Environmental Studies Minor
Program Requirements
- Total units required: 18
This minor is a good fit for students for many reasons:
- Exposure: Includes introductory-level courses
- Accessibility: Includes introductory courses
- Flexibility: Wide degree of choice in elective categories
- Pairs easily with many majors to provide interdisciplinary exposure
Students must have at least 9 units of course work at the 300 level or higher that are unique to this minor.
Required Courses
Required core introductory courses (students choose two of the following; 6 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Biol 2950 | Introduction to Environmental Biology | 3 |
| EEPS 202 | Introduction to Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science | 3 |
| EnSt 101 | Earth's Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change * | 3 |
| EnSt 102 | To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity * | 3 |
| EnSt 111 | Environmental Racism and the Health of Everyone * | 3 |
| EnSt 215 | Introduction to Environmental Humanities | 3 |
| EnSt 250 | One Health: Linking the Health of Humans, Animals, and the Environment | 3 |
| EnSt 251 | Metropolitan Environment | 3 |
| EnSt 252 | Sustainability in Business | 3 |
| Pol Sci 2010 | Introduction to Environmental Policy | 3 |
- *
Students may count one of these Beyond Boundaries courses (first year only): EnSt 101, EnSt 102, or EnSt 111.
Elective Courses
One elective in analysis and communication (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EnSt 315 | Fallout: Analyzing Texts and Narratives of the Nuclear Era | 3 |
| EnSt 316 | Beyond the Evidence | 3 |
| EnSt 350W | Writing Skills for Environmental Professionals | 3 |
| EnSt 357 | Multiparty Environmental Decision Making | 3 |
| EnSt 364 | Field Methods for Environmental Science | 3 |
| EnSt 380 | Applications in GIS | 3 |
| EnSt 405 | Sustainability Exchange: Community and University Practicums | 3 |
| EnSt 407 | RESET - Renewable Energy Policy, Engineering and Business | 3 |
| EnSt 415W | Writing Home: Creating Cultural Guides for Environmental Site Workers | 3 |
| EnSt 452 | International Climate Negotiation Seminar | var.; max 6 |
| EnSt 481 | Advanced GIS | 3 |
| EnSt 4995 | Foundations of Research: Building a literature review | 3 |
| EnSt 539 | Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic | var.; max 6 |
One elective in environmental humanities and arts (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFAS 3075 | Recipes for Respect: Black Foodways in the US | 3 |
| ARCH 209 | Design Process | 3 |
| ART 318P | Photography: Art Practice (Art, Environment, Culture & Image) | 3 |
| Art-Arch 3961 | Art & Ecology | 3 |
| Comp Lit 4111 | Pastoral Literature | 3 |
| Drama 351 | Intro to Playwriting | 3 |
| Drama 4081 | Theater for Social Change | 3 |
| EnSt 315 | Fallout: Analyzing Texts and Narratives of the Nuclear Era | 3 |
| EnSt 3410 | Native American Storytelling - Healthy Land Practice | 3 |
| EnSt 415W | Writing Home: Creating Cultural Guides for Environmental Site Workers | 3 |
| History 2561 | Urban America | 3 |
| History 3194 | Environment and Empire | 3 |
| IPH 312 | Introduction to Digital Humanities | 3 |
| IPH 431 | Statistics for Humanities Scholars: Data Science for the Humanities | 3 |
| LAND 530F | Foodscapes: Art Food Space Activism | 3 |
| LAND 553A | Seeds | 3 |
| Phil 235F | Introduction to Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| Writing 309 | Writing the Natural World | 3 |
One elective in social sciences (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AMCS 227 | Topics in Native American Culture | 3 |
| AMCS 299 | The Study of Cities and Metropolitan America | 3 |
| Anthro 3102 | Topics in Anthropology: Sustainability in Extractive Communities | 3 |
| Anthro 3215 | Food, Culture, and Power | 3 |
| Anthro 3472 | Global Energy and the American Dream | 3 |
| Anthro 3602 | Environmental Inequality: Toxicity, Health, and Justice | 3 |
| Anthro 361 | Culture and Environment | 3 |
| Anthro 374 | Social Landscapes in Global View | 3 |
| Anthro 379 | Meltdown: The Archaeology of Climate Change | 3 |
| Anthro 4281 | Ecological Anthropology | 3 |
| Econ 451 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| EnSt 255 | Systems Thinking | 3 |
| EnSt 3060 | Community Based Conservation: Madagascar Sustainability Initiative | 3 |
| EnSt 310 | Ecological Economics | 3 |
| EnSt 316 | Beyond the Evidence | 3 |
| EnSt 346 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| EnSt 347 | Sustainable Cities | 3 |
| EnSt 4527 | IPCC: Governance, Policy and Science | 3 |
| EnSt 461 | Intro to Environmental Law | 3 |
| EnSt 481 | Advanced GIS | 3 |
| EnSt 482 | Applications in Geospatial Intelligence | 3 |
| EnSt 4995 | Foundations of Research: Building a literature review | 3 |
| MGT 450R | Business & Government: Understanding and Influencing the Regulatory Environment | 3 |
| MGT 460L | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MPH 5002 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| MPH 5323 | TPS: Climate Change and Public Health | 3 |
| Pol Sci 332B | Energy Politics | 3 |
| Pol Sci 363 | Quantitative Political Methodology | 3 |
| Pol Sci 3760 | Globalization, Urbanization, and the Environment | 3 |
| Pol Sci 389A | Power, Justice, and the City | 3 |
| Pol Sci 4043 | Public Policy Analysis, Assessment and Practical Wisdom | 3 |
| Pol Sci 495 | Research Design and Methods | 3 |
| SOC 3350 | Poverty and the New American City | 3 |
| SOC 4810 | Global Structures and Problems | 3 |
One elective in natural science (3 units):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Anthro 3053 | Nomadic Strategies and Extreme Ecologies | 3 |
| Anthro 3660 | Primate Ecology, Biology, and Behavior | 3 |
| Anthro 3662 | Writing for Primate Conservation Biology | 3 |
| Anthro 4285 | Environmental Archaeology | 3 |
| Anthro 4803 | Advanced GIS Modeling and Landscape Analysis | 3 |
| Biol 3171 | Biology for Climate Change Solutions | 3 |
| Biol 3220 | Woody Plants of Missouri | 3 |
| Biol 3221 | Research and Public Education in the Arboretum | 3 |
| Biol 343A | Plants, Environment and Civilization | 3 |
| Biol 370 | Animal Behavior | 3 |
| Biol 373W | Laboratory on the Evolution of Animal Behavior (Writing Intensive) | 3 |
| Biol 381 | Introduction to Ecology | 3 |
| Biol 3900 | Science for Agriculture and Environmental Policy | 3 |
| Biol 3494 | Microbes and the Environment | 4 |
| Biol 419 | Community Ecology | 3 |
| Biol 4193 | Experimental Ecology Laboratory | 4 |
| Biol 4195 | Disease Ecology | 4 |
| EEPS 317 | Soil Science | 3 |
| EEPS 323 | Biogeochemistry | 3 |
| EEPS 340 | Minerals, Rocks, Resources and the Environment | 4 |
| EEPS 342 | Environmental Systems | 3 |
| EEPS 385 | Earth History | 3 |
| EEPS 386 | The Earth's Climate System | 3 |
| EEPS 387 | Geospatial Science | 4 |
| EEPS 407 | Remote Sensing | 3 |
| EEPS 409 | Surface Processes | 3 |
| EEPS 428 | Hydrology | 3 |
| EEPS 442 | Aqueous Geochemistry | 3 |
| EEPS 454 | Exploration and Environmental Geophysics | 4 |
| EEPS 468 | Geospatial Field Methods | 3 |
| EEPS 486 | Paleoclimatology | 3 |
| EnSt 3630 | Arctic Climate System | 3 |
| EnSt 364 | Field Methods for Environmental Science | 3 |
| EnSt 365 | Applied Conservation Biology | 3 |
| EnSt 375 | Urban Ecology | 3 |
| EnSt 481 | Advanced GIS | 3 |
| EnSt 483 | Introduction to Spatial Epidemiology | 3 |
| LAND 551A | Landscape Ecology | 3 |
Additional Information
Substitutions and Transfer Credit
Requests for course credit from other institutions (transfer credit) need approval by the College Office. Please visit the Policies and Procedures for more information.
For Minors requesting a course substitution for one of the Minor electives, please complete the Course Petition Form.
Study Abroad
To study abroad, students must be in their junior or senior year and have at least a 3.0 grade point average. Students must understand the language of the country in which they plan to study. Grades do not transfer back to Washington University. Credits can be applied toward the 120 credits needed to graduate, and courses taken abroad can substitute for courses for the environmental major and minors. These substitutions should be worked out before leaving for Study Abroad. Final decisions for course credit will be made once the student has returned and the courses and grades are reported back to Washington University. The minimum grade for study abroad coursework to apply to major/minor credit is C-.
Environmental Studies will accept up to 3 courses (9 units) from a study abroad program toward the Environmental Studies Minor. Dr. Jeff Catalano is the study abroad advisor for Environmental Studies.
Considerations
- Participating in a Washington University program allows financial assistance, and students may earn full academic credit for study abroad if they participate in Washington University programs.
- Students wishing to participate in non-Washington University programs must petition for credit before participating in the program.
- Students must communicate regularly with their advisors while abroad and report to them upon return.
- Each student must contact the Overseas Office to arrange for the transfer of credit.
- For details, contact the Overseas Office.
Visit the Environmental Studies page
for additional information about this program.
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-7047 |
| Email: | bowinston@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://enst.wustl.edu |