The Environmental Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for a diverse set of academic endeavors and careers. It delivers the tradition of a liberal arts education with the rigor of the natural and social sciences, providing the introspection and artistic presentation of the humanities with the inquisitiveness that we share concerning our environment.
Degree Requirements
Required Course
3 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EVR3008 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (3)
Restricted Electives
18 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Take 6 hours from each section. The program will maintain a list of approved courses; substitutions require recommendation by an advisor and approval by the program director.
Fundamental Electives- Complete all of the following
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- EVR3085 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- ECP3302 - Economics and the Environment (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- WST4349 - Ecofeminism (3)
Science Electives- Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
- BCH4053 - Biochemistry I (3)
- BCH4054 - Biochemistry II (3)
- BOT3802 - Ethnobotany (3)
- BOT4713C - Plant Taxonomy (5)
- BSC4312C - Advanced Marine Biology (4)
- CHM3120 - Analytical Chemistry (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- OCE3008 - Oceanography (3)
- PCB3063 - Genetics (3)
- PCB3442 - Aquatic Ecology (3)
- PCB4683 - Evolutionary Biology (4)
- PCB4723 - Animal Physiology (4)
- PCB5326C - Ecosystems of Florida (5)
- ZOO4910L - Research Experience in Animal Behavior in a Zoo Environment (3)
- Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
- ANT3541 - Biobehavioral Anthropology (3)
- ECP3302 - Economics and the Environment (3)
- ECP4303 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3)
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- ENC4360 - Nature Writing (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- INR4351 - International Environmental Law (3)
- PAD3330 - Urban and Regional Planning (3)
- PAD4351 - Issues in Environmental Program Management (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI4400 - Philosophy of Science (3)
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- PHM4031 - Environmental Philosophy (3)
- PLA4554 - Environmental Law (3)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- PUP3204 - Sustainability (3)
- PUP4209 - Urban Environmental Policy (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
Grand Total Credits: 21