Environmental Science Minor
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Program Delivery
Residential Program
Degree Designation
Undergraduate Minor
Program Level
Undergraduate
Program Type
Minor
College
College of Arts & Sciences
School/Department(s)
Program Description
The Environmental Science minor enables students from a range of fields to incorporate some environmental and scientific awareness into their major program of study. As an interdisciplinary field, the minor is complementary to many majors, including all of the science majors, Mathematics, Political Science, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, English, and Criminal Justice.
Additional Program Information
Outcome
Explain the fundamental processes that control the formation and behavior of Earth’s surficial materials, including the hydrologic cycle, climate change, and plate tectonics.
Outcome
Identify and describe the abiotic and biotic components and connecting flows of energy and matter within an ecosystem.
Outcome
Connect and describe human activity with the alteration of the Earth surface and ecosystems through development, water use, or resource extraction.