Environmental Science Minor
Semester Hours: 18-21
Required Courses (16-19 SH)
- BIOL 173 Concepts in Biology - OR ENVS 145 Environmental Science - 2
- BIOL 174 Concepts in Biology Seminar (taken concurrently with BIOL 173) -1
- CHEM 223 General Chemistry - 4 OR CHEM 155 Matter and Energy - 3
- *ENVS 325 Environmental Ethics OR *ENVS 365 Environmental Risk Assessment and Policy - 2
- *ENVS 385 Conservation Biology - 4
- ENVS 430 Environmental Sustainability Capstone - 2
- SOC 245 Environment and Society - 3
Electives (2-5 SH)
Choose from the following:
- BIOL 235 Ecology-Adaptation and Environment - 4
- *BIOL 358 Natural History of the Shenandoah Valley - 4
- *BIOL 368 Blue Ridge Botany - 2
- *BIOL 388 Entomology - 3
- *BIOL 465 Topics in Advanced Ecology - 2
- *CHEM 285 Environmental Chemistry - 4
- *CHEM 305 Alternative Energy - 2
- ENVS 135 Earth Science - 2
- *ENVS 205 Environmental Applications of GIS - 3
- *ENVS 235 Sustainable Food Systems - 2
* indicates the course is offered in alternate years