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Environmental Studies Minor
B.A. Program Coordinator:
Daniel P. Hopkins, Geosciences, (816) 235-1334;

Students pursuing the bachelor of arts degree who wish to obtain a minor in environmental studies must take at least 18 credit hours of coursework from the following list, a minimum of nine credit hours at the 300- or 400-level and a minimum of nine credit hours at UMKC. The program of study is to be planned with a program coordinator.
Required Courses                                                                        
ENV-SCI 110R Understanding the Earth - 3 hrs
ENV-SCI 110L Understanding the Earth Lab - 2
ENV-SCI 210 Issues in Environmental Science - 3 hrs

Choose a minimum of one of the following electives:
ECON 420* Environment, Resources and Economic Growth - 3 hrs              
HISTORY 364R,* Nature and Culture: American Environmental History - 3 hrs
PHILOS 370* Environmental Ethics and Policy - 3 hrs                               
PSYCH 403,* Environmental Psychology - 3 hrs                                         
POL-SCI 435* Politics of the Environment - 3 hrs                                        
*May not be counted in both required and elective categories.

Electives 

See the electives listed under B.S. Environmental Studies.

Courses which do not apply as credit in the Minor program are:

Geog/Geol 417 - Special Topics
Geog/Geol 489 - Tutoring
Geog/Geol 398 - Field Trip
Geog/Geol 499WI -Senior Seminar


B.S. Program Coordinator:
Caroline Davies, Geosciences, (816) 235-1334;

Students pursuing the bachelor of science degree who wish to obtain a minor in environmental studies must take at least 18 credit hours of coursework from the following list, a minimum of nine credit hours at the 300- or 400-level and a minimum of nine credit hours at UMKC. The program of study is to be planned with a program coordinator.

Required Courses                                                                         
ENV-SCI 110R, Understanding the Earth -  3 hrs
ENV-SCI 110L, Understanding the Earth Lab - 2 hrs                                  
ENV-SCI 210, Issues in Environmental Science - 3 hrs
CHEM 160, Chemistry, Society, and the Environment - 3 hrs 

Choose a minimum of one of the following electives:
ECON 420,* Environment, Resources and Economic Growth - 3 hrs            
HISTORY 364R,* Nature and Culture: American Environmental History - 3 hrs
PHILOS 370,* Environmental Ethics - 3 hrs                                               
PSYCH 403,* Environmental Psychology - 3 hrs                                      
POL-SCI 435* Politics of the Environment  - 3 hrs                                      


*May not be counted in both required and elective categories.

Electives

See the electives listed under B.S. Environmental Studies.

Courses which do not apply as credit in the Minor program are:

Geog/Geol 417 - Special Topics
Geog/Geol 489 - Tutoring
Geog/Geol 398 - Field Trip
Geog/Geol 499WI -Senior Seminar
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