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Environmental Studies Minor

The requirements for a minor in Environmental Studies are:

20 credits (5 courses)

All students must take EnvSt 100s, Introduction to Environmental Studies

ENVST 100 Intro to Environmental Studies

and four additional courses, at the 200- or 300-level related to Environmental Studies (at least one at the 300 level). Two of these courses should be in the natural sciences (Group A), and two courses should be in the social sciences/humanities (Group B). Courses in the same department as the student’s major may not be counted towards the minor in Environmental Studies.

Group A

EnvSt 200 Environmental Science
EnvSt 344 Biogeochemistry of Northern Ecosystems
Biol 213 Ecology and Evolution
Biol 331 Advanced Ecology
Geol 203 Surface Processes
Geog 205 Mapping and Spatial Analysis
Geog/l 225 Evolution of North American Landscapes
Geol 240 Geological Resources and the Environment
Other*  

*Need approval from chair of department

Group B
(2 from different departments)

ArtH 290 Seminar : Mount Holyoke the Mountain
Econ 203 (or Polit 266) Environmental Economics
Geog 204 Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
Geog 219 Women and the Environment
Polit 266 (or Econ 203) Environmental Politics in America
Hist 256 Interpreting Nature
Hist 361 Environmental History: Nature & Industrialization in Britain 1780-1914
Phil 240 Nature/Culture/Values
Polit 256 The International Protection of the Environment
Res 242 Oil and Water Don't Mix: Geopolitics, Engergy and the Environment
Other*

 

*Need approval from chair of department.

Environmental Studies
Mount Holyoke College, Clapp 320
50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075-6419
Phone: 413-538-2278