Environmental Studies Minor

Requirements

Environmental Studies presents different perspectives on the relationships between humans and the planet's life-support system. It seeks to develop in students a deep awareness of the complex, highly dynamic nature of the world we inhabit, including interactions among population, the biological and physical environments, resources, technology, social organization and culture. The portion of the planet we occupy in the Pacific Northwest is exceptionally diverse for its latitude and affords rich opportunities for study and participation.

Students may elect this minor as a means of adding an environmental perspective to their major field of study. Because our whole being and our very survival as a species are so intimately connected with a healthy biosphere, Environmental Studies is highly interdisciplinary with almost every field in the liberal arts curriculum involved. While the field traditionally draws most heavily from the natural and social sciences, studies in the humanities are also important for developing skills in communication and interpretation.

Requirements

A student must complete a minimum of 24 (minimum 10 from Linfield) semester credits, including:
ENVS 101 Human Ecology: Process and Pattern in the Natural World (3)
ENVS 102 Human Adaptations and the New Global Order (4)
Four more courses chosen from the list below, including at least one 300 or 400 level and one in a natural science.
ENVS 040 Community Service
ENVS 485 Environmental Problem-Solving Seminar
One course of the four courses may be an internship or independent study. At least one must be outside the division of the student's major and one outside the department of the major.
Only two courses counted for the minor may also be counted toward Linfield Curriculum or major requirements.

Environmental Studies Courses offered through the Division of Continuing Education

ANTH 202 Human Adaptability
BIOL 108 Ecology of Ecosystems
BIOL 280 Marine Biology
BIOL 313 Classification of Plants &
Plant Communities
BIOL 320 Introduction to Ecology
BIOL 355 General Ecology
BIOL 375 Field Zoology
ECON 341 Environmental Economics
ENGL 304 Environmental Literature
ENVS 300 Topics: Fire History of the Cascades

ENVS 302 Shoreline Ecology
ENVS 303 Human Ecosystems
ENVS 305 Environmental Issues and
the Physical Sciences
ENVS 307 Issues in Science:
Georesources
ENVS 308 Water Resources
ENVS 487 Internship
ENVS 490 Independent Research or Thesis
HIST 257 The Pacific Northwest
PHIL 306 Environmental Ethics
PHYS 103 Physical Geology
PHYS 105 Meteorology
PHYS 107 Energy and the
Environment

Some of these are travel courses offered in the summer term.

ANTH 202 Human Adaptability BIOL 108 Ecology of Ecosystems BIOL 280 Marine Biology BIOL 313 Classification of Plants & Plant Communities BIOL 320 Introduction to Ecology BIOL 355 General Ecology BIOL 375 Field Zoology ECON 341 Environmental Economics ENGL 304 Environmental Literature ENVS 300 Topics: Fire History of the Cascades	ENVS 302 Shoreline Ecology ENVS 303 Human Ecosystems ENVS 305 Environmental Issues and the Physical Sciences ENVS 307 Issues in Science: Georesources ENVS 308 Water Resources ENVS 487 Internship ENVS 490 Independent Research or Thesis HIST 257 The Pacific Northwest PHIL 306 Environmental Ethics PHYS 103 Physical Geology PHYS 105 Meteorology PHYS 107 Energy and the Environment
Some of these are travel courses offered in the summer term.