Description

The Environmental Science minor allows students to connect the topics from their major to the compelling, contemporary issues that connect humans to the environment. The minor includes courses in all academic units to provide links between disciplines and to provide a foundation for analysis of environmental issues.

Requirements

To complete the ES minor, students must complete 15 credit hours by taking three of the ES Core courses earning 9 Cr with a C- or better grade in each course. Students must then complete two additional elective courses with a C- or better from the approved list. A student may not major and minor in Environmental Science.

Required Courses Select three courses (9 Cr) from the Environmental Science Core Course list.

ES 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
ES 200 Climate Change and Sustainability
ES 300 Energy and the Environment
ES 400 Analysis of Environmental Issues

Elective Courses (6 credit hours)

Choose two (2) courses from one or any of the groups listed below. Course substitutions may be made with minor advisor approval.

Group I - Biological Science
MEA (BIO) 220 Marine Biology * This course has a prerequisite.
FW (BIO) 221 Conservation of Natural Resources
PB/BIO 360 Ecology * This course has a prerequisite.
BIO 181This link will open in a new window Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity
FOR 252This link will open in a new window Introduction to Forest Science

Group II - Physical Science
MEA 101This link will open in a new window Geology I: Physical
  and MEA 110This link will open in a new window Geology I: Laboratory
MEA 130This link will open in a new window Introduction to Weather and Climate
  and MEA 135This link will open in a new window Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory
MEA 140 Natural Hazards and Global Change
SSC 200This link will open in a new window Soil Science (4 cr) *This course has a prerequisite.
MEA 200This link will open in a new window Introduction to Oceanography
CE 373 Fundementals of Environmental Engineering

Group III - Social Science
IDS 201 Environmental Ethics
IDS 220This link will open in a new window Coastal and Ocean Frontiers
NR/IDS 303 Humans and the Environment
STS 322 Technological Catastrophes
PHI 422This link will open in a new window Philosophical Issues in Environmental ethics
PS 320 U.S. Environmental Politics
PS 336This link will open in a new window Global Environmental Politics
LAR 221 Introduction to the Environment and Behavior

Group IV - Advanced Courses
MEA 300This link will open in a new window Environmental Geology *This course has a prerequisite.
SSC 361This link will open in a new window Role of Soils in Environmental Management
NR 460 Renewable Resources Policy and Management
ET 410This link will open in a new window Toxic Substances and Society (formerly MDS 410)
EC 436 Environmental Economics
FW (BIO) 430 Fisheries and Wildlife Administration
BIO 402 Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 403 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory
HI 440 American Environmental History *This course has a prerequisite.
NR 406 Conservation of Biological Diversity *This course has a prerequisite.
SOC 450 Environmental Sociology *This course has a prerequisite.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Any student with an interest in Environmental Science minor should see the contact person listed below to discuss their interest in the minor, course requirements and complete the Declaration of Minor form to be submitted to the Office of Registration and Records.. Students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 to be admitted to the minor.

Certification
The Environmental Science Committee will review the student’s record and certify that the student has completed the requirements for the minor. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person