Why attend UW-River
Falls?
Sustainable World...
- Students benefit from an 19:1 student/ teacher ratio.
- You will work with approachable faculty from numerous disciplines.
- Dedicated faculty create a flexible learning environment.
- Friendly campus promote a sense of community.
An Environmental Studies
minor will give you the basic understanding and knowledge to act upon
environmental problems.
Environmental Studies
minor required courses:
ESM 105
Intro Environmental Study
ESM 220
Environmental Sustainability
ESM 303
Environmental Policy and Administration
GEOG 110
and 111 Physical Environment: Patterns and Systems and Lab
OR
GEOL 101 and 102 Intro Geology and Lab
*Directed Electives
(12 cr. hrs.)
Choose from:
ESM 109
Introduction to Forestry
ESM 151
Introduction to Land Use Theory and Practice
ESM 307
Multicultural Perspectives on the Environment
ESM 377
Business Ecology
ESM 490
Independent Study in Resource Management
ESM 300
or GEOG 300 Environmental Education
GEOL 202
Oceanography
GEOL 269
Environmental Geology
GEOL 330
Meteorology
GEOL 490
Independent study in Geology
GEOG 490
Readings in Geography
GEOG 499
Independent Study
BIOL/ POLS
355 Environmental Law
PHIL 303
Environmental Ethics
CHEM 200
Chemistry and the Environment
SOCI 245
Environmental Sociology
*Courses in geology (GEOG),
biology (BIOL), environmental science and management (ESM), sociology
(SOCI), philosophy (PHIL), and/or chemistry (CHEM). 6 of the 12 credits
must be at 300 level or above.
