Mansfield University Home PageEnviromental Studies
The environmental studies minor allows students of all majors to engage in a fully interdisciplinary course of study focused on the relationship between people and the natural world. This enterprise is designed to deepen understanding of the humanities and the sciences and to suggest ways those disciplines can be integrated. This minor will also help students to be more effective citizens in a world where the earth’s population of 6 billion is projected to double during their lifetimes and the demand for resources will increase.
Program Requirements
Take GEG 1122
- GEG 1122 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Take one course from the following:
- BSC 1103 - ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
- CHM 1103 - CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- GEL 1102 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Take ES 3300
- ES 3300 - HUMANS IN NATURE
Social Elective
Take one course from the following:
HST 3294, HST 3295, HST 3296, and HST 4496 must be offered on an environmental studies topic
- GEG 1102 - HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
- GEG 1600 - INTRODUCTION TO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
- GEG 3380 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
- HST 3294 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
- HST 3295 - TOPICS IN GLOBAL HISTORY
- HST 3296 - TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
- HST 3320 - HISTORY OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- HST 4406 - THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT IN AMERICA
- HST 4496 - SEMINARS ON SELECTED TOPICS
- PHL 3316 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
- PHL 3365 - SCIENCE AND VALUES
Creative Elective
Take one course from the following:
PHL 3300 must have an environmental component
- ENG 2220 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE
- ENG 3320 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE
- ENG 3332 - NATURE WRITING
- PHL 3300 - PHILOSOPHY OF THE ARTS
Natural Elective
Take one course from the following:
- BI 3318 - ORNITHOLOGY
- BI 3331 - LOCAL FLORA
- BI 3350 - ECOLOGY
- BI 3351 - LIMNOLOGY
- BI 3381 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
- BI 3392 - HUMAN DIMENSIONS IN FISH MANAGEMENT
- BI 4498 - SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- BSC 2250 - FIELD METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
- CHM 1103 - CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- GEG 1111 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
- GEG 3312 - WEATHER AND CLIMATE
- GEG 3321 - (GEL) GEOMORPHOLOGY
- GEG 4415 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY
- GEG 4465 - SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- GEL 1102 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
- GEL 3310 - HYDROLOGY
- GEL 3321 - GEOMORPHOLOGY
Take ES 4497
- ES 4497 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
History
Program Requirements
- HST xxxx - HST electives (minimum 6 s.h. upper level) Credits: 12
- HST 1111 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1350
- or HST 1112 - WORLD CIVILIZATION 1350-1900
- or HST 1113 - WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1900
- HST 2201 - UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
- or HST 2202 - UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
International Studies
Program Requirements
- ANH 1101 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- GEG 1101 - WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
- PSC 2210 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- PSC 2212 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
3 Credit hours from the following:
- HST 3366 - TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPE
- HST 3377 - HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
- HST 3387 - HISTORY OF EAST ASIA
- HST 3388 - HISTORY OF AFRICA
- HST 4452 - SOUTH AFRICA: FROM CAPE COLONY TO APARTHEID
- HST 4471 - HISTORY OF MEXICO AND THE CARIBBEAN
- HST 4487 - PACIFIC RIM: HISTORY AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
6 Credit hours from the following:
- ANH 3301 - WORLD CULTURES
- ANH 3308 - AFRICAN CULTURES
- ECO 3333 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
- PSC 3312 - CANADA, MEXICO AND THE U.S.
- PSC 4412 - TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
- PSC 4415 - U S FOREIGN POLICY
Political Science
Note: PSC electives can Include cross-listed courses from other disciplines)Program Requirements
9 credit hours from the following:
(9 at the 3300 and/or 4400 level.
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