Program Requirements

1. All work submitted for an environmental sciences minor must have a grade of C (2.0) or above.
2. The lecture/laboratory sequence can be part of the requirements for the major, but not in the student’s major department (i.e., a biology major cannot use the general biology sequence, but could use the general chemistry sequence, which is also required for the biology major).
3. Students must take a minimum of 9 hours of the upper-division courses at the Downtown Campus.
4. If the student plans to go on to the MS in Environmental Sciences program, he/she should choose courses other than CHEM 4700. This is a core course in the MS in Environmental Sciences program.
5. Many of the upper-division courses have prerequisites; the student must check the catalog for prerequisite requirements for these courses.
6. The four upper-division elective courses for the Environmental Sciences minor cannot be from the student’s major discipline, even if the particular course is not counted toward the major.

• Take two of the following lecture/laboratory courses (see Minor Requirements, note 2, above):

• BIOL 2051 - General Biology I  and
• BIOL 2071 - General Biology Laboratory I

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• BIOL 2061 - General Biology II  and
• BIOL 2081 - General Biology Laboratory II

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• CHEM 2031 - General Chemistry I  and
• CHEM 2038 - General Chemistry Laboratory I

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• CHEM 2061 - General Chemistry II  and
• CHEM 2068 - General Chemistry Laboratory II

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• ENVS 1042 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences
• GEOL 1072 - Physical Geology: Surface Processes
• GEOL 1082 - Physical Geology: Internal Processes

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• PHYS 2010 - College Physics I  and
• PHYS 2030 - College Physics Lab I

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• PHYS 2020 - College Physics II  and
• PHYS 2040 - College Physics Lab II

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  Take three of the following courses outside of the student’s major discipline (see Minor Requirements, notes 5 and 6, above):

• ANTH 4010 - Medical Anthropology: Global Health
• BIOL 3411 - Principles of Ecology
• CHEM 4700 - Environmental Chemistry (see Minor Requirements, note 4, above)
• ECON 4540 - Environmental Economics

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• ENVS 3082 - Energy and the Environment  or
• PHYS 3082 - Energy and the Environment

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• GEOG 3232 - Weather and Climate
• GEOG 3240 - Colorado Climates
• GEOG 4020 - Earth Environments and Human Impacts
• GEOG 4060 - Remote Sensing I: Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing
• GEOG 4080 - Introduction to GIS
• GEOG 4090 - Environmental Modeling with Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 4220 - Environmental Impact Assessment
• GEOG 4230 - Hazard Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessment
• GEOG 4240 - Geomorphology
• GEOG 4265 - Sustainability in Resources Management
• GEOG 4270 - Glacial Geomorphology
• GEOG 4335 - Contemporary Environmental Issues
• GEOG 4350 - Environment and Society in the American Past
• GEOG 4420 - The Politics of Nature
• GEOL 4030 - Environmental Geology
• PSCI 4354 - Environmental Politics