This is a joint minor with the O’Neill School and the College of Arts + Sciences. With a minor in Environmental Science through the O’Neill School, you will study the environment and look for solutions to pressing environmental problems.
Joint minor with O'Neill and College of Arts and Sciences.
Requirements (Five courses)
A GPA of at least 2.000 is required, with no course grade lower than C–. In fulfilling the below requirements, students must also meet all other College requirements for minors. It is recommended that students have taken MATH-M 119 or higher and CHEM-C 117 or higher (or equivalents).
1. Introductory Course. One (1) course from the Introductory Course list.
- GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
2. Electives. Four (4) additional courses from the Environmental Science Electives list; at least three must be at the 300-400 level.
- BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants (4 cr.)
- BIOL-B 371 Ecological Plant Physiology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 307 Biodiversity (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 311 Genetics (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 318 Evolution (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 319 Genetics Laboratory (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 326 Biodiverse City (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 328 Disease Ecology and Evolution (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds (4 cr.)
- BIOL-L 402 Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 472 Microbial Ecology (3 cr.
- BIOL-L 473 Ecology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
- BIOL-M 250 Microbiology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-M 315 Microbiology Laboratory (2 cr.)
- BIOL-M 465 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (3 cr.)
- BIOL-Z 373 Entomology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
- BIOL-Z 375 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory (2 cr.)
- BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology (5 cr.)
- BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes (3 cr.)
- CHEM-A 314 Biological and Environmental Chemical Analysis (2 cr.)
- CHEM-A 315 Chemical Measurements Laboratory (2 cr.)
- CHEM-A 316 Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.)
- CHEM-C 317 Equilibria and Electrochemistry (2 cr.)
- CHEM-C 318 Spectrochemistry and Separations (2 cr.)
- EAS-A 339 Weather Analysis and Forecasting (3 cr.)
- EAS-A 340/GEOG-G 304 Physical Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
- EAS-A 347 Atmospheric Instrumentation (3 cr.)
- EAS-A 364 Dynamic Meteorology I (3 cr.)
- EAS-A 437 Advanced Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
- EAS-A 476 Climate Change Science (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 225 Earth Materials (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 226 Earth Processes (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 227 Earth Climate and History (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 316 Mineral Resources (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 333 Sedimentary and Tectonic Processes (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3-4 cr.)
- EAS-E 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 351 Elements of Hydrology (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 406 Introduction to Geochemistry (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 411 Invertebrate Paleontology (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 412 Vertebrate Paleontology (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 415 Principles of Geomorphology (3-4 cr.)
- EAS-E 423 Methods in Applied Geophysics (3-4 cr.)
- EAS-E 435 Glacial and Quaternary Geology (3 cr.)
- EAS-E 444 Methods in Analytical Geochemistry (1-2cr.)
- EAS-E 451 Principles of Hydrogeology (2-4 cr.)
- EAS-X 420 Regional Geology Field Trip (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science (3 cr.) or SPEA-E 418 Vector-based GIS (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science and Politics (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 436 Advanced Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
- GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 451 Water Resources (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics (3 cr.)
- GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 260 Introduction to Water Resources (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology ((3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 375 Techniques in Environmental Science (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPEA-E 402 Water Quality Monitoring (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (R: any organismal biology course)
- SPEA-E 417 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 426 Applied Math for Environmental Science (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 429 Application of GIS (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 418)
- SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management (4 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
- SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis—Terrestrial (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis—Aquatic (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 444 Hazardous Materials (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 450 Soil Science and Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 455 Limnology (4 cr.)
- SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 461 Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 464 Organic Pollutants: Environmental Chemistry and Fate (3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 470 Elements of Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)
Up to six (6) credit hours (combined total) of any of the following:
- BIOL-X 490 Individual Study (1-12 cr.)
- EAS-X 498 Undergraduate Research in Geology (1-6 cr.)
- GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (1-3 cr.)
- SPEA-E 490 Directed Research in Environmental Science (1-4 cr.)
Or other courses approved by the BSES program director.