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The minor in Environmental Science is intended for students from related majors who wish to increase their awareness and understanding of the nature of environmental concerns and decision making. It is structured to expose students to the various perspectives of the field. A minor in Environmental Science can be earned by completing two core courses plus at least three courses selected from the concentration areas—Environmental Policy, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and Environmental Biology—for a minimum of 15 credits.

1) Select two of the core courses:
101 Introductory Environmental Biology or NRC 100 Environment and Society
213 Introduction to Environmental Policy
214 Principles of Environmental Biology
315 Principles of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

2) Select three courses from each concentration:

A) Environmental Policy
ENVIRSCI 213 (if not already chosen as a core course)
NRC 409 Natural Resources Policy and Administration
POLISCI 280 Public Policy
POLISCI 382 Environmental Policy
RES-ECON 263 Natural Resources Economics
RES-ECON 471 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Natural Resource Programs

B) Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
ENVIRSCI 315 (if not already chosen as a core course)
ENVIRSCI 504 Air Pollution and Climate Change Biology
ENVIRSCI 515 Microbiology of Soil
ENVIRSCI 530 Aquatic Toxicology
ENVIRSCI 535 Methods in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
ENVIRSCI 555 Environmental Toxicology in Context
ENVIRSCI 575 Environmental Soil Chemistry
ENVIRSCI 585 Animal and Environmental Toxicology
GEO-SCI 519 Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry
PLNTSOIL 597O Organic Contaminants in Soils, Waters, and Sediments

C) Environmental Biology
ENVIRSCI 214 (if not already chosen as a core course)
BIOLOGY 421 Plant Ecology
MICROBIO 310/312 General Microbiology/Lab
MICROBIO 390E Microbial Ecology
PLNTSOIL 555 Urban Plant Biology