Environmental Education Minor

This interdisciplinary minor is intended for those students with an interest in environmental education, outdoor education and/or experiential education. It is designed to engage students in theory, research, and practice in the field of environmental education. These activities seek to make explicit the complex intersections between environmental degradation, cultural critique, and processes of education with an emphasis on educational reform, social justice, and environmental activism in the United States.

CORE COURSES (5)
ES 118     Environment and Society
ED 231     Teaching for Social Justice
ED 315     US Environmental Justice Issues
ED 493a    Senior Seminar: Approaches to Environmental Education

One of the following:
BI 131     Biodiversity
BI 271     Introduction to Ecology
GE 161    Environmental Geology

Field Experience, Internship, or Practicum (1)

Elective (1)*
EN 376    Land and Language
ES 235    Sustainable Development
HI 394     Ecological History

*for substitutions of courses at the 200-level or above that examine issues of social justice as they relate to environmental concerns, please consult program chair.