Course Offerings and Requirements
for the Environmental Studies Minor

The minor in Environmental Studies consists of five courses selected from the group listed below. At least one course must be at the 300 level or above. Not more than two of the five courses should be elected in the same department, and at least one course should be selected in each of the three general areas: humanities, natural science, and social science. In addition, each student is required to complete an internship related to the environment or participate in an approved off-campus program that has an environmental focus.

Humanities
Classics 262, 362. The Ancient Landscape: from Mythology to Ecology
Philosophy 111. Ethics (second semester only)
Religion 242. Religion and Ecology

Natural Sciences
Biology 201. Environmental Science
Biology 215. Ecology of North America
Biology 218. Ecology of Tropical America
Biology 221. Microbiology and Immunology
Biology/Psychology 226. Comparative Animal Behavior
Biology 231. Marine Biology
Biology 252. Parasitology and Symbiosis
Biology 303. Evolution
Biology 363. Plant Ecology
Biology 331. Advanced Marine Biology
Chemistry 103. Chemistry and Our Environment
Chemistry 303. Current Problems in Environmental Chemistry

Social Sciences
Anthropology 101. Human Evolution
Anthropology 210. Feast or Famine: The Ecology and Politics of Food
Economics 260. Economics of Regulation
Political Science 321. Public Administration and Public Policy
Political Science 361. Environmental Conflict Resolution
Sociology 315. Society, Technology and the Environment
Urban Studies 301, 302. Field Work*

* With permission of the Environmental Studies Coordinator, the sequence may fulfill one course credit toward the minor in the social sciences area and the internship requirement, provided the field work has an environmental focus.

Content by Scott Shumway (sshumway@wheatonma.edu) and
Bob Morris (bmorris@wheatonma.edu )
Designed by Academic Computing
Last update: 12/2001