Environmental Science - minor

What you will study

Alverno’s Environmental Science minor provides students with a way to integrate their knowledge from multiple disciplines to work on environmental issues. It includes required foundational coursework in multiple sciences (biology, chemistry and earth science), and will allow students to choose electives that best fit their personal or career goals while also clearly connecting to environmental science skill sets. In addition, the courses include a focus on communication skills, including using maps to communicate environmental data at a glance. Students can bring new perspectives by viewing environmental issues through frameworks from their major. Students can use skills learned or sharpened in this minor to advocate for environmental justice, to create more sustainable public or company policies, or to plan and carry out environmental research or conservation and restoration work.

Beginning Requirements
SC-119 & SC-120 are prerequisites for upper level ENV courses and should be taken to fulfill gen ed science requirements.
MT-123College Algebra3
CH-213
213L
Chemistry of Bioorganic Molecules
and Chemistry of Bioorganic Molecules Lab
4
or CH-260
260L
Chemistry of Inorganic Materials
and Chemistry/Inorganic Materials - Lab
Intermediate Requirements
GE-220Earth Science4
BI-223Natural History of North America4
or BI-251
251L
Microbiology
and Microbiology Lab
or CH-234
234L
Analytical Chemistry/Quantitative Analys
and Analytical Chem-Quant Analysis Lab
Advanced Requirements
ENV-341Geographical Information Systems3
SC CourseTake 2 courses with different subjects from BI 301, BI-341, CH-337, GE-4108
ENV-414ENV Professional Portfolio0