Minor in Environmental Sciences
This minor draws on the resources and expertise of several disciplines to develop the breadth of sciences needed for solutions to global environmental issues.
Students enrolling in the environmental sciences 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 sciences must successfully complete the following requirements:
- a minimum of 12 credit hours including:
- three credit hours of minor requirements
- a minimum of nine 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 (3 credit hours)
Students must successfully complete the following course:
- ENV 201 Fundamentals of Environmental Science
Minor Electives (minimum of 9 credit hours)
Students must successfully complete a minimum of nine credit hours in courses selected from the following list:
- BIO 330 Ecosystems Management
- BIO 335 Microbiology
- BIO 351 Conservation Biology
- CHE 461 Air Pollution
- CHE 467 Corrosion
- CHE 472 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- CHM 345 Instrumental Analysis
- ENV 311 Environmental Modeling
- ENV 352 Environmental Toxicology
- ENV 353 Soil and Water Chemistry
- ENV 354 Assessment and Management of Environmental Impacts
- ENV 356 Climate Change
- ENV 394/494 special topic courses in environmental sciences
- ENV 451 Waste Treatment
- ENV 453 Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Techniques
- ENV 491 Senior Research Project
- 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.
