If you’re interested in pursuing an Environmental Studies minor, please contact the coordinator at Barton@maine.edu.
Required courses (five courses worth 20 credits) and an experience
1. At least two courses in Natural Sciences from the list below
2. At least two courses in Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts, Psychology, Social Sciences and Business, and Rehabilitation and Community Health from the list below.
3. One additional elective course from the lists below.
4. Participation in service, internship, research, creative work, or research related to the environment, during the academic year or summer. This experience can be satisfied and documented in a variety of ways, and should be arranged with your advisor and the coordinator.
Notes:
1. At least two courses must be at the 200-level or higher
2. No more than 8 credits in a student’s major may be counted toward these course requirements
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COURSES
Natural Sciences: Two of the following:
BIO 110N |
Introductory Biology (sections with an environmental focus) |
4 |
BIO 276 |
Environmental Biology |
4 |
BIO 294 |
Forest Ecology & Conservation |
4 |
BIO 321/INT 221 |
Tropical Island Ecology |
4 |
BIO 353 |
Conservation Biology |
4 |
BIO 383 |
Aquatic Biology |
4 |
BIO 391 |
Entomology |
4 |
CHY 110N |
Elementary Chemistry (sections with an environmental focus) |
4 |
ENV 110N |
Introductory Environmental Science |
4 |
ENV 257 |
Soil Science |
4 |
ENV 276 |
Environmental Microbiology |
4 |
ENV 384 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
4 |
GEY 101N |
Environmental Geoscience |
4 |
GEY 103N |
The Earth System |
4 |
GEY 104N |
Oceans: Ancient and Modern |
4 |
GEY 203 |
Surficial Processes |
4 |
GEY 301 |
Terrain Analysis |
4 |
GEY 303 |
Climate Change |
4 |
GEY 304 |
Geochemistry |
4 |
GEY 356 |
Hydrology |
4 |
INT 221 |
Tropical Island Ecology |
4 |
PHY 110N |
Elementary Physics (sections with an environmental focus) |
4 |
PHY 116 |
Energy, Physics, and the Environment |
4 |
Art; Community Health & Recreation; Social Sciences; Humanities; Sound, Performance, and Visual Inquiry:
Two of the following:
ART 115A |
Drawing I: Drawing Outdoors |
4 |
ANT 240S |
Cultural Ecology |
4 |
ANT 265S |
Climate Change and Society |
4 |
ANT 300 |
Food and Culture |
4 |
BUS 101S |
Business, Society and Sustainability |
4 |
ECO 228 |
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
4 |
ENG 220 |
Nature Writing |
4 |
ENG 272H |
American Texts and Contexts (offerings with a focus on the environment) |
4 |
ENG 362 |
American Environmental Writing |
4 |
EPP/GEO 131S |
Conservation and Environment |
4 |
EPP/GEO 231S |
Environmental Issues |
4 |
EPP/GEO 304 |
Environmental GIS |
4 |
EPP/GEO 310 |
Sustainable Development |
4 |
EPP/GEO 320 |
Environment, Economy, Society |
4 |
EPP 331 |
Nature and Society |
4 |
EPP/GEO 340 |
Sustainable Land Use |
4 |
GEO 104S |
Global Transformations (sections with an environmental focus) |
4 |
GEO 334 |
Political Ecology |
4 |
GEO 337 |
Environmental Regulations |
4 |
GEO 338 |
Forestry Management & Practice |
4 |
HEA 210 |
Environmental Health |
4 |
HEA 245 |
Nutrition and Ecological Concerns |
4 |
PHI 111H |
Environmental Philosophy |
4 |
POS 320 |
Environmental Politics |
4 |