Environmental Science, minor

Semester Hours: 18-21

Required Courses (16-19 SH)

• BIOL 173 Concepts in Biology (4) 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 (2) 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 this list:

• 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