Climate Change Studies, Minor

The Climate Change Studies Minor provides an interdisciplinary understanding of global climate change and its impacts. This versatile 18-credit minor requires 6 credits of foundational courses and 12 credits of electives that can be tailored to fit students' academic and career goals. Electives may be selected from the list below or upon the approval of a Climate Change Studies program advisor.

Of these 12 credits, no more than 7 may be from the same course designator.

Minor Requirements (18 credits)

Foundational Courses (6 cr)

GEOG 109/CCS 109/SUST 109	Introduction to Climate Change	3
CCS 121	Introduction to Climate Change Science	3
CCS 122	Climate Change Impacts	3
CCS 209/GEOG 209/SUST 209	Climatology	3

Select 6 credits from the list of courses above.

Elective Courses (12 cr)

BIO 132	Introductory Ecology	3
BIO 133	Laboratory in Introductory Ecology	1
BIO 436	Environmental Resources and Management	3
CE 376	Environmental Engineering	3
CHEM 406	Environmental Chemistry	3
CCS 491	Climate Change Studies Capstone	3
CM 110	The Built Environment and Global Society	3
COMM 451	Environmental Communication	3
ECON 380	Food Economics	3
GSCI 102	Environmental Justice in the 21st Century	3
GSCI 129	Introduction to Meteorology	4
GSCI 131	Environmental Geoscience	3
GSCI 135	Environmental Geoscience Laboratory	1
GSCI 141	Earth and Life History	3
GSCI 145	Earth and Life History Laboratory	1
GSCI 424	Geomorphology	4
GSCI 425	Glacial and Quaternary Geology	3
GSCI 431	Introduction to Hydrogeology	4
GSCI 441	Environmental Geochemistry	3
GSCI 455	Energy Science and Technology	3
GEOG 433	Issues in Environmental Protection	3
GEOG 445	Environmental Planning	3
GEOG 275/SUST 275	Soils and Vegetation Sustainability	3
SUST 275/GEOG 275	Sustainable Soils & Vegetation	3
PHIL 241	Environmental Ethics	3
PS 455	Environmental Politics and Policy	3
PSY 125	Environment & Behavior	3
SOC 355	The Culture and Politics of Food	4
SUST 100	Search in Sustainability	3
SUST 140	Introduction to Sustainability	3
SUST 442	Field Methods in Sustainability	3
SUST 459	Field Studies in Sustainability	3
SUST 469	Readings in Sustainability	1-3
SUST 472	Topics in Sustainability	3
SUST 475/GEOG 475	Sustainable Energy & Climate Change	3

Select 12 credits from the list of courses above.

Total Credit Hours: 18