Minor in Environmental Science
Contact Person:
Stacy Rosenberg, Department of Politics & Environmental Studies Program
249 MacVicar, (315) 267-2963, rosenbsr@potsdam.edu
20-24 semesters hours required.
Designed primarily for science majors. Some of the following courses have cognate requirements, so the student should check the individual course listing under its department for these prerequisites. A grade of 2.0 or better must be achieved in all courses.
All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:
| Credits | ||
| Sciences | 12-13 | |
| Four of the following, each from a different department: | ||
| BIOL 300 | Ecology (3-4) | |
| BIOL 350 |
Biotic Communities of South Florida |
|
| CHEM 311 | Quantitative Analysis (4) | |
| GEOL 405 |
Structural Geology (4) |
|
| GEOL 407 |
Geophysics (4) |
|
| GEOL 421 | Environmental Geology Problems |
|
| PHYS 325 |
Energy and the Environment |
|
| PHYS 330 | Meteorology |
|
| And other courses to be listed. |
||
Social Sciences and Humanities |
6-7 |
|
| ENVR 110 |
Introduction to Environmental Studies |
|
One of the following: |
||
| ECON 320 | Economy and the Environment |
|
| ENVR 395 |
Environmental Issues |
|
| HLTH 300 | Environmental Heath |
|
| HIST 395 |
African Environmental History |
|
| HIST 453 |
Nature in American History |
|
| HIST 454 |
Energy in American History |
|
| LITR 351 |
Nature and Literature |
|
| PHIL 330 |
Environmental Ethics |
|
| POLS 324 | Natural Resource Policy (4) |
|
| POLS 344 | Global Climate Change (4) |
|
| POLS 355 |
Politics and the Environment (4) |
|
| POLS 395 | Water Policy (4) |
|
| SOCI 340 |
Environment and Society |
|
| And other courses to be listed. | ||
Skills |
2-4 |
|
| One from the following: | ||
| COMP 304 |
Technical Writing, Prereq: COMP 201 (4) |
|
| GEOL 340 |
Geographic Information Systems (4) |
|
| WILD 170 |
Rock Climbing (2) |
|
| WILD 175 | Ice Climbing (2) | |
| WILD 240 | Backpacking (2) | |