Environmental Studies Minor

Program Requirements for Environmental Studies Minor (18 credits)

All EVST minors must take each of the following (2 courses, 6 credits)

EVST 101	Introduction to Environmental Studies	3
EVST 200	Climate Change	3

They must also take one course from 4 of the 5 following categories 4 courses 12 credits

*These may double-count with core classes.

Scientific Knowledge

BIOL 110	Principles of Biology	3
CHEM 112A	ST: Chemistry in Our World	3
ENVS 109	Technology, Environment and Society	3
ENVS 210	Water: The Essential Ingredient	3
ENVS 215	Resource Conservation I	3
ENVS 399A	ST: Science of the Lackawanna River	3
ENVS 420	Ecology	3

Moral Issues and Ethical Frameworks

PHIL 328	Environmental Ethics	3
PHIL 415	Climate Justice	3
PHIL 450T	ST: Intergenerational Justice	3
PHIL 340	Animal Ethics	3
PHIL 450AA	ST: Food, Envrn, Glbl Clmt Chnge	3

Public Policy and Government

ENVS 340	Environmental Law	3
ENVS 345	Environmental Management and Policy	3
HIST 401	Labor/Industrialization in America	3
SOC 470B	Environmental Crime & Justice	3

Students must also take Animals in Modern History and African Environmental History (course numbers to be determined).

Effective Communication and Advocacy

ART 416	Social Impact Design	3
ENGL 425	Rhetoric and Persuasion	3
ENGL 440	Creating Digital Content	3
ENGL 483	Social Justice and Rhetoric	3
ENGL 484	Political Writing and Rhetoric	3
ENGL 486	Environmental Writing	3

Connection to the Natural World

ART 490B	Green Piece: Art and Nature in America	3
ENGL 331	Environmental Literature	3
ENGL 349	Nature Studies	3
ENGL 356	Rural Literature	3
RST 240	Sprt/Ntre: Rlgs Dmnsns of Envr	3