Minor in Environmental Policy

This interdisciplinary minor draws on the resources and expertise of several departments to focus students’ learning on the environmental linkages between social and environmental aspects of sustainability for an enhanced policy.

Students enrolling in the environmental policy minor should have normally completed a minimum of 30 credits of course work and be in good academic standing.

Students seeking a minor in environmental policy must successfully complete the following requirements:

• a minimum of 12 credit hours including:
  • six credit hours of minor requirements
  • a minimum of six credit hours of minor electives
• a minimum of six credit hours of the 12 credit hours required for the minor successfully completed in residence at AUS
• a minimum of six credit hours of the courses for the minor at or above the 300 level successfully completed in residence at AUS
• a minimum GPA of 2.00 in courses completed to satisfy the minor

Courses used to satisfy the student’s degree program’s graduation requirements can be used towards meeting the requirements of the minor as follows:

• courses used to satisfy the requirements of the minor do not double count towards meeting the core requirements, major requirements, major electives, concentration requirements, concentration electives, or general education requirements of the student’s degree program graduation requirements;
• free elective courses can double count towards meeting the minor’s required and elective courses.

Students pursuing two minors must meet the requirements of both minors. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of one minor can double count towards satisfying the requirements of the second minor provided that, at a minimum, 12 credit hours are not double counting.

Minor Requirements (6 credit hours)

Students must successfully complete the following courses:

• ENV 100 Principles of Environmental Science or

ENV 201 Fundamentals of Environmental Science

• ENV 354 Assessment and Management of Environmental Impacts

Minor Electives (minimum of 6 credit hours)

Students must successfully complete a minimum of six credit hours in courses selected from the following list: 

• BIO 330 Ecosystems Management
• BIO 351 Conservation Biology
• ECO 404 Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources
• ENV 394/494 special topic courses in environmental sciences
• ENV 356 Climate Change
• MGT 317 Management for Sustainability
• PHI 309 Ethics and the Environment
• POL 304 International Organizations
• POL 305 Public International Law
• SOC 302 Environmental Sociology
• SOC 380 Urban Sociology
• any approved special topic courses at the 300 level or above. Consult the online course catalog or the online class schedule accessible via the AUS student information system to verify course classifications.