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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 Requirements (18 credits)

ENV 101Introduction to Environmental Science

3.00

Lower Division Electives (6 credits)

Choose two of the following courses:

CHEM 212Introduction to Chemical Pharmacology & Toxicology

3.00

GEOG 117Meteorology/Climatology.

3.00

GEOL 101AExploring Planet Earth Lecture

3.00

GEOL 101LExploring Planet Earth Laboratory

1.00

NRES 210Environmental Pollution

3.00

Upper Division Science Electives (9 credits)

BIOL 461Global Health

4.00

ENV 345Environmental Regulations: History, Law, and Methods

3.00

ENV 433Water Resource Institutions, Management and Policy

3.00

ENV 480Geographic Information System for Environmental Management

4.00

NRES 432Advanced Environmental Toxicology

3.00

NRES 467Regional and Global Issues in Environmental Sciences

3.00

PBH 340Built Environmental and Health

3.00