The Environmental Sciences program offers a Minor in Environmental Sciences which is available to all UC Denver students. The Environmental Sciences minor offers students exposure to the breadth of environmental issues. Students may emphasize the natural/physical sciences, the social sciences, or structure an independent emphasis which mixes the natural/physical sciences, social sciences, and philosophy.

Requirements:

1. 2 semester science major lecture/laboratory sequence (see Note 2) -- 8-10 hours
   • BIOL 2051/2071 and BIOL 2061/2081 - General Biology
   • CHEM 2031/2038 and CHEM 2061/2068 - General Chemistry
   • GEOL 1072 and GEOL 1082 - Physical Geology
   • PHYS 2010/2030 and PHYS 2020/2040 - College Physics
   • PHYS 2311/2321 and PHYS 2331/2341 - General Physics

2. 1 course in applied statistics -- 3 hours
   • MATH 2830 - Applied Statistics for Non-Math Majors
   • SOC 3121 - Statistics
   • PSY 2090 - Introduction to Statistics

3. 4 upper division courses (see Note 5) -- 12 hours
   • ANTH 4010 - Biocultural Foundations of Health (Offered every two years)
   • BIOL 3411 - Principles of Ecology
   • CHEM 4700 - Environmental Chemistry (see Note 4)
   • CE 4494 - Introduction to Environmental Pollution
   • ECON 4540 - Environmental Economics (see Note 4)
   • GEOG 3232 - Weather and Climate
   • HIST 4232 - Historic Preservation & Conservation (Offered every 2 years)
   • HIST 4810 - U.S. Environmental History (Offered every other year)
   • PHIL 4812 - Philosophy and Nature
   • ENVS 3082 - Energy and Environment
   • PSC 4354 - Environmental Politics
   • SOC 4210 - Human Ecology: Energy & Society (Offered intermittently)
   • SOC 3480 - Environment and Behavior (Offered intermittently)

4. Total Required Hours: 23-25 hours

1. All work submitted for an Environmental Sciences minor must have a grade of C (2.0) or above.

2. The lecture/laboratory sequence can be part of the requirements for the major, but not in the student's major department (i.e. a biology major cannot use the general biology sequence, but could use the general chemistry sequence which is also required for the biology major).

3. Students must take a minimum of 9 hours of the upper division courses at UC Denver.

4. If the student plans to go on to the M.S. in Environmental Sciences Program, he/she should chose courses other than CHEM 4700 or ECON 4540. These courses (at the 5000 level) are core courses in the MSES Program.

5. Many of the upper division courses have prerequisites, student must check the catalog for prerequisite requirements for these courses.

6. Elective courses for the Environmental Sciences Minor may not be from the student's major.

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This page was written by Rosemary Wormington (rwormington@castle.cudenver.edu), and constructed by Jeff Boon (jboon@carbon.cudenver.edu). Latest Revision: February 27, 1996