Prior Minor Course Requirements

Students who declared a minor in Environmental Studies prior to Autumn 2023 can complete the prior minor requirements listed below, or can choose to complete the updated minor requirements. The minor requires 30 credits. A minimum 2.0 grade is required in each course used to fulfill the requirements.

Foundations

5 credits (required)

ENVIR 100: Introduction to Environmental Studies (5)

5 credits (pick one)

ENVIR 310: Research Methods in Environmental Studies (5)

ENVIR 302: Communications for Environmental Studies (5)

5 credits (pick one)

ECON/ENVIR/ESRM 235: Environmental Economics (5)

HSTAA/ENVIR 221: U.S. Environmental History (5)

ENVIR/PHIL 243: Environmental Ethics (5)

Perspectives and Experiences

A minimum of 3 credits must be completed in each of the 3 Environmental Perspectives and Experiences areas listed below for a total of 15 credits. All courses must be upper division (300- or 400- level). Courses may be listed in multiple categories, however, any individual course is not allowed to meet more than one category requirement.

If you have specific questions about the Environmental Studies minor, please email enviradv@uw.edu.

Human and Social Dimensions

Prefix (dept)	Course Number	Course Title	Credits
AIS	375	Engaging with the Waterways: Welcoming the Willapara Spirit Canoe to Campus	5
ANTH	311	The Cultural Politics of Diet and Nutrition	5
BIOL	305	Science Communication: Video Storytelling in Biology	3
BIOL	492	Teaching Biology Inclusively to Diverse Audiences	3
COMM	325	Communication, Cities and Sustainability	5
COMM/ENVIR	418	Communications and the Environment	5
EDUC	401	Inner Pipeline Seminar (check with Ana for section)	2
ENGL	365	Literature and Discourse on the Environment	5
ENV H	473	Environmental Health Policy and Practice	3
ENVIR	439	Attaining a Sustainable Society	3
ENVIR	440	Environmental Pedagogy	3
ENVIR/ESRM	460	Power, Privilege and Preservation	5
ENVIR	480	Sustainability Studio	5
ENVIR	495	(check with Ana for section)	3
ESRM 371/ENVIR/SOC 379	379	Environmental Sociology	5
GEOG/JSIS B	335	Geography of the Developing World	5
GEOG	370	Environmental Conservation	5
GEOG	380	Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease	4
GEOG	472	Race, Nature, and Power	5
GEOG	480	Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health	5
JSIS B	351	The Global Environment	5
JSIS A/ANTH	406	China’s Environment	5
L ARCH	300	Introductory Landscape Architecture Design Studio	6
L ARCH	361	The Human Experience Of Place	3
L ARCH	454	History Of Urban Landscapes And Environments	5
NUTR	302	Food Studies: Harvest to Health	3
PHIL/ENVIR	416	Ethics and Climate Change	5
PHIL	417	Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy	5

Natural Sciences

Prefix (dept)	Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ARCTIC	400	Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies	3
BIOL	315	Biological Impacts of Climate Change	3
BIOL	317	Plant Classification and Identification	5
BIOL	356	Foundations in Ecology	3
BIOL	423	Marine Ecological Processes	3
BIOL	424	Plant Ecophysiology	5
BIOL	425	Plant Physiology and Development	5
BIOL	433	Marine Ecology	5
BIOL	440	Waste, Water, Health	3
CHEM E/ME/ENVIR	341	Energy and the Environment	3
ENV H	311	Introduction to Environmental Health	3
ENV H	440	Water, Wastewater, and Health	3
ENV H	448	Community Air Pollution	3
ENV H	451	Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards	3
ENVIR	495	(check with Ana for specific section)	3
ESRM	311	Soils and Land Use	3
ESRM	325	Environmental Applications of Plants	3
ESRM	350	Wildlife Biology and Conservation	5
ESRM/ENVIR	362	Introduction to Restoration Ecology	5
ESRM	401	Spring Comes to the Cascades	3
ESRM	415	Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Invasions	5
ESRM	416	Field Survey of Wildland Soils	3
ESRM	420	Wildland Fire Management	5
ESRM	429	Environmental Science and Resource Management Seminar (CR grading)	1
ESRM	441	Landscape Ecology	5
ESRM	442	Forest Ecology and the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains	5
ESRM	450	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	5
ESRM	452	Field Ornithology	3
ESRM	458	Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species	5
ESRM	473	Restoration in North America	5
ESRM	479	Restoration Design	5
ESS	301	Geology of the Northwest	5
ESS	313	Geobiology	5
ESS/ENVIR 313	315	Environmental Earth Science	5
FISH	310	Biology of Shellfishes	5
FISH/BIOL	311	Biology of Fishes	3,5
FISH	312	Fisheries Ecology	5
FISH	323	Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources	5
FISH/ENVIR	330	Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems	5
FISH	447	River Ecology and Watershed Management (CR grading)	3
FISH/BIOL	473	Limnology	3
FISH	474	Limnology Laboratory	2
FISH/ENVIR	478	Sustainable Fish	3
ME	442	Renewable Energy	4

Policy & Decision-Making

Prefix (dept)	Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ARCTIC	400	Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies	3
CEP	470	Tools for Sustainable Cities	4
ECON	435	Natural Resource Economics	5
ECON	436	Economics of the Environment	5
ECON	437	Economics of Biological Resources	5
ENV H	440	Waste, Water and Health	3
ENV H	472	Environmental Risk and Society	3
ENV H	473	Environmental Health Policy and Practice	3
ENVIR	439	Attaining a Sustainable Society	3
ENVIR	480	Sustainability Studio	5
ENVIR	495	(check with Ana for specific section)	3
ENVIR/ESRM	485	Environmental Planning and Permitting in Practice	5
ESRM	320	Marketing and Management from a Sustainability Perspective	5
ESRM	321	Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective	5
ESRM	381	Management of Wildland Recreation and Amenities	3
ESRM	400	Natural Resource Conflict Management	3
ESRM	403	Forest and Economic Development in the Developing World	4
ESRM	425	Ecosystem Management	5
ESRM	450	Wildlife Ecology and Conservation	5
ESRM	458	Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species	5
ESRM	465	Economics of Conservation	3
ESRM	470	Natural Resource Policy and Planning	5
ESRM	490 B	Economics of Sustainability	varies
FISH	323	Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources	5
FISH/ENVIR	478	Sustainable Fish	3
GEOG	302	The Pacific Northwest	3
GEOG/LSJ	467	Law, Justice, and the Environment	5
GEOG	473	Geographies of Energy and Sustainability	5
JSIS B	351	The Global Environment	5
JSIS	478 E	Sustainability and Global Business	5
L ARCH	322	Introduction to Planting Design	3
L ARCH	341	Site Design and Planning	3
L ARCH	363	Ecological Design and Planning	3
ME/ENVIR 415/CEE 495	415	Sustainability and Design for Environment	3
NUTR	302	Food Studies: Harvest to Health	3
NUTR	303	Neighborhood Nutrition	3
NUTR	446	Food Safety and Health	3
OCEAN	475	Current Research in Climate Science Seminar	3
POL S/ENVIR	384	Global Environmental Politics	5
POL S/ENVIR	385	Political Ecology of the World Food System	5
SMEA/ENVIR	476	Introduction to Environmental Law and Process	3
URBDP	300	Introduction to Urban Planning	5
URBDP	450	Introduction to Land Use, Growth Management, and Environmental Planning	3

Program on the Environment

Foundations

Perspectives and Experiences

Human and Social Dimensions

Natural Sciences

Policy & Decision-Making