Environmental Studies Minor

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Affiliation: Interdisciplinary Studies

With Truman’s interdisciplinary environmental studies minor, students learn to identify, analyze, communicate about, and influence the complex forces that shape the environment and living things. This minor pairs well with any major, broadening their path to pursue positions in government, private industry, and non-profit organizations.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

A 2.00 GPA in minor requirements.
At least nine hours of the program requirements must be completed at Truman State University.
All courses may double count with a student’s major, minor, or the Dialogues requirements.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:

This minor requires at least 16 total hours, including

at least two credits of community learning;
at least six credits at the 300+ level, and
at least one course (three or more credits) from two of the three areas: Science, Social Science, and Arts and Humanities.
No more than 8 credits from any prefix other than ENVS may be counted towards the minor.

*Courses listed below with an asterisk may have substantial prerequisites that do not count towards the minor and/or seats may be limited to students in a particular major.

Program Requirements:

Area III: Arts and Humanities

ENG 227 - Communicating Controversy: Topics Credit(s): 3
CLAS 205 - Topics: Animals in the Ancient World Credits: 3 (This topic only of CLAS 205)
ENG 228 - Animal Narratives Credit(s): 3

Interdisciplinary and General Electives:

Additional courses from the above areas

ENVS 200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Credit(s): 3
ENVS 380 - Select Topics Credit(s): 1 to 4
ENVS 472 - Internship: Evaluation and Analysis Credit(s): 1-3
ENVS 473 - Environmental Research Credit(s): 1-4
ENVS 480 - Seminar in Environmental Studies Credit(s): 1
IDSM 175 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies Credit(s): 3
JINS 335 - Ecology versus Land Use Credit(s): 3
JINS 336 - The Environment (template course) Credit(s): 3
JINS 395 - Connectivity and the Unsustainable: A Food System in Crisis Credit(s): 3
SA/INT 301: Biodiversity and Conservation Tropical Rainforest Credits: 4

Petitioned Courses (no more than 6 credits, by substitution)

With the approval of the Environmental Studies Program Committee (who may seek appropriate documentation and consult with the instructor), other courses, including independent study and directed readings, may be allowed to count for the ENVS minor for a specific student if sufficient appropriate work is done (such as by choosing an appropriate topic for a major term paper).

Course that may be good candidates for a petition include:

Topics Courses

With the approval of the Environmental Studies Program Committee, specific section titles from a variety of departments may be approved to count for the ENVS minor. Potential ENVS-related topics courses include:

AGSC 416 - Advanced Topics in Agronomy
BIOL 308 - Select Topics
BIOL 444 - Independent Studies (Topic) : Climate Change
BIOL 518 - Advanced Topics (Topic)
ENG 226 - World Literatures: Topics
ENG 246 - British Literatures: Topics
ENG 266 - American Literatures: Topics
ENG 409 - Writing Workshop: Nonfiction
ENG 498 - Senior English Capstone - Environmental Literature
GEOG 487 - Readings in Geography - Environmental Geography
PHRE 386 - Studies in Philosophy and Religion - Environmental Ethics
POL 275 - Selected Topics in Political Science
SOAN 450 - Topics in Sociology
SOAN 451 - Topics in Anthropology
SOAN 452 - Integrated Topics in Society and Environment