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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Studies Minor

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The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences allows one grade waiver at any level of major or minor requirements.

Students majoring in Environmental Science may not also minor in Environmental Studies.

Minor Requirements (18 semester hours):

18 semester hours including:

ENS 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENS 101L - Environmental Science Laboratory 1 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 216 - Ethics 3 Credit Hour(s) or
PHI 217 - Bioethics 3 Credit Hour(s) or
PHI 218 - Ethics in Professional Life 3 Credit Hour(s)

At least 11 hours from the following:

BIO 124 - Biology II 4 Credit Hour(s)
BIO 335 - Plant Development and Anatomy 4 Credit Hour(s)
CHM 111 - General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hour(s)
CHM 112 - General Chemistry II 4 Credit Hour(s)
ENS 310 - Soils 4 Credit Hour(s)
ENS 315 - Climate 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENS 334 - Ecology 4 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 101 - Physical Geology 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 101L - Laboratory Studies in Physical Geology 1 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 305 - Regional Field Geology 1-2 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 306 - Regional Field Geology 1-2 Credit Hour(s)
WSS 300 - Field Methods in Watershed Science 2 Credit Hour(s)