Environmental Studies Minor
The minor requires six courses, many of which may also count toward the core curriculum through appropriate course selection.
Summary of Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENST 1000 | Introduction to Environmental Studies (See other options below) | 3 |
| One Environmental Studies Physical Science course | ||
| One Environmental Studies Life Science course | ||
| Three elective courses | ||
Up to two courses may be double-counted from a major, as well as from another minor.
1. One course in introductory Environmental Studies.
ENST 1000 Introduction to Environmental Studies is preferred, but any course listed below may apply to this requirement.
Courses below have the ENMI attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 4373 | Environment and Human Survival | 4 |
| ENST 1000 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3 |
| ENST 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| HIST 3990 | North American Environmental History | 4 |
| PHIL 3109 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 3712 | Global Environment and Justice | 4 |
| PHIL 4302 | Environmental Policy and Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 4409 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PJST 3200 | Environmental Justice | 4 |
| POSC 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3312 | Introduction to Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SOCI 3145 | Environment Technology Society | 4 |
| THEO 4008 | Religion and Ecology | 4 |
2. One Environmental Studies Physical Science course.
CHEM 1109 Chemistry of the Environment, PHYS 1203 Environmental Physics, or NSCI 1020 Physical Science: Today's World is recommended, but any course listed below may apply to this requirement.
Courses below have the ESPS attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BISC 3000 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| CHEM 1109 | Chemistry of the Environment | 3 |
| CHEM 1321 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| ENVS 3000 | Environmental Science | 3 |
| HPLC 1603 | Honors: Natural Science I | 4 |
| HPRH 1101 | Interdisciplinary STEM I | 3 |
| NSCI 1020 | Physical Science: Today's World | 3 |
| NSCI 1321 | General Chemistry Lecture I | 4 |
| NSCI 1501 | General Physics Lecture I | 3 |
| NSCI 2020 | An Introduction to Geology | 3 |
| PHYS 1203 | Environmental Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 1350 | The Physics of Climate Change | 3 |
| PHYS 1501 | General Physics I | 3 |
| PHYS 1601 | Introduction to Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 1701 | Physics I | 3 |
3. One Environmental Studies Life Science course.
BISC 1002 Ecology: A Human Approach or NSCI 1040 People and the Living Environment is recommended, but any course listed below may apply to this requirement.
Courses below have the ESLS attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1200 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4722 | Primate Ecology and Conservation | 4 |
| BISC 1000 | Life on the Planet Earth | 3 |
| BISC 1002 | Ecology: A Human Approach | 3 |
| BISC 1403 | Introductory Biology I | 3 |
| BISC 1404 | Introductory Biology II | 3 |
| BISC 2561 | Ecology | 3 |
| HPLC 1604 | Honors: Natural Science II | 4 |
| HPRH 1201 | Interdisciplinary STEM II | 3 |
| NSCI 1040 | People and the Living Environment | 3 |
| NSCI 1403 | General Biology Lecture I | 3 |
| NSCI 1404 | General Biology Lecture II | 3 |
| NSCI 1423 | Concepts in Biology Lecture I | 3 |
| NSCI 1424 | Concepts in Biology Lecture II | 3 |
| NSCI 2010 | Global Ecology Lecture | 3 |
| NSCI 2050 | Foundations in Animal Behavior | 3 |
| NSCI 2142 | Paleoecology Lecture | 3 |
4. Three elective courses
Any with the ESEL attribute, or the ENMI attribute code if not previously counted, may apply toward this requirement.
Courses below have the ESEL attribute.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 4147 | Food and Globalization | 4 |
| ANTH 1200 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 2700 | You Are What You Eat: The Anthropology of Food | 4 |
| ANTH 3380 | Hazards, Disasters, and Human Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 4200 | Climate Change and Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 4373 | Environment and Human Survival | 4 |
| ANTH 4722 | Primate Ecology and Conservation | 4 |
| ARHI 4555 | Art & Ecology in the 19th, 20th & 21st century | 4 |
| BISC 4035 | Ecology and Economics of Food Systems | 4 |
| BISC 4575 | Conservation Biology | 4 |
| COMC 4115 | Communication and the Food System | 4 |
| COMC 4222 | Media and the Environment | 4 |
| ECON 3430 | ST: Sustainable Business | 4 |
| ECON 3850 | Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ECON 4030 | Environmental-Economic Policy | 4 |
| ECON 4035 | Ecology and Economics of Food Systems | 4 |
| ENGL 3122 | Extinction | 4 |
| ENGL 3209 | Ecoliterature from Milton to Today | 4 |
| ENGL 3424 | Romantics and Their World | 4 |
| ENGL 3633 | The Enlightened Earth: American Environment Cultures After 1960 | 4 |
| ENGL 3634 | The Literature of Climate Crisis | 4 |
| ENGL 3635 | Future Environments: Human Life After the End | 4 |
| ENGL 3909 | Interspecies Friendship | 4 |
| ENGL 3910 | Nature and Horror | 4 |
| ENGL 3916 | Animals in Literature | 4 |
| ENGL 4107 | Seminar: Ecology on the Edge: Climate Change and Literature | 4 |
| ENGL 4147 | Food and Globalization | 4 |
| ENGL 4216 | Animal Welfare in Literature and Culture | 4 |
| ENST 3000 | Environmental Research Methods | 4 |
| ENST 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| ENST 3308 | Catastrophe and Human Survival | 4 |
| ENST 4900 | Environmental Internship and Media Advocacy | 4 |
| FREN 3270 | Écocritique: Francophone environments and cultures | 4 |
| FREN 3492 | Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Francophone World | 4 |
| HIST 3364 | Environmental History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1650 | 4 |
| HIST 3538 | The Good Earth? | 4 |
| HIST 3564 | Environmental History of New York City: A Research Seminar | 4 |
| HIST 3990 | North American Environmental History | 4 |
| HIST 3991 | History of the American Indians | 4 |
| HIST 3992 | Capitalism | 4 |
| HIST 3993 | Environmental History: New York City | 4 |
| HIST 3994 | Climate and Society | 4 |
| HIST 3998 | People and Other Animals in History | 4 |
| HIST 5563 | Environmental History of the Atlantic World | 4 |
| HUST 4501 | Humanitarianism and Global Health: Unequal Access for the Displaced and Marginalized | 4 |
| INST 3100 | The Global Environment | 4 |
| JOUR 2723 | Explorations in Climate Storytelling | 4 |
| LACU 3492 | Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Francophone World | 4 |
| LPBU 3430 | ST: Sustainable Business | 3 |
| LPBU 3432 | ST: Modern Economics for a Sustainable World | 3 |
| LPBU 3461 | ST: Sustainable Fashion | 3 |
| MKBU 3461 | ST: Sustainable Fashion | 3 |
| NSCI 2050 | Foundations in Animal Behavior | 3 |
| PHIL 3109 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 3712 | Global Environment and Justice | 4 |
| PHIL 3722 | Native American Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 3990 | Environmental Worldviews and Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 4302 | Environmental Policy and Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 4409 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PJST 3200 | Environmental Justice | 4 |
| POSC 3131 | Politics, Urban Health, and Environment | 4 |
| POSC 3307 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| POSC 3312 | Introduction to Environmental Politics | 4 |
| POSC 4040 | Seminar: Sustainable Development | 4 |
| PSYC 3340 | Urban Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 3142 | Environmental Sociology | 4 |
| SOCI 3145 | Environment Technology Society | 4 |
| THEO 3371 | The American Transcendentalists: Spirituality Without Religion | 3 |
| THEO 4008 | Religion and Ecology | 4 |
| THEO 4444 | Anthropocene: Sciences, Fictions, and Ethical Futures | 4 |
| THEO 4520 | Animals, Angels, and Aliens: Beyond the Human in Christian Thought | 3 |
| URST 5066 | Urban Health and Environment | 3 |
| URST 5070 | Environmental History of the American City | 3 |
| VART 2040 | Elements of Architecture | 4 |
| VART 2050 | Designing the City | 4 |
| VART 2055 | Environmental Design | 4 |
| VART 2070 | Architectural Design | 4 |
| VART 2424 | Art and Action on the Bronx River | 4 |
| VART 3055 | Ecology for Designers | 4 |
| VART 3541 | The Streets of New York | 4 |
Availability
The minor in environmental studies is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies may minor in environmental studies only if they receive the approval of their advising dean and/or department, and their schedules are sufficiently flexible to permit them to take day courses at the Rose Hill or Lincoln Center campuses.