Environmental Science Minor

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Program Director: Dr. Jason Kelsey, Professor of Environmental Science
Professors: Borick, Gambino, Herrick, Klem, Niesenbaum, Wilson
Associate Professor: Iyengar
Lecturer: Tuerk

A minor in environmental science consists of seven courses.

Five Required Courses:

ESC 113 - Environmental Science I 1 course unit (or ESC 111 Topics in Environmental Science when approved by the program director)
ESC 114 - Environmental Science II 1 course unit
ESC 201 - Environmental Geology 1 course unit
( BIO 160 - Foundations of Biological Inquiry 1 course unit AND
BIO 165 - From Ecosystems to Organisms 1 course unit ) OR
( CHM 103 - General Chemistry I 1 course unit AND
CHM 104 - General Chemistry II 1 course unit ) (whichever is most applicable for intended advanced courses, below)

One or more of the following:

ESC 301 - Environmental Microbiology 1 course unit
ESC 310 - CUE: Environmental Chemistry 1 course unit
ESC 312 - CUE: Toxicology 1 course unit
Other science courses as approved

Note:

These courses carry prerequisites in biology or chemistry (described in catalog).

One or more of the following:

(note that some have prerequisites - students should consult the catalog).

BIO 242 - Entomology 1 course unit
BIO 255 - Ornithology 1 course unit
BIO 262 - Cultural & Economic Botany 1 course unit
BIO 265 - Behavior 1 course unit
BIO 268 - Freshwater Ecology 1 course unit
BIO 270 - Ecology 1 course unit
CHM 311 - Analytical Chemistry I 1 course unit
COM 336, 337 - Environmental Communication 1 course unit
ECN 245, 246 - Environmental Economics 1 course unit
HST 341 - Environmental History of the United States 1 course unit
HST 373 - Environmental History of Latin America 1 course unit
PHL 246 - Environmental Philosophy 1 course unit
PSC 216 - Environmental Politics & Policymaking 1 course unit
PSC 330, 331 - Comparative & International Environmental Policies 1 course unit
SUS 350 - Community Sustainability in Costa Rica 1 course unit
Other courses as approved

Additional Note:

Students are strongly encouraged to take MTH 119 Statistical Analysis or MTH 121 Calculus I to satisfy the reasoning requirement.