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Division of Social Science


Environmental Studies

 

Environmental Studies Minor (27-31 Credits)

 

For more information, contact Professor Max Geier, or Professor Mark Henkels.

 

Core Courses (8 Credits)

  • HST 489 Enviornmental History (4)
  • BI 357 General Ecology (4) -OR- BI 370 Enviornmental Science (4)

 

Foundation Courses (13-14 Credits)

  • CH 371 Enviornmental Chemistry (3)
  • ES 473 Enviornmental Geology (4)

 

Choose Two: one course from any two disciplines (6-7)

  • COM 380 Enviornmental Communication (3)
  • GEOG 380 Enviornmental Conservation (4)
  • GEOG 392 Physical Geography (4)
  • GEOG 425 Urban Planning and Policy (4)
  • GEOG 480 Nature and the American West (4)
  • PHL 255 Enviornmental Ethics (3)
  • PS 447 Enviornmental Politics and Policy (3)
  • PS 499 Enviornmental Values and Political Action (3)
  • PS 477 International Enviornmental Politics (3)

 

Electives: Select two courses approved by minor adviser (6-9)

  • ANTH 311 Human Evolution (4)
  • BI 317 Vertebrate Natural History (4)
  • BI 321 Systematic Field Botany (4)
  • BI 331 General Microbiology (4)
  • BI 361 Marine Ecology (5)
  • BI 451 Invertebrate Zoology (5)
  • BI 453 Marine Vertebrates (4)
  • CH 310 Geochemistry (3)
  • CH 412 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3)
  • EC 436 Enviornmental Economics and Public Policy (4)
  • ES 322 Geomorphology and Aerial Photography Interpretation (4)
  • ES 331 Introduction to Oceanography (3)
  • ES 390 Basic Meteorology (3)
  • ES 431 Paleobiology (4)
  • ES 453 Geology of Pacific Northwest (4)
  • ES 454 Volcanology (3)
  • ES 460 Energy and Mineral Resources (3)
  • ES 476 Hydrology (3)
  • ES 492 GIS Applications in Earth Science (3)
  • GEOG 240 Map and Air Photo Interpretation (4)
  • GEOG 340 Cartography (4)
  • GEOG 341 Geographic Information Systems (4)
  • GEOG 385 Quantitative Methods in Geography (4)
  • GEOG 391 Biogeography (4)
  • GEOG 393 Soils (4)
  • GEOG 490 Climatology (4)
  • HST 407 Nuclear Landscapes (4)
  • HST 490 Wests of Early America (4)
  • HST 491 Western US: 20th Century Issues (4)
  • HST 492 Pacific Northwest History (4)
  • PS 409 Administrative Practicum (3-6)
  • PS 446 Land Resource Politics and Policy (3)
  • SOC 290 World Population and Social Structure (3)
  • SOC 328 Social Data Analysis (3)
  • SOC 350 Food and Hunger (3)
  • SOC 400 International Development (3)
Contact

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