Environmental Policy minors will take a total of 27 credit hours. The student will take courses related to environmental policy and environmental science while also completing projects and conducting research.
All courses are 3 credits unless noted.
Environmental Science Minor
Environmental Science Minor Core I
Students are required to complete the following course:
- EV313 Biogeochemical Earth Systems Science
Students must complete five of the following courses, with at least three courses being 300-level and above:*
Environmental Science
- BY140 General Bio. I
- BY160 General Bio. II
- BY222 General Ecology
- CM221 Spectroscopy
- BY224 General Ecology Laboratory
- CM223 Spectroscopy Laboratory
- BY314 Bioinformatics
- CM371 Phys. Chem.
- BY320 Microbiology
- CM476 Atmospheric Chem.
- BY322 Microbiology Laboratory
- CM434 Air Pollution Controls
- BY328 Conservation Biology
- EHS309 Industrial Hygiene
- BY340 Behavioral Eco. and Sociobiology
- EHS310 Intro to Ind. Hygiene Laboratory
- BY420 Evolution
- EHS405 Methods and Analysis
- BY425 Bio. Systems and Env't'l. Change
- EHS416 Prin. of Toxic. and Epidem.
- BY/EV330 Great Lakes Water Pollution
- EV314 Adirondack Integrated Research Project
- BY431 Limnology
- EV/CE 435 Groundwater
- BY/EV312 Adirondack Ecology & Env. Science
- ES432 Risk Analysis
- EV316 Adirondack Env. Science
- EV314 Adirondack Integrated Res. Project
- CE301 Eng. Measurements
- CE301 ADK Geographical Info Systems
- CE340 Intro to Env. Engineering
- CE480 Env. Quality
- ECE470 Hydraulic Eng.
- CE481 Hazardous Waste Mgmt
- CE474 Engineering Hydrology
- CE482 Env. Systems
- CE479 Water & Wastewater Trtmnt. Proc.
- CE491 Senior Design Proj.
- CE486 Industrial Eco.
Environmental Science Minor Core II
Students must complete two of the following courses:
Environmental Policy
- ANTH270 Env't., Tech. and Soc.
- PHIL270 American Env.
- PHIL405 Sustainability: Thry. and Prac.
- PHIL410 Where the Wild Things Are
- COMM428 Public Debate and Env't.
- PHI371 Energy and Society
- COMM429 Issue Analysis and Advocacy
- POL220 American Politics
- EC360 Environmental Economics
- POL250 Politics in X-Nat'l. Perspective
- ES436 Global Climate Change: Sci., Eng. & Policy
- POL351 Globalization
- LW270 Law and Society 1
- POL371 Environmental Law
- LW466 Law of the Workplace
- POL400 Constitutional Law
- EM351 Quality Mgmt. and Lean Enterprise
- POL470 Environmental Policy
- EM361 Supply Chain Env. Mgmt.
- POL471 Energy Policy
- EV314 Adirondack Integrated Research Project
- SOC330 Health, Wealth, Inequality and the Env't.
- EV/SS320 Social & Pol. Issues in the Adirondacks
- EV322 Adirondack Park
- EC/EV315 Entrepreneurship & Economic Dev. in the Adirondacks
Environmental Science Minor Core III
Students must complete the following three courses:
- An independent research project (1 credit equivalent)
- An ES&P multidisciplinary project course (1 credit equivalent)
- EV100 Introduction to Environmental Science & Policy Professions
- or EV305 Sustainability & the Environment
Disclaimer
*No more than 6 credits of the engineering classes can be applied towards an environmental science minor.
