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Global Environmental Studies (Minor)

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International and Area Studies Undergrad Minor MIN

Title

Global Environmental Issues

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to articulate the cultural and scientific underpinnings of prevailing global environmental issues and evaluate policy proposals.

Title

Critical Reasoning

Learning Outcome

Students will understand principles of cause and effect and be able to synthesize key findings from academic research on environmental issues from multiple disciplines.

Title

Scientific Principles and Methods

Learning Outcome

Students will effectively use the scientific method to interpret data from experimental observations and communicate discoveries in written and verbal formats.

Title

The Environment and Culture

Learning Outcome

Students will develop competencies to work sensitively across cultural contexts in order to find local cultural solutions to environmental challenges.

Title

Environmental Stewardship and Civic Involvement

Learning Outcome

Students will foster and promote environmental stewardship within their own communities.

Program Requirements

Note: A maximum of 3 credit hours can double count toward any major. Some courses may also fulfill GE requirements. Some optional courses to complete the major may have prerequisites.

Requirement 1 —Complete 3 hours

Introduction

course - Intro to Global Enviro Studies 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 9 hours

Disciplinary Foundations

Requirement 2.1 —Complete up to 6 hours

SCIENCE COURSES

course - Field Botany 3.0

course - Ecology 3.0

course - Intro Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0

course - Global Environment 3.0

course - Biogeography 3.0

course - Landscape Ecology 3.0

course - Climate & the Earth System 3.0

course - Introduction to Geology 3.0

course - Environmental Health 3.0

course - Energy, Climate, Environment 3.0

course - Environmental Biology 3.0

course - Global Climate Change 3.0

course - Trees 3.0

course - Soil Science 3.0

course - Sustainable Plant Systems 3.0

course - Rangeland Ecology 3.0

course - Intl Agricultural Development 3.0

Requirement 2.2 —Complete up to 6 hours

THE HUMAN DIMENSION COURSES

course - Bioethics 2.0

course - Travel Writing 3.0

course - American Regional Literature - You may take once 3.0

course - Landscapes of Disaster 3.0

course - Geography & World Affairs 3.0

course - Nature & History 3.0

course - American West Since 1900 3.0

course - Sophomore Seminar in Interdisciplinary Humanities - You may take once 3.0

course - Pol of Wilds, Parks, & Lands 3.0

course - Aquatic Policies & Laws 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 3 hours

Elective Course. A course taken on this list cannot be used to meet requirement 2. As the topics of these courses are variable, students should approve the section topic of these courses with the program director before enrollment.

course - Plant Classif. & Identif. 4.0

course - Entomology 3.0

course - Capstone in Biodiversity & Con 3.0

course - Marine Biology 4.0

course - Plant Ecology 3.0

course - Sustainable Infrastructure 2.0

course - Environmental Engineering Proc 3.0

course - Ch En - Health, Safety, Envir 3.0

course - Energy Engineering 3.0

course - Natrl Resources & Envir Econ 3.0

course - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Intro to GIS 3.0

course - Geog of Climates 3.0

course - Global Conservatn Designations 3.0

course - Planning for Unique Lands 2.0

course - Geomorphology 3.0

course - Environmental Soil Chemistry 3.0

course - Seminar in the Humanities - You may take once 3.0

course - Thermodynamics 3.0

course - Environmental Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Environmental Chemistry Lab 2.0

course - Forest Management & Ecology 3.0

course - Environmental Capstone 3.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 3 hours

Capstone. Prior to taking this course, students are recommended to take at least one 300-level course or higher among the options in requirement 2 or 3.

course - Global Enviro Studies Capstone 3.0