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