UWRF-Environmental Studies Minor-Why RF

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:

Prerequisite

ESM 105 Intro Environmental Study

Minor Core (10 cr. hrs)

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.

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