4 |
| ENV 343 | MAMMALOGY | |
| ENV 346 | HERPETOLOGY | |
ENV 355 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | |
ENV 390 can be used to satisfy an ENV elective with advisor approval.
Environmental Science majors and environmental studies majors cannot earn a minor in Environmental Science.
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