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Environmental Science Minor

Minor Requirements

Required Courses (18-19 credits)

Lower Division Requirements (9-10 Credits)

ENV 101Introduction to Environmental Science

3.00
ENV 220/BIOL 220Introduction to Ecological Principles

3.00
Choose one of the following:
GEOG 117Meteorology/Climatology.

3.00
or
GEOL 101AExploring Planet Earth Lecture

3.00
GEOL 101LExploring Planet Earth Laboratory

1.00
Students must take GEOL 101A with GEOL 101L.

Upper Division Requirements - Group A (6 Credits)

Students must take 6 credits selected from the following courses.
ENV 345Environmental Regulations: History, Law, and Methods

3.00
ENV 480Geographic Information System for Environmental Management

4.00
ENV 494/BIOL 494/CHEM 484Environmental Science Colloquium

1.00
GEOL 333Principles of Geomorphology

4.00
GEOL 405Geology of the National Parks

3.00
NRES 304Principles of Hydrology

3.00
NRES 322Soils

3.00
NRES 360Environmental Instrumentation

4.00
NRES 467Regional and Global Issues in Environmental Sciences

3.00

Upper Division Requirements - Group B (3 Credits)

Students must take 3 credits selected from the following courses:
BIOL 408Bioremediation

3.00
BIOL 419Tropical Ecology

3.00
BIOL 433Ornithology

4.00
BIOL 462Microbial Ecology

3.00
BIOL 472Limnology

3.00
BIOL 472LLimnology Lab

1.00
NRES 432Advanced Environmental Toxicology

3.00

Students selecting the following courses to fulfill Area B are required to complete the associated laboratory.

 

Pre-requisites for this minor (11 Credits for non-STEM & Human Health Sciences Majors): BIOL 190A, BIOL 190L, BIOL 191A, BIOL 191L, and MATH 126.