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Duluth Campus
Environmental Science MinorSwenson College of Science & Engineering
Swenson College of Science and Engineering
The environmental science minor enhances a student's understanding of the scope of environmental problems, the biochemical and physical processes of environmental degradation, the sciences of non-renewable and renewable resources, and economic and political issues surrounding environmental problems. The minor provides valuable background for many environmental careers and applications.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
ES Minor Requirements (24 cr)
EES 1110 - Geology and Earth Systems
[LE CAT, NAT SCI, SUSTAIN]
(4.0 cr)
EES 2210 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
EES 3201 - Environmental Resources and Remediation
(3.0 cr)
EES 3202 - Energy Resources
(3.0 cr)
Chemistry I
CHEM 1153 - General Chemistry I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(4.0 cr)
CHEM 1154 - General Chemistry Lab I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(1.0 cr)
Chemistry II
Minor Electives (4 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
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BIOL 3760 - Marine Biology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3761 - Field Studies in Marine Biology
(4.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3830 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3835 - Freshwater Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4803 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4805 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5777 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5801 - Microbial Ecology
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5802 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5805 - Fisheries Ecology and Management
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5807 - Mathematical Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5808 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5833 - Stream Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5861 - Lake Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5863 - Ecosystems Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5865 - Conservation Biology
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5868 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5869 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5870 - Wetland Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
CHE 2111 - Material and Energy Balances
(3.0 cr)
·
CHE 2121 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
(3.0 cr)
·
CHE 3111 - Fluid Mechanics
(3.0 cr)
·
CHE 5022 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CHEM 2541 - Organic Chemistry I
(3.0 cr)
·
CHEM 2542 - Organic Chemistry II
(3.0 cr)
·
CHEM 2543 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
(1.0 cr)
·
CHEM 2544 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
(1.0 cr)
·
ECON 3721 - Natural Resource and Energy Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3777 - Environmental Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ESCI 4101 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3422 - Natural Hazards
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3461 - Geography of Global Resources
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 4446 - Water Processes and Management
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 4451 - The Geography of Soils
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 3210 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOL 3710 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOL 3800 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 5210 - Glacial and Quaternary Geology
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOL 5240 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 5250 - Hydrogeology
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 4355 - Economic Geology
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 4710 - Geochemistry
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOL 5215 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 5220 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 5251 - Well Hydraulics
(3.0 cr)
·
GIS 3563 - Geographic Information Science I: Theory and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5572 - Environmental Application of GIS
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5581 - Digital Image Processing and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
LIM 5004 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
LIM 5101 - Physical Limnology
(3.0 cr)
·
LIM 5102 - Chemical Limnology
(3.0 cr)
·
LIM 5103 - Geological Paleolimnology
(3.0 cr)
·
MATH 3280 - Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
(4.0 cr)
·
PHYS 5043 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
PHYS 5053 - Data Analysis Methods in Physics
(3.0 cr)
·
PHYS 5541 - Fluid Dynamics
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5411 - Analysis of Variance
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4839 - Coral Reef Field Studies
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
EES 4839 - Coral Reef Geology
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 3100 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 3401 - Weather and Climate
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EES 1110 FST 1409 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CHEM 1173/CHEM 1153/CHEM 1161 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CHEM 1174/CHEM 1154 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CHEM 1175/CHEM 1155/CHEM 1162 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CHEM 1176/CHEM 1156 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 8.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 5863/EES 5863 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CHE 2211/CHE 2111 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ChE 3111/ME 3111 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | LIM 5101/5001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Lim 5103/5002/EES 5103 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4839/EES 4839/FST 4839 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4839/EES 4839/FST 4839 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |