Environmental Humanities Minor

Core:

The core courses are in three fundamental fields in the humanities - English, History, and Philosophy. Each of these core courses will be taught once a year:

• ENGL 230 - Introduction to Environmental Literature (3cr.)
• HIST 223 - Nature and History (3cr.)
• PHIL 448 - Environmental Ethics (3cr.)

Electives:

The first elective is a fourth humanities course - the list of electives includes more specialized courses in English, History, and Philosophy as well as courses in other humanities disciplines. Because one of the goals of the minor is to encourage students to consider what the humanities add to scientific understanding of environmental issues, the second elective is a science course. The third elective is a course in either the social sciences or the humanities. Again, the goal is to encourage students to think about the different ways of understanding environmental issues. Though some of the electives have prerequisites, the choice in each case is broad enough that students from different majors will have no difficulty fulfilling the elective requirements.

Last Revised 2017-2018 Academic Year