Overview
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Environmental and sustainability concerns are increasingly part of numerous professions outside of environmental science. Businesses go green, governments integrate sustainability in their operations, and individual people are looking to eco-friendly technology like electric cars, renewable energy and organic food.
The Environmental Systems and Society minor gives students in any major a leg up on these realities. It augments their study with courses that address the relationships between environmental sciences and social and political issues. The minor gives students a deeper understanding of environmental systems related to air, land, water and biological resources—providing them with a foundation for sound decision-making as a professional and a citizen.
To complete the minor, students choose seven out of more than 40 available classes, with topics such as:
- Major events in the history of life
- Air pollution
- Conservation of biodiversity
- Environmental politics
- Water management
- Business and the natural environment
- Environmental justice
- Good food for everyone
Environment Course Schedule 2022-23
FALL 2022 | Course | Environ Systems & Society Minor |
140 | Foundations of Environmental Policy and Regulation | Elective; Week 2 of 2nd pass |
M147 | Critical Analysis of Strategies toward Environmental Justice | Elective |
155 (New!) | Energy and Society in a Time of Climate Change: Moving Toward a Just Transition | Elective |
166 | Leadership in Water Management | Elective |
WINTER 2023 | Course | Environ Systems & Society Minor |
10 | Introduction to Environmental Science | LD Elective |
M153 | Introduction to Sustainable Architecture and Community Planning | Elective |
M167 | Environmental Justice through Multiple Lenses | Elective |
175 (also in Spring!) | Programming with Big Environmental Datasets | Elective |
185B | Sustainability Action Research | Elective |
185C | Sustainability Action Research Leaders | Elective |
SPRING 2023 | Course | Environ Systems & Society Minor |
150 | Environmental Journalism, Science Communications, and New Media | Elective |
157 (Returning!) | Energy, Environment, and Development | Elective |
175 (also in Winter!) | Programming with Big Environmental Datasets | Elective |
185B | Sustainability Action Research | Elective |
185C | Sustainability Action Research Leaders | Elective |
188A | Special Courses: Geoengineering and Human Rights | Elective |