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Environmental Science
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
College of Natural Resources

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

 

Description

The Environmental Science minor provides opportunity for students to acquire basic understanding of interrelationships between humans and the environment. It includes natural and social science courses that help to integrate disciplines and provide the foundation for analyzing environmental issues. Students will build a foundation for analyzing future environmental issues.

Requirements

  • Completion of 15 credit hours
  • Grade of 'C-' or better in each course.

Required Courses

NONE

Elective Courses (15 credit hours)
Choose one (1) course from EACH group AND at least one (1) additional course from any of the groups.

Group I - Biological Science
ZO (MEA) 220 Marine Biology
ZO (FW) 221 Conservation of Natural Resources
ZO 260 Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology
BO 360/365 Introductions to Ecology
FOR 252 Introduction to Forest Science

Group II - Physical Science
MEA 101 Geology I: Physical
  and MEA 110 Geology I: Laboratory
MEA 130 Introduction to Weather and Climate
  and MEA 135 Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory
MEA 140 Natural Hazards and Global Change
SSC 200 Soll Science (4 cr)
MEA 200 Introduction to Oceanography
CE 373 Fundementals of Environmental Engineering

Group III - Social Science
IDS 201 Environmental Ethics (formerly MDS 201)
IDS 220 Coastal and Ocean Frontiers (formerly MDS 220)
IDS 303 Humans and the Environment (formerly MDS 303)
STS 322 Technological Catastrophes (formerly MDS 322)
PHI 322 Philosophical Issues in Environmental ethics
PS 320 U.S. Environmental Politics
PS 336 Global Environmental Politics
LAR 221 Introduction to the Environment and Behavior

Group IV - Advanced Courses
MEA 300 Environmental Geology
SSC 361 Role of Soils in Environmental Management
FOR 460 Renewable Resources Policy and Management
ET 410 Toxic Substances and Society (formerly MDS 410)
EC 436 Environmental Economics
FW (ZO) 430 Fisheries and Wildlife Administration
ZO 403 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory
HI 440 American Environmental History
NR 406 Conservation of Biological Diversity (formerly MDS 406)
SOC 450 Environmental Sociology

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Any student with an interest in Environmental Science minor should see the contact person listed below. Students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 to be admitted to the minor.

Certification
The Environmental Science Committee will review the student’s record and certify that the student has completed the requirements for the minor. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person

Dr. Sarah Warren
3118 Jordan Hall
919.515.7996
sarah_warren@ncsu.edu

Last updated: March 10, 2006

 

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