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Global Environmental Change Minor

The Global Environmental Change minor provides a comprehensive understanding of earth’s interconnected environmental systems and the consequences of those changes to human well-being. Topics include climate change, land and ocean use, governance and policy, and related subjects in natural sciences. A maximum of three credits towards the minor may be transfer credits of courses equivalent to University of Connecticut courses. A maximum of six credits in the minor may be part of the major. Students cannot receive the minor within the same Environmental Sciences degree concentration.

Requirements

Total of at least 15 credits 2000-level or above, including one course from each area A-E. The same course cannot be used to fulfill more than one area.

  1. Climate Change and its Impacts: ERTH 3010; GEOG 3400, 4300; MARN 3000E; NRE 3115, 3146, or 4170.
  2. Land and Ocean Use and its Impacts: EEB 2208; ERTH 3020; ERTH/MARN 3230; ERTH 4735/NRE 4135; GEOG 3310, 3410; MARN 3001, 3030, 4066; NRE 2215E, 2345, 3105, 3115, or 4340.
  3. Natural Sciences: CHEM 4370, 4371; EEB 2244/W, 2245/W; EEB 3230/MARN 3014; EEB 3247; EEB/ERTH 4120; ERTH 4110, 4210; GEOG 2300E; MARN 2002, 2060, 4030W, 4060, 4202Q; NRE 2455, 3125, 3145, 4205; SPSS 2120, or 3420.
  4. Methods: CE 2251; CE/ENVE 3530/ERTH 3710; EEB 4230W; GSCI 4735/NRE 4135; GEOG 3500Q; GEOG/MARN 3505; GEOG/ERTH 4230; MARN 4202Q; NRE 2000, 2010, 3305, 3345/W, 3535, 4335, 4475, 4535, 4544, 4545, 4575, 4665; PHYS 2400; STAT 2215Q, or 3025Q.
  5. Governance and Policy: AH 3174; ARE 2235, 3434E, 3437E, 4438E, 4462E; ECON/MAST 2467; GEOG 3320W; MAST/POLS 3832; NRE 3000, 3201, 3245; POLS/EVST 3412, or SOCI 3407/W.

The minor is offered jointly by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources.