Environmental Science / Minor
Program: ENVS
Minor Credit Hours: 19
To be admitted to the minor in Environmental Science, the applicant needs either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for current Lewis students or a composite ACT score of 21 for entering first-year students. Completion of Calculus I is not required to be admitted to the minor.
A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in the sequence.
Environmental Science minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BIOL 23300 | Principles of Environmental Science | 4 |
| BIOL 37500 | Issues in Environmental Science | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select at least 12 hours from this list. At least three credit hours must be upper-division coursework. | 12 | |
| Earth Science | ||
| Principles of Sustainability | ||
| Field Biology | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| General Ecology and Evolution | ||
| General Ecology Lab | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Environmental Microbiology Lab | ||
| Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking | ||
| Renewable Energy Technologies | ||
| Green Building and LEED Rating Systems | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Conservation Biology Lab | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Limnology Lab | ||
| Total Hours | 19 | |