Environmental Science, minor

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Last updated: Apr 19, 2023
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Contact: Jim Yoder
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