The Environmental Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for a diverse set of academic endeavors and careers. It delivers the tradition of a liberal arts education with the rigor of the natural and social sciences, providing the introspection and artistic presentation of the humanities with the inquisitiveness that we share concerning our environment.
Degree Requirements
Required Course
6 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EVR3008 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (3)
- EVR3021 - The Science of Sustainability (3)
Restricted Electives
15 Total Credits
Electives- Earn at least 15 credits from the following:
- ANT3541 - Biobehavioral Anthropology (3)
- ECP3302 - Economics and the Environment (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- INR4351 - International Environmental Law (3)
- PAD3330 - Urban and Regional Planning (3)
- PAD4351 - Issues in Environmental Program Management (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- PUP3204 - Sustainability (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
- PCB3044 - Principles of Ecology (3)
- EVR3085 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- HSC4500 - Epidemiology (3)
- ANT4051 - Environmental Anthropology (3)
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- ANT3550C - Primatology (3)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- INR4054 - Global Politics of Energy (3)
- PHI3638 - Ethical Issues in the 21st Century (3)
- PHI3672 - Animal Ethics (3)
- PHI4400 - Philosophy of Science (3)
- PLA4554 - Environmental Law (3)
- SYO3408 - Animals and Health (3)
- BOT3015 - Principles of Plant Science (3)
- BOT3802 - Ethnobotany (3)
- BOT4223C - Plant Anatomy (4)
- BSC3052 - Conservation Biology (3)
- BSC3312 - Principles of Marine Biology (3)
- BSC4312C - Advanced Marine Biology (4)
- OCE3008 - Oceanography (3)
- ENY3571 - Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping (3)
- PCB3023 - Molecular Cell Biology (3)
- PCB3063 - Genetics (3)
- PCB3442 - Aquatic Ecology (3)
- PCB4683 - Evolutionary Biology (4)
- ZOO4462C - Herpetology (4)
- ZOO4480 - Mammalogy (4)
- ZOO4513 - Animal Behavior (3)
- ZOO4910L - Research Experience in Animal Behavior in a Zoo Environment (3)
- PAD4331 - Land Use and Planning (3)
Grand Total Credits: 21
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 21Other Requirements
- A grade of "C" or above (2.0) is required in each course used to satisfy the minor.
- 18 hours must be taken at the upper division.
- At least 15 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF.
- No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
- Research internship, Independent study, and co-op credit cannot be used in this minor without prior approval from Interdisciplinary Studies.
