Minor Requirements

Select two of the four core courses:

ENVIRSCI 112 (fall) Fundamentals of the Environment
ENVIRSCI 213 (fall) Introduction to Environmental Policy
ENVIRSCI 214 (spring) Principles of Environmental Biology (ENVIRSCI 112)
ENVIRSCI 315 (spring) Principles of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ENVIRSCI 214, organic chemistry)

Select one course from each concentration for a total of at least 15 credits:

Environmental Policy Concentration

ENVIRSCI 213 Introduction to Environmental Policy (if not used in Section One)
NRC 409 Natural Resource Policy and Administration (Juniors and Seniors)
POLISCI 280 Introduction to Public Policy
POLISCI 382 Environmental Policy
REGIONPL 558 Issues in Environmental Management
RES-ECON 263 Natural Resource Economics (course in microeconomics)
RES-ECON 471 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Natural Resource Programs (RES-ECON 102 or ECON 103)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Concentration

ENTOMOL 685 Analysis of Insecticidal Chemicals (organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics)
ENVIRSCI 315 Principles of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ENVIRSCI 214, organic chemistry) (if not used in Section One)
ENVIRSCI 504 Air Pollution and Climate Change Biology (BIOLOGY 100, 101, and a course in basic chemistry)
ENVIRSCI 515 Microbiology of Soils and Sediments (intro. biology, organic chemistry) course description listed under PLNTSOIL 515
ENVIRSCI 575 Environmental Soil Chemistry (CHEM 111, 112, PLNTSOIL 105)
ENVIRSCI 555 Environmental Toxicology in Context (introductory environmental toxicology)
EVNVIRSCI 585 Animal and Environmental Toxicology (organic chemistry)
GEO-SCI 519 Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry (CHEM 111, 112)
PLNTSOIL 597 Organic Contaminants in Soils, Waters, and Sediments (organic chemistry, general biochemistry)

Environmental Biology Concentration

BIOLOGY 421 Plant Ecology with Lab (intro. biology)
BIOLOGY 524 Coastal Plant Ecology (botany, ecology, oceanography recommended)
BIOLOGY 534 Biological Limnology (BIOLOGY 100)
ENVIRSCI 214 Principles of Environmental Biology (ENVIRSCI 112) (if not used in Section One)
MICROBIO 310/312 General Microbiology and Lab (CHEM 261)
PLNTSOIL 555 Environmental Stress and Plant Growth (plant physiology)

NOTE:

Up to 6 transfer credits may be allowed for academic work done elsewhere. Courses must be approved by an academic advisor.
A minimum grade of C is needed in each required course.
Substitutions permitted for ENVIRSCI 112 are: ENVIRSCI 101 or NRC 100.