This interdisciplinary minor provides a flexible means by which a student can tailor a set of courses to explore environmental issues from unique perspectives offered through several different disciplines. This will enable a student to gain a broad, multidisciplinary comprehension as well as a competitive skill set applicable towards the growing job market dealing with environmental and sustainability issues.
Total Semester Hours: 18*
A. Core requirements (6+ semester hours)
Students must complete a core which is composed of two courses from the list below, one of which must be from BIO**.
ECN 2800
Economics of Social Issues. (3 credits)
SOC 3820
Environmental Sociology. (3 credits)
PLS 4763
Environmental Politics & Policy. (3 credits)
BIO 2002
Environmental Life Sciences. (3 credits)
BIO 3850
Environmental Health and Sustainability. (4 credits)
B. Twelve semester hours, from three different departments**:
BIO 3180
Introduction to Ecology and Evolution. (4 credits)
BIO 4814
Conservation Biology. (3 credits)
BIO 4818
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. (4 credits)
CHM 2730
Quantitative Analysis. (3 credits)
CHM 4830
Instrumental Analysis. (3 credits)
CHM 4750
Environmental Chemistry. (3 credits)
ECN 3810
Economics of Natural Resources. (3 credits)
ECN 3875
Health Economics. (3 credits)
EGT 3253
Energy Technology. (3 credits)
EGT 3453
Renewable Energy. (3 credits)
GEO 2000
Food and Agriculture. (3 credits)
GEO 2450
Oceanography. (3 credits)
GEO 3200
Human Impacts on the Environment. (3 credits)
GEO 4850
Environmental Geology. (3 credits)
HTM 2600
Sustainable Communities. (3 credits)
PLS 4823
Comparative Public Policy. (3 credits)
SOC 3622
Population. (3 credits)
SOC 4240
Sociology of Disasters. (3 credits)
Footnotes:
* No more than six credit hours in this minor may be counted as also fulfilling requirement in a student's major program of study.
** Up to six credit hours of courses listed as 颁辞谤别听selections may be taken for 贰濒别肠迟颈惫别听credit hours provided that the credit hours are not already being used for the 颁辞谤别听requirement.
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
