Environmental Science / Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 19

To be admitted to the minor in Environmental Science, the applicant needs either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for matriculated students or a composite ACT score of 21 for first-year students. Minors need not take Calculus I to be admitted to the minor.

A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in the sequence.

Environmental Science minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class. 

 

Minor Requirements

Minor: ENVS

I. Required Courses (7)

 

BIOL-23300	Principles of Environmental Science	4
BIOL-37500	Issues in Environmental Science	3

II. Electives (12)

Choose at least 12 hours from this list.  At least 3 credit hours must be upper-division coursework.

BIOL-22200	Earth Science	4
BIOL-24300	Principles of Sustainability	4
BIOL-29800	Field Biology	2
BIOL-31200	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
BIOL-31500	General Ecology and Evolution	3
BIOL-31600	General Ecology Lab	1
BIOL-32200	Environmental Microbiology	2
BIOL-32300	Environmental Microbiology Lab	1
BIOL-36300	Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking	3
BIOL-37300	Renewable Energy Technologies	4
BIOL-39300	Green Building & LEED Rating Systems	3
BIOL-41600	Conservation Biology	3
BIOL-41700	Conservation Biology Lab	1
BIOL-41800	Limnology	3
BIOL-41900	Limnology Lab	1