The climate studies minor includes 20 credits and invites students to focus specifically on the topic of climate change through a diverse range of disciplinary lenses. Climate studies and seeking to understand and craft solutions to the global climate crisis, is a quintessentially interdisciplinary field that complements any existing major of study or future career.

No more than 4 credits may count toward another major or minor.

Required Core Courses: 14 credits (Foundations)

1. ENVR 150: Intro to Environmental Studies (4) (BN)

2. Natural Sciences (4)

• INTG 278A: Energy and the Environment (4) (NS, NW, QR, TF-MV) OR
• ENVR 331: Science of Global Climate Changes (4) OR
• 4 credits of CHEM 343: Climate and Habitat Change, CHEM 344A: Environmental Chemistry-Atmosphere, and CHEM 344B: Environmental Chemistry-Lithosphere

3. Social Sciences (4)

• ENVR 303: Climate Action Workshop (4) (EX, TF-JU)
• ENVR 377A: Energy and Society (4) (SS, SW, TF-JU) OR

4. ENVR 306: Global Climate Change Policy (2) (SW, TE3-JU)

Upper Division Electives: 6 credits

Part 1. Applications in diverse fields (4 credits)

• ART 218: Intro to Computer Art (AE, FA, TE1/2-TR)
• NUTR 240: Food Systems: Policies and Controversies (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: NUTR 125
• INTG 278A: Energy and the Environment (NS, NW, QR, TF-MV)
• ENVR 300D: World Literature of Climate Change (HE, TE3-JU, WR)
• ENVR 300Q: Environmental Health
• ENVR 300T: Sustainable Agriculture Science (NW, TE3-MV)
• ENVR 303: Climate Action Workshop (EX, TF-JU)
• ENVR 305: United Nations Climate Change Conference (2 credits) (SW, TE3-JU)
• ENVR 315: American Environmental Literature (HM, HE, TE3-JU)
• ECON 318: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (TE3-JU)
  Prerequisite: ECON 111 or instructor permission
• EDUC 323: Elementary Science Content (NW)
• NUTR 326: Global Malnutrition and Disease
  Prerequisites: NUTR 125 and NUTR 323
• ENVR 327: Gender and Environment (CS, ES, GE)
• POLS 330: Environmental Politics and Policy
• ENVR 331: Science of Climate Changes
• CHEM 343: Climate and Habitat Change (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: CHEM 250 and 255 or departmental permission
• CHEM 344A: Environmental Chemistry, Atmosphere (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: CHEM 250 and 255 or departmental permission
• CHEM 344B: Environmental Chemistry, Lithosphere (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: CHEM 250 and 255 or departmental permission
• CHEM 346: Nanomaterials (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: CHEM 315 or 318 or departmental permission
• SOCI 349: Environmental Anthropology
• POLS 350A: Sustainable Urban Planning
• CHEM 354: Sustainable Energy (2 credits)
  Prerequisite: CHEM 250 and 255 or departmental permission
• PCST 354: Global Environmental Politics
• GBUS 368: Sustainable Business
• ENVR 377A: Energy and Society (SS, SW, TF-JU)
• COMM 378A: Environmental Rhetoric (BN, HM, HE, TF-MV)

Part 2. Integrating and Deepening Knowledge (2)

• ENVR 371: Climate Studies Capstone - ILP (2 credit Independent Learning Project) OR
• ENVR 305: United Nations Climate Change Conference (2 credits) (SW, TE3-JU)
  Attends the U.N. climate negotiations, admission by competitive application process each February