Curriculum (courses and
requirements)
for the Environmental Studies Minor
Last updated April 2008
21 credit hours total --
I. Required Courses (6 credit hours)
ENVS 2010 The Natural Environment in Appalachia
OR . . .
ENVH 3010 Human Ecology and Environmental Education
AND . . .
ENVS 4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies
(prerequisites: At least 12 credits in environmental studies approved
coursework)
II. Electives (15 credit hours)
A. Science courses (choose at least two courses from here)
BIOL 1010/11 Biology for Non-majors I (or BIOL 1110/11 for Biology for Science Majors I)
(4 cr hours)
BIOL 4047 Ecology Field Trip
(prerequisites: BIOL 1110/11. BIOL 1120/21, BIOL 1130/31 or equivalent;
and permission of instructor)
BIOL 4247 Flora of the
(prerequisites: BIOL 1110/11. BIOL 1120/21, BIOL
1130/31 or equivalent; and permission of instructor)
BIOL 4737 Conservation Biology
(prerequisites: BIOL 3100 or equivalent)
ENVH 3400 Introduction to Air Pollution
w ENVH 4000 Public Health Law
GEOG 3040 Conservation of Natural Resources
GEOG 3120 Introduction to Geography of Southern Appalachia
GEOL 2040 Earth System and Global Change
GEOL 2050 Earth Resources
GEOL 3481 Environmental Geology
(prerequisite: GEOL
1040 or permission of instructor)
SCED 4020 Wildlife Conservation
(prerequisites: 8 credits science)
B. Humanities / social science courses (Choose at least two courses from here)
ANTH 3250
Environmental Anthropology
w #ENGL
3040 Literary Nonfiction [Environmental Focus]
w ENGL 3050 Literature and the
Environment
GEOL 2060 Introduction to Natural
Hazards and Society
w MGMT 4657 Strategic Environmental Management in
Business
(prerequisites: MGMT 3000 or permission of instructor)
MGMT 4667 Environmental Law for Business
(prerequisites: MGMT 3000, or MGMT 5020, or equivalent)
PHIL 3140 Environmental Philosophy
(prerequisites: Two
PHIL courses at the 1000-2000 level or permission of the instructor)
PHIL 3160 Native American Thinking
(prerequisite: One
PHIL course at the 2000 level or permission of the instructor)
PSCI 4450 Appalachian Politics
(offered only in
presummer sessions)
PSYC 3500 Ecopsychology: The
Nature-Human Relationship
(prerequisite: PSYC
1310 or permission of instructor)
x SALM 3110 Intepretation of
Cultural and Natural Resources
SALM 3130 Natural Resource Management
SALM 3150
Regional Outdoor Leadership and Service
x #SRVL
1020 Introduction to Service-Learning in the Community [Environmental
Focus]
C. Choose an addition 3 credits from either I or II, above.
III. Guided Electives with Permission
The following courses may count towards the "guided electives" categories, above, only with permission of the Director of the Environmental Studies minor.
A. Science courses
*ENVH 3040 Environmental Sanitation
B. Humanities/ social science courses:
*HIST 4167 History of Southern Appalachia
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Notes
w = writing-intensive course
x = writing- and oral-
intensive.
# ENGL 3040 and SRVL 1020 (both under section II.B., below) count toward
an Environmental Studies Minor only when the course is taught with a special
topic in an environmental issue.
All course listed here are 3 credit hours except for BIOL 1010/11 & 1110/11
Students may substitute some coursework with an environmental focus, with the permission of the ENVS Committee. Students should submit such requests to the Director and include syllabi and other supporting material.