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Climate Studies

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Climate Studies

The climate studies minor includes 20 credits and invites students to focus specifically on the topic of climate change through a diverse range of disciplinary lenses. Climate studies and seeking to understand and craft solutions to the global climate crisis, is a quintessentially interdisciplinary field that complements any existing major of study or future career.

No more than 4 credits may count toward another major or minor.

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Required Courses (6 credits)

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ENVR 150Introduction to Environmental Studies4 Credits
ENVR 306Global Climate Change Policy2 Credits

Natural Sciences (choose 4 credits)

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
INTG 278AEnergy and the Environment4 Credits
ENVR 331Science of Climate Changes4 Credits
CHEM 343Climate and Habitat Change2 Credits
CHEM 344AEnv. Chemistry (Atmosphere)2 Credits
CHEM 344BEnv. Chemistry (Hydrosphere & Lithosphere)2 Credits

Social Sciences (choose 4 credits)

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ENVR 303Climate Action Workshop4 Credits
ENVR 377AEnergy and Society4 Credits

Integrated Learning (choose 2 credits)

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ENVR 305United Nations Climate Change Conference2 Credits
ENVR 371Climate Studies Capstone-Independent Learning Project2 Credits

Electives (choose 4 credits)

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 218Intro to Computer Art4 Credits
CHEM 343Climate & Habitat Change2 Credits
CHEM 344AEnv. Chemistry (Atmosphere)2 Credits
CHEM 344BEnv. Chemistry (Hydrosphere & Lithosphere)4 Credits
CHEM 346Nanomaterials2 Credits
CHEM 354Sustainable Energy2 Credits
COMM 378AEnvironmental Rhetoric1 Credit
ECON 318Natural Resources and Environmental Economics4 Credits
EDUC 323Elementary Science Content4 Credits
ENVR 300DWorld Literature of Climate Change4 Credits
ENVR 300QEnvironmental Health4 Credits
ENVR 300TSustainable Agriculture Science4 Credits
ENVR 303Climate Action Workshop4 Credits
ENVR 305United Nations Climate Change Conference2 Credits
ENVR 315American Environmental Literature4 Credits
ENVR 327Gender & Environment4 Credits
ENVR 331Science of Climate Changes4 Credits
ENVR 377AEnergy and Society4 Credits
GBUS 368Sustainable Business4 Credits
INTG 278AEnergy and the Environment4 Credits
NUTR 240Food Systems: Policy and Controversies2 Credits
NUTR 326Global Malnutrition and Disease4 Credits
PCST 354Global Environmental Politics4 Credits
POLS 330Environmental Politics and Policy4 Credits
POLS 350ASustainable Urban Planning4 Credits
SOCI 349Environmental Anthropology4 Credits