Minor in Environmental Science and Studies

The Minor is designed for students wishing to remain in another discipline, but who have an interest in the environmental field as an area of application. It provides a basic grounding in the principles and methods of environmental science and/or studies. Students may, if they wish, focus on the science aspects or the studies aspects. Students in the Minor in Environmental Science and Studies must take two core courses designed to give them a grounding in the scientific and societal dimensions of environmental issues and problems, and the tools for their solution:

ENST 201 Introduction to Environment and Society
ENST 202 Introduction to Environmental Sciences

In addition, students must take three courses (at least one at the 400 level) from the following list:

ENST 111 Physical Geology for Science Majors
ENST 213 Earth's Dynamic Systems
ENST 222 Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sciences
ENST 253 Introduction to Atmospheric Processes
ENST 254 International Environmental Politics
ENST 305 Data Analysis and Visualization of Social and Environmental Interactions
ENST 307 Energy and Material Flows in the Environment and Society
ENST 308 Environmental History
ENST 309 Environmental Values and Valuation
ENST 312 Risk-Based International Environmental Decisions
ENST 368 Environmental Ethics
ENST 404 Biodiversity of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
ENST 410 Earth Processes in Environmental Systems
ENST 411 Oceanic Processes in Environmental Systems
ENST 415 Environmental Systems Modeling
ENST 450 Biogeochemical Processes
ENVR 470 Environmental Risk Assessment
ENST 489 Ecological Processes in Environmental Systems
ENST 490 Atmospheric Processes in Environmental Systems
ENST 490 Special Topics in Environmental Sciences and Studies
ENST 675 Environmental Communication

Students should see an ENST advisor for a larger listing of potential courses. Depending on the courses selected, the minor would require between 17 and 20 hours.

Information about the Minor in Marine Sciences and the Minor in Urban Studies and Planning is available by following the hyperlinks to their respective departmental pages.