Group A - Natural Sciences 

(choose at least ONE)

BILD-003. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

BIEB-121. General Ecology Laboratory

BIEB-131. Marine Invertebrate Ecology Laboratory

BIEB-140. Biodiversity

BIEB-165. Behavioral Ecology Laboratory

BIEB-166. Animal Behavior and Communication

BIEB-176. Conservation and the Human Predicament (cross-listed with ANBI 132)

CHEM-015. Chemistry of the Universe

CHEM-171. Environmental Chemistry I

CHEM-172. Environmental Chemistry II

CHEM-173. Atmospheric Chemistry

ENV-101. The Living Earth

ENVR-102. Selected Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught from a natural sciences perspective)

ENVR-105. Conservation Solutions

ENVR-120. Coastal Ecology

ESYS-101. Environmental Biology

ESYS-103. Environmental Challenges: Science and Solutions

ESYS-120. Science and Environmental Writing

MAE-118. Sustainable Energy Systems

PHYS-12. Energy and the Environment

SIO-010. The Earth

SIO-0012. History of Earth and Evolution

SIO-015. Natural Disasters

SIO-016. Geology of National Parks

SIO-020. The Atmosphere

SIO-030. The Oceans

SIO-035. Water

SIO-110. Introduction to GIS and GPS for Scientists

SIO-132. Introduction to Marine Biology

SIO-134. Introduction to Biological Oceanography

STPA-035. Society and the Sea


Note: Only one lower-division course may be used as an elective for the Environmental Studies minor.

Courses listed above that are italicized and marked with (**) have been approved as petitionable towards the minor, but must be manually updated on the degree audit. To make this update, please submit a request on the College Minor VAC once you have enrolled in the course.


Minor Requirements