Environmental and Sustainability Studies Minor

Environmental considerations permeate almost every facet of modern life, and concern for “the environment” is practically universal as we approach the twenty-first century. The minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies is designed to provide students with the opportunity to become conversant in a range of environmental topics, whether as private citizens in their daily lives or as professional members of corporate, government, legal, medical, and educational circles.

The minor draws on topics and perspectives from the natural and physical sciences, the social major study focus in order to gain a competitive advantage in grappling with environmental topics. sciences, and the humanities to underscore the interdisciplinary nature of environmental issues and problems. Students taking the minor are encouraged to integrate the program with their major study focus in order to gain a competitive advantage in grappling with environmental topics.

Minor Requirements

The minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies requires 21 hours of course work including the following:

ENS 201 - ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES I: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
ENS 202 - ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES II: NATURAL SCIENCE AND POLICY Credit(s): 3
PHI 336 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Credit(s): 3
plus one course from the following:
ENG 425 - ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 304 - WRITING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
WRD 305 - WRITING PUBLIC SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
WRD 310 - WRITING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3

plus 3 credit hours from each of the ENS Areas of Expertise:

Economics, Environment, Society Credit(s): 9

Economics

AEC 302 - AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Credit(s): 4
AEC 303 - MICROECONOMIC CONCEPTS IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AEC 305 - FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PRINCIPLES Credit(s): 3
AEC 324 - AGRICULTURAL LAW Credit(s): 3
AEC 326 - PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Credit(s): 3
AEC 445G - INTRODUCTION TO RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AEC 479 - PUBLIC ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
OR
ECO 479 - PUBLIC ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AEC 483 - REGIONAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AEC 532 - AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY Credit(s): 3
AEC 545 - RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
ANT 225 - CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL ISSUES Credit(s): 3
ANT 311 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION Credit(s): 3
ANT 322 - ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATIONS Credit(s): 3
ANT 338 - ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 340 - DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN THE THIRD WORLD Credit(s): 3
ECO 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I Credit(s): 3
ECO 202 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II Credit(s): 3
ECO 327 - STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: AN INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY Credit(s): 3
OR
MA 327 - STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: AN INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY Credit(s): 3
ECO 365 - SOCIAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION Credit(s): 3
ECO 370 - THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Credit(s): 3
ECO 381 - ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
ECO 401 - INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY Credit(s): 3
ECO 410 - CURRENT ISSUES IN ECONOMICS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ECO 450G - THE ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY Credit(s): 3
ECO 473G - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
ENS 300 - SPECIAL TOPICS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ENS 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)
ENS 399 - INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
FOR 325 - ECONOMIC BOTANY: PLANTS AND HUMAN AFFAIRS Credit(s): 3
FOR 440 - FOREST RESOURCE POLICY AND LAW Credit(s): 3
GEO 235 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Credit(s): 3
GEO 255 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Credit(s): 3
GEO 285 - INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING Credit(s): 3
GEO 309 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
GEO 316 - ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
GEO 365 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
GEO 431 - POLITICAL ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
GEO 442G - POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
GEO 455 - GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHANGING WORLD ECONOMY Credit(s): 3
NRE 201 - INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
NRE 381 - NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
STA 320 - INTRODUCTORY PROBABILITY Credit(s): 3

Environment

ANT 230 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 240 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 241 - ORIGINS OF OLD WORLD CIVILIZATION Credit(s): 3
ANT 242 - ORIGINS OF NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION Credit(s): 3
ANT 351 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 353 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 375 - ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL PRACTICE Credit(s): 3
BIO 303 - INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION Credit(s): 4
BIO 310 - THE LIFE PROCESSES OF PLANTS Credit(s): 3
BIO 325 - ECOLOGY Credit(s): 4
BIO 375 - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CHE 565 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
CPH 310 - FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
DHN 318 - HUNGER, FOOD BEHAVIOR, AND THE ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
EES 220 - PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY Credit(s): 4
EES 341 - LANDFORMS Credit(s): 3
EES 345 - PALEOCLIMATOLOGY: THE SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
EES 360 - MINERALOGY Credit(s): 4
EES 385 - HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES Credit(s): 3
EGR 240 - GLOBAL ENERGY ISSUES Credit(s): 3
ENS 300 - SPECIAL TOPICS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ENS 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)
ENS 399 - INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
FOR 219 - DENDROLOGY Credit(s): 4
FOR 435 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
GEO 230 - SEVERE STORMS AND EXTREME WEATHER Credit(s): 3
GEO 235 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Credit(s): 3
GEO 261 - GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF HEALTH & DISEASE Credit(s): 3
GEO 305 - ELEMENTS OF CARTOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
GEO 309 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
GEO 331 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Credit(s): 3
GEO 351 - PHYSICAL LANDSCAPES Credit(s): 3
GEO 362 - CONSERVING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS Credit(s): 3
GEO 365 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
GEO 419 - INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING Credit(s): 3
GEO 530 - BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION Credit(s): 3
GEO 531 - LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
HIS 351 - TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1789: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3
ID 362 - ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY Credit(s): 3
NRE 365 - ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
PLS 210 - THE LIFE PROCESSES OF PLANTS Credit(s): 3
PLS 366 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE Credit(s): 4
PLS 390 - AGROECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
SAG 390 - AGROECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
WRD 401 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Society

AAS 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
AAS 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
OR
GEO 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
AAS 400 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICANA STUDIES (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
AAS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
OR
PS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
ANT 221 - NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA Credit(s): 3
ANT 225 - CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL ISSUES Credit(s): 3
ANT 245 - FOOD CULTURE AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
ANT 251 - GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES Credit(s): 3
ANT 302 - ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS: DOING ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 303 - TOPICS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD NUTRITION: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 324 - CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES Credit(s): 3
ANT 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
ANT 330 - NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES Credit(s): 3
ANT 342 - NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 352 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 525 - APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 536 - GLOBAL APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
APP 200 - INTRODUCTION TO APPALACHIAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
ARC 314 - HISTORY AND THEORY III: 20TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
ARC 111 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM Credit(s): 3
CPH 201 - AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH: THEORY AND METHODS Credit(s): 3
ENS 300 - SPECIAL TOPICS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ENS 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)
ENS 399 - INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
ENS 400 - SENIOR SEMINAR (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
FAM 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
OR
GEO 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
OR
GRN 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
GEO 309 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
GEO 323 - MEXICO: ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS & SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
GEO 331 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Credit(s): 3
GEO 361 - GIS APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH Credit(s): 3
GEO 365 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
GEO 372 - HEALTH ENVIRONMENT FUTURES Credit(s): 3
GEO 431 - POLITICAL ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
GRN 250 - AGING IN TODAY’S WORLD Credit(s): 3
GWS 250 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Credit(s): 3
GWS 350 - INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST THEORIZING Credit(s): 3
GWS 430 - GENDER, POWER AND VIOLENCE Credit(s): 3
HIS 240 - HISTORY OF KENTUCKY Credit(s): 3
LA 205 - HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
PHI 205 - FOOD ETHICS Credit(s): 3
PHI 332 - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Credit(s): 3
PHI 335 - THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
PS 391 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
SAG 310 - CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
SOC 302 - SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS Credit(s): 3
SOC 303 - QUANTITATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
SOC 350 - TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
SOC 360 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
SOC 363 - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Credit(s): 3
SOC 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
SOC 420 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Credit(s): 3
SOC 517 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
SW 325 - SOCIAL JUSTICE FOUNDATIONS Credit(s): 3
WRD 410 - RHETORIC AND POPULAR CULTURE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Note:

Alternative elective courses may be approved.

For more information contact the ENS Program Director, Dr. Lauren Cagle (lauren.cagle@uky.edu) or the ENS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Andy Wood (andrew.wood@uky.edu).

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