Environmental Health and Sustainability Minor

An Environmental Health and Sustainability minor will provide you with the tools to evaluate the relationships between human health and the environment to support the health and resilience of your community. You will learn basic scientific tools to assess the source and quality of resources such as water, air, and food; the occurrence of natural hazards, and how human activities can contribute to sustainable systems.

Minor Pre-requisites (4 credits)

You must complete the following minimal pre-requisites for courses in this minor.
GEOL 101AExploring Planet Earth Lecture

3.00

GEOL 101LExploring Planet Earth Laboratory

1.00

Minor Requirements (19-21 credits)

CHEM 212Introduction to Chemical Pharmacology & Toxicology

3.00

ENV 345Environmental Regulations: History, Law, and Methods

3.00

ENV 480Geographic Information System for Environmental Management

4.00

Lower Division Requirements (3 credits)

Students must choose from the following courses to satisfy 3 credits of Lower Division courses.
ENV 101Introduction to Environmental Science

3.00

GEOG 117Meteorology/Climatology.

3.00

or

NRES 210Environmental Pollution

3.00

Geoscience Upper Division Electives (3-4 credits)

Students must choose from the following courses to satisfy 3-4 credits of Upper Division Geoscience Electives:
GEOL 333Principles of Geomorphology

4.00

NRES 304Principles of Hydrology

3.00

NRES 322Soils

3.00

NRES 360Environmental Instrumentation

4.00

or

NRES 467Regional and Global Issues in Environmental Sciences

3.00

Biology Upper Division Electives (3-4 credits)

Students must choose from the following courses to satisfy 3-4 credits of Upper Division Biology Electives:
BIOL 305Introduction to Conservation Biology

3.00

BIOL 321Marine Biology

3.00

BIOL 330Plant Biology

3.00

BIOL 330LPlant Biology Lab

1.00

BIOL 340Urban Agriculture

4.00

or

NRES 432Advanced Environmental Toxicology

3.00