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Twin Cities Campus
Corporate Environmental Management MinorBioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
The Corporate Environmental Management (CEM) minor is designed to provide students with an excellent opportunity to gain broad exposure to the strategic, analytical, and managerial processes associated with the environmental impact of companies' and other organizations' products and processes. Completion of the CEM minor enhances students' preparation for graduate school, and for entering a career in the growing corporate functions of environmental management and regulatory compliance.
The CEM minor is available to students in good standing in all majors at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
4 courses
before admission to the program.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Preparatory Courses
APEC 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
ECON 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management
[SOCS, ENV]
(4.0 cr)
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives
[BIOL]
(4.0 cr)
or
BIOL 1009 - General Biology
[BIOL]
(4.0 cr)
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
any first semester calculus
Minor Requirements
Minor Courses
ACCT 2051 - Introduction to Financial Reporting
(4.0 cr)
ESPM 3603 - Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
(3.0 cr)
ESPM 3604 - Environmental Management Systems and Strategy
(3.0 cr)
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
[SOCS, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3602 - Regulations and Corporate Environmental Management
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3605 - Recycling: Extending Raw Materials
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3607 - Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4061W - Water Quality and Natural Resources
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4607 - Industrial Biotechnology and the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
BBE 4608 - Environmental and Industrial Microbiology
(3.0 cr)
·
SSM 2003 - Systems Thinking: Development and Applications in Sustainability
(3.0 cr)
·
SSM 4407W - Sustainable Manufacturing Principles and Practices
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
SSM 4504W - Sustainable Products Systems Management
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 1101/1165 ApEc 1101/1101H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Econ 1101/1165 ApEc 1101/1101H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3261/ESPM 5261 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 1001/Biol 1001H/Biol 1003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 1009/Biol 1009H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BA 2551/SCO 2550 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AnSc 3011/ESPM 3012/Stat 3011/ |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Acct 2050/ApEc 1251/Dbln 2051 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3603/ESPM 5603 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3604/ESPM 5604 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3202WESPM /5202 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3602/ESPM 5602 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3605/ESPM 5605 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BBE 4607/BBE 5607 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BBE 4608/BBE 5608 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SSM 4407W/SSM 5407 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SSM 4504W/SSM 5504 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |