Requirements

1. Introductory Course. One (1) course:
   • EAS-E 105 Earth: Our Habitable Planet i
   • GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment i
   • GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society i
   • SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences i
2. Advanced Electives. Three (3) courses:
   • BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants i
   • BIOL-B 351 Fungi i
   • BIOL-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants i
   • BIOL-L 307
   • BIOL-L 311 Genetics i
   • BIOL-L 318 Evolution i
   • BIOL-L 319 Genetics Laboratory i
   • BIOL-L 326 Biodiverse-City. The Art and Science of Green Infrastructure i
   • BIOL-L 328 Disease Ecology and Evolution i
   • BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology i
   • BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds i
   • BIOL-L 402 Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change i
   • BIOL-L 472 Microbiomes: Host and Environmental Health i
   • BIOL-L 473 Ecology i
   • BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology i
   • BIOL-M 315 Microbiology Laboratory i
   • BIOL-M 465 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory i
   • BIOL-Z 373 Entomology i
   • BIOL-Z 374
   • BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology i
   • BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes i
   • CHEM-A 314 Biological and Environmental Chemical Analysis i
   • CHEM-A 315 Chemical Measurements Laboratory i
   • CHEM-A 316 Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory i
   • CHEM-C 317 Equilibria and Electrochemistry i
   • CHEM-C 318 Spectrochemistry and Separations i
   • EAS-A 315 Climate Engineering i
   • EAS-A 332 Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Cloud Processes i
   • EAS-A 339 Weather Analysis and Forecasting i
   • EAS-A 347 Instrumentation for Atmospheric Science i
   • EAS-A 364 Atmospheric Dynamics I i
   • EAS-A 437 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology i
   • EAS-A 474 Topics in Atmospheric Science i
   • EAS-A 476 Climate Change Science i
   • EAS-A 410
   • EAS-E 316 Mineral Fuels and Materials i
   • EAS-E 330 Human Impacts on Earth Systems: Quantifying Impacts, Designing Solutions i
   • EAS-E 333 Sedimentation and Tectonics i
   • EAS-E 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy i
   • EAS-E 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs i
   • EAS-E 351 Elements of Hydrology i
   • EAS-E 406 Introduction to Geochemistry i
   • EAS-E 411 Invertebrate Paleontology i
   • EAS-E 412 Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology i
   • EAS-E 415 Principles of Geomorphology i
   • EAS-E 423 Methods in Applied Geophysics i
   • EAS-E 444 Methods in Analytical Geochemistry i
   • EAS-E 451 Principles of Hydrogeology i
   • EAS-E 488 Paleoclimatology: A Geological Record of Earth's Climate History i
   • EAS-E 488 Paleoclimatology: A Geological Record of Earth's Climate History i
   • EAS-X 329 Introductory Field Experience in Environmental Science i
   • EAS-X 420 Regional Geology Field Trip i
   • EAS-X 429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains i
   • GEOG-G 304 Physical Meteorology and Climatology i
   • GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life i
   • GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation i
   • GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing i
   • One (1) of the following:
     • GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems i
     • SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based Gis i
   • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics i
   • GEOG-G 350
   • GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest i
   • GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology i
   • GEOG-G 407
   • GEOG-G 436
   • GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems i
   • GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts i
   • GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology i
   • GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science i
   • GEOG-G 453 Water and Society i
   • GEOG-G 481 Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling i
   • GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming i
   • GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming i
   • GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics i
   • GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python i
   • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics i
   • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics i
   • PHYS-P 317 Signals and Information Processing in Living Systems i
   • SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology i
   • SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology i
   • SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science i
   • SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (Approved topics: "PLANTS AND PLANT COMMUNITIES" (TPC 138); "RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT" (TPC 123)) i
   • SPEA-E 401 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption i
   • SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology i
   • SPEA-E 411 Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology i
   • SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management i
   • SPEA-E 426 Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science i
   • SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment i
   • SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management i
   • SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis-Terrestrial i
   • SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis-Aquatic i
   • SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control i
   • SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management i
   • SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management i
   • SPEA-E 455 Limnology i
   • SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management i
   • SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology i
   • SPEA-E 460 Wildlife Management i
   • SPEA-E 461 Wildlife Techniques i
   • SPEA-E 464 Organic Pollutants: Environmental Chemistry and Fate i
   • SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
   • SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience i
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3. Additional Elective. One (1) course:
   • Additional course from the Advanced Electives list above
   • BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology i
   • BIOL-M 250 Microbiology i
   • BIOL-M 250 Microbiology i
   • EAS-E 225 Earth Materials i
   • EAS-E 226 Earth Processes i
   • EAS-E 227 Earth Climate and History i
   • SPEA-E 260 Introduction to Water Resources i
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4. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
   3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.