Environmental Studies Minor

Required Courses: (6 Hours)

The following courses are required

• ST 200 - Intro to Science and Technology Studies Min Units: 3
• ENV 200 - Intro to Environmental Studies Min Units: 3

STS Course (3 Hours)

One of the following STS courses is required

• ST 310 - Social Studies of Science and Technology Min Units: 3
• ST 320 - Philosophy of Science Min Units: 3
• ST 330 - Language, Rhetoric, and Science Min Units: 3

Environmentally-Focused Lab Science Course (4-5 Hours)

One of the following courses is required

• NW 225-ENV - Environmental Science Min Units: 5
• BI 230 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Fundamentals Min Units: 4
• NW 201-BI - Environmental Biology Min Units: 5
• NW 205-BI - Urban Ecology: Exploring and Enhancing the Urban Environment of Indianapolis Min Units: 5
• NW 207-BI - Ecology and the Natural Environment Min Units: 5
• NW 260-COE - Earth Systems Science Min Units: 5
• NW 261-BI - Food: Pasture, Table, Body, and Mind Min Units: 5
• NW 265-ENV - Weather, Climate, and Society Min Units: 5
• BI 417 - Tropical Terrestrial Biology Min Units: 4
• BI 418 - Advanced Ecology Min Units: 4
• BI 446 - Ecosystem Ecology Min Units: 4

Elective Courses (9 Hours)

An additional 9 hours of environmental studies elective courses are required.  The following courses may be used as electives:

• ENV courses not already being used to satisfy the above requirements
• Courses from other departments that bear the ENV designation which are not already used to satisfy the above requirements.

At least 6 hours must be at the 300 level or above.  No more than one of the research methods courses PS 210 , PS 211 , and SO 393  may count toward this requirement.