The Environmental Studies in the Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Minor is designed for students with a particular interest in environmental topics, focusing on a core of social sciences and humanities courses. Courses address domestic and international issues of concern with both current and historical perspectives, and provide students with a well-rounded program of study. The program is open to all students and designed to complement students’ primary majors. This program provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to broaden their education through the wide range of environmental topics available at CSU as they prepare themselves for environmental careers or graduate study.
Program details are available from the Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts. For more information on declaring this interdisciplinary minor, please visit Clark Building, Room C346 or contact Lauren Tighe at lauren.tighe@colostate.edu.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Explain the way that human institutions, norms, and values interact with environmental problems.
- Communicate scientific understandings of environmental problems using a variety of conceptual frameworks.
- Describe ways that culture affects people’s understanding of and response to environmental problems.
- Describe the historical roots of the institutions and policies that are used to address contemporary environmental problems.
- Evaluate and produce creative works that express different understandings of the natural environment.
Effective Fall 2023
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
Students must earn a minimum grade of C (2.000) in all courses taken for the interdisciplinary minor.
The same course cannot be used to fulfill more than one requirement. No more than three courses from a single subject code can be used to fulfill the minor. No more than three courses from the combination of AREC and ECON can be used to fulfill the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Literature of the Earth | ||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | ||
| Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environment, Food, and Social Justice (GT-SS3) | ||
| Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following (at least six credits must be from the same category) | 12 | |
| Category 1: Social Systems and Institutions | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Impacts on Ancient Environments | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics | ||
| Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | ||
| Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources | ||
| Indigenous Knowledges | ||
| Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Power, Equity and Inclusion in Env Justice | ||
| Study Abroad--Amazon: Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Environmental Politics in Developing World | ||
| Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice | ||
| Population-Natural Resources and Environment | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology | ||
| Category 2: Issues, Problems, and Policies | ||
| Economics of Food Systems | ||
| Water Law, Policy, and Institutions | ||
| Agricultural Law | ||
| Agricultural Policy | ||
| Study Abroad--Europe: Energy Transitions in Europe (Sustainable Energy Futures Denmark) | ||
| Population Economics | ||
| Economics of Outdoor Recreation | ||
| Economics of Energy Resources | ||
| Mountain Geography | ||
| Climate Change: Science, Policy, Implications | ||
| The Geography of Commodities | ||
| History of America's National Parks | ||
| Heritage Resource Management | ||
| U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Air, Climate, and Energy Policy Analysis | ||
| Power, Equity and Inclusion in Env Justice | ||
| Study Abroad--Amazon: Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice | ||
| Population-Natural Resources and Environment | ||
| Food Justice | ||
| Green Criminology | ||
| Food, Agriculture and Global Society | ||
| Water and Social Justice | ||
| Category 3: Global Dimensions | ||
| Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development | ||
| Global Environmental Justice Movements | ||
| Study Abroad--Mexico: History, Community, and Environment in Mexico | ||
| Environmental History of the Middle East | ||
| World Environmental History, 1500-Present | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Study Abroad--Amazon: Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Environmental Politics in Developing World | ||
| Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice | ||
| Environment, Food, and Social Justice (GT-SS3) | ||
| Category 4: Interpretation, Art, and Representation | ||
| Art and Environment | ||
| Literature of the Earth | ||
| Writing the Environment | ||
| American Architectural History | ||
| Science and Environmental Communication | ||
| Food and Natural Resources Communication | ||
| Ethics of Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |