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.
Additional courses may be added and will appear on the myKnight audit. Students are responsible for meeting prerequisites.
Up to 3 credit hours of internship of undergraduate research credit may be used with prior approval from the Interdisciplinary Studies advising office and program director.
Degree Requirements
Required Course
6 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EVR3008 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (3)
- EVR3021 - The Science of Sustainability (3)
Restricted Electives
15 Total Credits
Electives- Earn at least 15 credits from the following:
- ANT3541 - Biobehavioral Anthropology (3)
- ECP3302 - Economics and the Environment (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)
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- PUP3204 - Sustainability (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
- PCB3044 - Principles of Ecology (3)
- EVR3085 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- HSC4500 - Epidemiology (3)
- ANT4051 - Environmental Anthropology (3)
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- ANT3550C - Primatology (3)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- INR4054 - Global Politics of Energy (3)
- PHI3638 - Ethical Issues in the 21st Century (3)
- PHI3672 - Animal Ethics (3)
- PHI4400 - Philosophy of Science (3)
- PLA4554 - Environmental Law (3)
- SYO3408 - Animals and Health (3)
- BOT3015 - Principles of Plant Science (3)
- BOT3802 - Ethnobotany (3)
- BOT4223C - Plant Anatomy (4)
- BSC3052 - Conservation Biology (3)
- BSC3312 - Principles of Marine Biology (3)
- BSC4312C - Advanced Marine Biology (4)
- OCE3008 - Oceanography (3)
- ENY3571 - Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping (3)
- PCB3023 - Molecular Cell Biology (3)
- PCB3063 - Genetics (3)
- PCB3442 - Aquatic Ecology (3)
- PCB4683 - Evolutionary Biology (4)
- ZOO4462C - Herpetology (4)
- ZOO4480 - Mammalogy (4)
- ZOO4513 - Animal Behavior (3)
- ZOO4910L - Research Experience in Animal Behavior in a Zoo Environment (3)
- PAD4331 - Land Use and Planning (3)
Grand Total Credits: 21
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 21
Other Requirements
- A grade of "C" or above (2.0) is required in each course used to satisfy the minor.
- 18 credit hours must be upper-level.
- At least 15 credit hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF.
- Courses taken at Florida College System institutions do not substitute for upper division courses.
- Courses transferred must be formally evaluated for equivalency credit.
- No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
