2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Environmental Studies Minor
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Students enrolled in an environmental studies major will explore multiple dimensions on human-environmental interactions: sociocultural, scientific, technological, political, and economic. They will also develop an understanding of sustainability concepts, acquire experience in interdisciplinary collaboration, and become familiar with basic field research focused on local environmental issues.
Requirements for a Minor in Environmental Studies
The environmental studies minor will require a minimum of 21 credit hours including the following courses.
A. ENS 201 (3 credits)
B. One course from each of the following categories (9 credits)
Sociocultural Perspectives on Environment
- ANT 340 - Culture and Environment (3 credits)
- BIO 338 - Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
- ENG 382 - Literature and the Environment (3 credits)
- ENS 311 - To Bee or Not to Bee; Honey Bees and Social Impact (3 credits)
- GPY 220 - Cultural Geography (3 credits)
- GPY 362 - Farmers, Crops, and Our Challenging Agricultural World (3 credits)
- GPY 363 - World Forests and Their Use (3 credits)
- GPY 410 - Landscape Analysis and Green Infrastructure (3 credits)
- HST 320 - American Indians (3 credits)
- HST 323 - Michigan History (3 credits)
- HST 327 - History of United States Urban Society (3 credits)
- LIB 322 - Wicked Problems of Sustainability (3 credits)
- LIB 330 - The Idea of Nature (3 credits)
- PSY 362 - Environmental Psychology (3 credits)
- SOC 288 - Sociology of Food (3 credits)
- SOC 351 - Urban Sociology (3 credits)
- SW 150 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (3 credits)
- WGS 335 - Women, Health and Environment (3 credits)
Physical Life Science Perspectives on Environment
- BIO 105 - Environmental Science (3 credits)
- BIO 107 - Great Lakes and Other Water Resources (4 credits)
- BIO 215 - Ecology (4 credits)
- BIO 470 - Conservation Biology (3 credits)
- EGR 360 - Thermodynamics (4 credits)
- GEO 100 - Environmental Geology (3 credits)
- GEO 105 - Living with the Great Lakes (3 credits)
- GEO 111 - Exploring the Earth (4 credits)
- GEO 300 - Geology and the Environment (3 credits)
- GPY 100 - Physical and Environmental Geography (3 credits)
- GPY 412 - Global Climate and Environmental Change (3 credits)
- NRM 330 - Environmental Pollution (3 credits)
- OSH 414 - Environmental Safety and Health Regulations (3 credits)
Political and Economic Perspectives on Environment
- BIO 319 - Global Agricultural Sustainability (3 credits)
- ECO 345 - Environmental and Resource Economics (3 credits)
- EGR 306 - Urban Sustainability (3 credits)
- EGR 406 - Renewable Energy Systems: Structure, Policy, and Analysis (3 credits)
- ENS 392 - Sustainable Agriculture: Ideas and Techniques (3 credits)
- GPY 312 - Urban and Regional Environmental Planning (3 credits)
- GPY 324 - Urbanization (3 credits)
- GPY 335 - Globalization and Development (3 credits)
- GPY 345 - The Geography and Land Use Management of Michigan and the Great Lakes Area (3 credits)
- GPY 353 - Geography of the United States and Canada (3 credits)
- GPY 361 - People, Environment, and Development in the Amazon (3 credits)
- HTM 175 - International Food and Culture (3 credits)
- HTM 268 - Adventure Tourism (3 credits)
- NRM 150 - Introduction to Natural Resources (3 credits)
- NRM 420 - Wildland Recreation Management (3 credits)
- NRM 451 - Natural Resource Policy (3 credits)
- PA 307 - Local Politics and Administration (3 credits)
- PA 360 - Voluntarism and the Nonprofit Sector (3 credits)
- PLS 303 - Introduction to U.S. Environmental Policy (3 credits)
- PLS 314 - International Law (3 credits)
C. Electives (6 credits)
Any two upper-level electives (300 or above) from two different disciplines from the list of all environmental studies electives (socio-cultural, physical and life science, and political and economic) listed previously. ENS 490 - Internship in Environmental Studies (1 to 5 credits) (up to 5 credit hours) can be taken as one of the two upper-level electives.